This is a list of
magicians/illusionists,
prestidigitators,
mentalists
Mentalism is a performing art in which its practitioners, known as mentalists, appear to demonstrate highly developed mental or intuitive abilities. Performances may appear to include hypnosis, telepathy, clairvoyance, divination, precogniti ...
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escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see
List of occultists.
Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.
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Aalto, Simo
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Abbot, David
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Acer, David
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Ackerman, Allan
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Adams, Curtis
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Aich, Jewel
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Alexander, C. A. (Claude Alexander Conlin)
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Alexander, Jason
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Alexander, Jay
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Amazing Johnathan (John Edward Szeles)
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Ammar, Michael
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Amodei, Ivan
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Anckorn, Fergus ("Wizardus")
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Anderson, Harry
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Anderson, John Henry
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Andrus, Jerry
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Andruzzi, Tony (Tom S. Palmer)
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Angel, Criss (Christopher Sarantakos)
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Annemann, Theodore (Theodore John Squires)
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Archer, John
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Aronson, Simon
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Atkins, Jeffery
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Baker, Al
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Balducci, Ed
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Baldwin, Samri
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Ballantine, Carl (Meyer Kessler)
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Bamberg II, David Tobias (Fu Manchu)
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Bamberg, Tobias
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Banachek (Steven Shaw)
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Barry and Stuart (Barry Jones & Stuart MacLeod)
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Barry, Keith
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Bartl, János
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Bavli, Guy
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Becker, Herbert L.
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Ben, David
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Berglas, David
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Bertram, Charles
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Frank K. Berry
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Biere, Arnold de
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Black, Ariann
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Blackstone, Gay
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Blackstone, Harry, Sr.
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Blackstone, Harry, Jr.
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Blaine, David
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Bobo, J.B.
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Bongo, Ali (William Oliver Wallace)
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Born, John
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Branson, L. H.
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Brodien, Marshall
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Dick Brooks (entertainer) also known as Dick Brookz, Bravo the Great or Grate, and Ray Carter (John Bravo)
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Brown, Derren
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Brown, James
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Brushwood, Brian
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Buchinger, Matthias
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Burger, Eugene
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Burton, Lance
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Burlingame, H. J.
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Bux, Kuda (Khuda Bakhsh)
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Cagliostro, Alessandro
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Calvert, John (Elbern Madren Calvert)
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Cameron, Charles
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Canuplin (Canuto Francia)
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Carbonaro, Michael
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Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford)
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Carlyle, Francis (Francis Xavier Finneran)
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Carnegie, Dean
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Carney, John
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Carter, Charles Joseph
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Cassidy, John
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Caveney, Mike
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Chen, Juliana
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Chen, Lu
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Shamsudheen Cherpulassery from Kerala, India
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Christopher, Milbourne
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Coby, Rudy
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Cohen, Al
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Cohen, Steve
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Colombini, Aldo
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Comte, Louis
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Comus (Ledru, Nicolas-Philippe)
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Cook, Ali
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Cooper, Tommy
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Copperfield, David (David Seth Kotkin)
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Corinda, Tony (Thomas William Simpson)
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Cox, Chris
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Crowley, Aleister (Edward Alexander Crowley)
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Culpitt, Fred
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Cunningham, Doc
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Curry, Paul
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Daniels, Paul (Newton Edward Daniels)
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Dante the Magician (Harry August Jansen)
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Daryl
Darryl is an English name, a variant spelling of Darell.
Male variations of this name include: Darlin, Daryl, Darrell, Darryl, Daryll, Darryll, Darrell, Darrel.
Female and unisex variations of this name include: Daryl, Darian, Dareen, Darell ...
