James Randi

James Randi

male, 81 years old
James Randi (born August 7, 1928), stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of...
Jasper Maskelyne

Jasper Maskelyne

male, deceased (1973)
Jasper Maskelyne was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil...
Joe Nickell

Joe Nickell

male, 64 years old
Joe Nickell was born December 1, 1944. He is a former stage magician and is a prominent skeptical investigator of the paranormal. He also works as...
Jeff McBride

Jeff McBride

male
Jeff McBride (also known as Magnus) is an American magician. He is known for his sleight of hand skills and specializes in the manipulation of...
Harry Blackstone Jr.

Harry Blackstone Jr.

male, deceased (1997)
Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer. He received the Magician of the Year Award in 1979 and...
Chung Ling Soo

Chung Ling Soo

male, deceased (1918)
Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of American stage magician William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918). He is famous for dying when his bullet catch...
Kreskin

Kreskin

male, 74 years old
George Joseph Kresge, Jr., better known as The Amazing Kreskin, (born January 12, 1935 in Montclair, New Jersey) is a mentalist who became popular...
Black Herman

Black Herman

male, deceased (1934)
Benjamin Rucker (born in Amherst, Virginia in 1892) was an American stage magician, better known by his stage name Black Herman. He was the most...

Horace Goldin

male, deceased (1939)
Horace Goldin (1873 or 1874 - 1939) was a stage magician who was noted for his lightning fast presentation style and who achieved international...
Peter Hurkos

Peter Hurkos

male, deceased (1988)
Peter Hurkos (21 May, 1911 - 1 June, 1988), born Pieter van der Hurk, was a Dutchman who claimed that he manifested extra-sensory perception...