(Daryl Easton, Daryl Martinez)
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Davenport, Lewis (George Ryan)
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Davenport, William Henry and Erastus, Ira
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Dedi
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de Vère, Clémentine
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De Kolta, Buatier
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Devant, David (David Wellington or David Wighton)
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Diaconis, Persi
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Dietrich, Dorothy
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Dill, Dean
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Dingle, Derek
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Dinardi
Alfred Körber (18 June 1911 – 3 October 1996), known by his stage name Rolf Dinardi (or simply Dinardi) was a German magician best known for his performances with feather flowers.
Biography
Körber was apprenticed as a baker and confectione ...
(Alfred Körber)
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Downs, Thomas Nelson
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Drake, Simon (Simon Alexander)
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Draper, Paul W.
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Dunninger, Joseph
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Durham, Geoffrey
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Dynamo (Steven Frayne)
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Eason, Doc
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Eliason, Frank Eugene
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Eliason, Oscar
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Ellis, Tim
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Elmsley, Alex
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Erdnase, S. W.
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Erkin, Sermet
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Evans, Henry R.
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Evans, Sophie
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Evanswood, Terry
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Fakir of Ava (Isaiah Harris Hughes)
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Farla, Christian
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Farquhar, Shawn
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Ferguson, Rich (Richard Jeffrey Evans)
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Ferré, Norbert
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Finney, Michael
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Finch, Jon
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Firman, Pete
* Fischbacher, Siegfried, see
Siegfried & Roy
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Fitzkee, Dariel (Dariel Fitzroy)
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Flom, Justin
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Flosso, Al (Albert Levinson)
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Foo, Ching Ling (Chee Ling Qua)
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Fox, Imro (Isidore Fuchs)
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Franco, Mat (Mat Franco)
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Freedman, James
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Freer, Winston
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Frewin, Greg
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Frischman, Dan
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Guimaraes, Helder
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Ganson, Lewis
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Garcia, Frank
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Gardner, Martin
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis ...
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Gazzo (Gary Osbourne)
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Germain, Karl
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Gertner, Paul
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Gibson, Walter B.
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Giobbi, Roberto
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Gladwin, Andi
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Green, Lennart
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Goldenberg, Haim
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Goldin, Horace
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Goldston, Will
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Gopinath Muthukad
Gopinath Muthukad (born 10 April 1964) is an Indian magician and motivational speaker from Kerala. He employs magic as a medium to convey his messages to public. Muthukad founded the world's first magic academy, The Academy of Magical Sciences ...
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Gore, Steve
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Gunawan, Hendra
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Harary, Franz
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Hamman, Br. John
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Hammer, Virginia Edmunda
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Hardeen
Theodore "Dash" Hardeen (born Ferenc Dezső Weisz; March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945) was a Hungarian-American magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of H ...
(Ferencz Dezso Weisz)
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Harris, Neil Patrick
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Harris, Paul
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Hatfield, Murray and Teresa
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Haydn, Whit "Pop"
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Heath, Royal Vale
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Henning, Doug
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Herrmann, Alexander
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Hilliard, John Northern
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Houdini, Harry (Erik Weiss)
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Hugard, Jean
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Han Ping Chien
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Hyde, Timothy
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Interrante, Scott
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Işınbark, Ertuğrul
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James, Kevin
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James, P. (V. Kennedy)
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Jarrow, Emil
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Jay, Joshua
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Jay, Ricky (Ricky Potash)
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Jennings, Larry
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Jermay, Luke
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John George
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
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Jillette, Penn, see also
Penn & Teller
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Johnson, Kristen
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Jonathan, The Amazing (John Edward Szeles)
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Jones, Barry
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Jordan, Charles
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Kane, Peter
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Kaps, Fred (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers)
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Katterfelto, Gustavus
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Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller)
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Kent, Michael
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Kieve, Paul
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King, Mac
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Kio, Emil (Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard)
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Kio, Igor (Igor Emilievich Renard Kio)
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Klok, Hans
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Knauss, Eric (The Great Zucchini)
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Kole, André (Robert Gurtler, Jr.)
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De Kolta, Buatier (Joseph Bautier)
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Koran, Al (Edward Doe)
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Milton Kort
Milton Kort (1917 – August 1, 2003) was an American professional pharmacist who dabbled in sleight of hand.
He was a hobbyist magician who seldom traveled outside the Detroit area and rarely performed. Yet he was a man whom the professionals ...
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Kredible, Justin (Justin Willman)
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The Amazing Kreskin (George Joseph Kresge, Jr.)
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Kwong, David
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Labero, Joe (Lars Bengt Roland Johansson)
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Laflin, Duane
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Lancaster, Lou (Louis Lancaster McClung)
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Latimer, Jason
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Lee, Misty
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Leifer, Debbie
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Lenert, Tina
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Lenier, Minnette Gersh
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Le Roy, Servais
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Levi, Eliphas (Alphonse Louis Constant)
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Levit, Jonathan
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Lim, Shin
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Lorayne, Harry
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Lovell, Curtis II
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Lovell, Simon
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Lovick, John
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London, Tom
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Lal, K (Kantilal Girdharilal Vora)
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MacGregor, John
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Macleod, Stuart
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Magic Babe Ning (Ning Cai)
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Mahdi Moudini
Mahdi Moudini (born Mahdi Moammer; March 14, 1979) is an Iranian illusionist best known for his stage and close-up magic around the world. He has been described as the most commercially demanded magician in Malaysia and expat celebrity. Two of his ...
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Magic Christian (Christian Stelzel)
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Majax, Gérard (Gérard Fater)
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Malini, Max (Max Katz Breit)
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Malone, Bill
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Mandrake, Leon (Leon Giglio)
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Marcy, Matt
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Marlo, Ed (Edward Malkowski)
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Marshall, Jay (James Ward Marshall)
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Marvey, Peter
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Maskelyne, Jasper
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Maskelyne, John Nevil
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Maskelyne, Nevil
* Masklyn ye Mage: see
Tony Andruzzi
Tony Andruzzi (born May 22, 1925 in Cheyenne, Wyoming – died December 22, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois) was the name adopted by professional magician Tom S. Palmer from the age of 45 to the end of his life.
Changing Names
Born to Fay and Tom McG ...
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de Matos, Luis
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Matt the Knife
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Maven, Max (Phil Goldstein)
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Mayne, Andrew (Andrew Harter)
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McBride, Jeff
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McComb, Billy
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McKenzie, Doug
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Méliès, Georges (Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès)
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Menna, Lisa
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Milner, John
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Minkin, David
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Money-Coutts, Drummond
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Morgan The Escapist
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Mulhern, Stephen
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Mulholland, John
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Mullica, Tom
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Munoz, Oscar
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Muthukad, Gopinath
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Namboothiri, Vazhakkunnam
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Neutert, Natias
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Nicholson, Chris
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Nixon, David
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Nova, Aldo
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Nu, Alain
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Nyman, Andy
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Ogawa, Shoot
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Okito
Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg (1875–1963) was a professional magician. Born in the Netherlands, Bamberg performed under the name ''Okito'' which is an anagram of Tokio (Tokyo). His father had been court magician to King William III of the N ...
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Tobias Bamberg)
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Orleans, Danny
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Ortiz, Darwin
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Osterlind, Richard
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Ovette, Great (Joseph Ovette)
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Özdemir, İlkay
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O.P. Sharma
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Page, Pat
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Palladino, Eusapia (Minerverno Murge)
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Palmer, Johnny "Ace"
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Paterson, Alex
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Pearlman, Oz
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Pendragons (Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon)
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Penn, David
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Penn & Teller (see also
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured i ...
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Teller)
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Penrose, Scott
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Philadelphia, Jacob (Jacob Meyer)
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Pinetti, Joseph (Joseph Pinetti Willedall de Merci)
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Polgar, Franz
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Pollock, Channing
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Potter, Richard
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Presto, Fay (Letitia Winter, Oliver Winter)
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P. C. Sorcar
Protul Chandra Sorcar (23 February 19136 January 1971) was an Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his ''Indrajal'' show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a ...
Sr. (Indian magician, 1950s)
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P. C. Sorcar Jr.
P. C. Sorcar Jr. (formal name Prodip Chandra Sorcar; born 31 July 1946) is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of Indian magician P. C. Sorcar. He is also the recipient of Merlin Award in Magic.
He hold ...
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P. C. Sorcar, Young (Indian Magicians)
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Qualter, Noel
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Randi, James (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge)
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Reveen, Peter
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Reynolds, Charles
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Robert, Étienne-Gaspard
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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène
* Robinson, William Ellsworth: see
Chung Ling Soo
William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918) was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo (). He is mostly remembered today for his accidental death due to a failed bullet catch trick.
Early years
Robinso ...
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Role, Brian
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Romany, the Diva of Magic
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Roth, David
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Rovi (Ivor Parry)
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Rowland, Ian
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Sadowitz, Jerry
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Salwak, Dale
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Sam, Long Tack (Lung Te Shan)
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Sankey, Jay
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Saville, Ian
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Saxe, Melinda
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SawChuck, Murray
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Scarne, John (Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia)
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Schindler, George
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Schmidt, Pauline
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Schwarzman, Howie
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Scott & Muriel (Scott Nelson and Muriel Brugman)
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Seeman, Baron Hartwig
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Selbit, P. T. (Percy Thomas Tibbles)
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Setteducati, Mark
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Shaxon, Alan (Alan Arthur Howson)
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Sheridan, Jeff
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Shokyokusai, Tenkatsu (Madame Tenkatsu)
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Siegfried & Roy (Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn)
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Silano, Rocco
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Silvan (Aldo Savoldello)
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Aaron Smith
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Slydini, Tony (Quintino Marucci)
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Solomon, Thomas
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Soo, Chung Ling (William Ellsworth Robinson)
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Sorcar, P. C. (Protul Chandra Sarcar)
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Sorcar, P. C. Jr. (Prodip Chandra Sarcar)
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Steinmeyer, Jim
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Stone, David
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Stone, Tom (Thomas Bengtsson)
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Strebler, Morgan (Matthew Glenn Milligan)
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Sum, J C (Sum Jan-chung)
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Suhani Shah (India)
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Sungur, Zati
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Swiss, Jamy Ian
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Sylvester the Jester (Daniel Sylvester Battagline)
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Takayama, Cyril
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Talma, Mercedes (Mary Ann Ford)
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Tamariz, Juan (Tamariz-Martel Negrón)
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Tarbell, Harlan
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Thompson, Johnny (The Great Tomsoni)
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Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller): see also
Penn & Teller
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Tempest, Marco
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Tenko, Princess (Mariko Itakura)
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Thurston, Howard
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Timon, Margo (Margo Tucker)
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Tobin, Neil
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Topas
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Turner, Richard
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Valentino, Val (The Masked Magician)
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Andrew Van Buren
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Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner)
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Vincent, Michael (Michael Vincent Louis)
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Walker, Val
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Walton, Roy
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Watson, Alan
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Wayne, Matt (Matthew Wayne Tomasko)
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Webster, Sue-Anne
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Welles, Orson
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Willard, Frances
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Williams, Dick
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Wilson, Gregory
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Wilson, Mark
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Wilson, R. Paul
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Wind, Tommy
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Witt, Wittus (Hans-Günter Witt)
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Wonder, Tommy (Jacobus Maria Bemelman)
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Wood, Dominic
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Wood, Greg
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Wyrick, Steve
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Zabrecky, Rob
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Zamloch, Anton
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The Zancigs
Julius and Agnes Zancig were stage magicians and authors on occultism who performed a spectacularly successful two-person mentalism act during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Julius Zancig (1857–1929) – born Julius Jörgensen in Copen ...
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Zarrow, Herb
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Zenon, Paul
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Zimmer, Florian
See also
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List of magicians in film
References
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