Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

male, deceased (1926)
Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 311926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to...
Wilmoth Houdini

Wilmoth Houdini

male, deceased (1973)
Frederick Wilmoth Hendricks (born November 25, 1895 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; died August 6, 1973, New York, New York), best known as...
Bess Houdini

Bess Houdini

female
Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, known as Bess, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini. They had no children. She died in 1943, 17 years...
David Williamson

David Williamson

male
David Williamson is a comedy magician and master of closeup magic. His signature act involves " Rocky" a racoon puppet that Williamson presents as...

Dorothy Dietrich

female
Dorothy Dietrich is a female magician. She is one of very few women who have performed the bullet catch and is noted for performing a straight...
Bob Cousy

Bob Cousy

male, 81 years old
Robert Joseph Cousy (born August 9, 1928 in New York City) is an American former professional basketball player, who played point guard with the...

Annanias Mathe

male
Annanias Mathe (sometimes reported as Ananias Mathe) is a notorious criminal from Mozambique who achieved notoriety in 2006 by being the only...
Mina Crandon

Mina Crandon

female, deceased (1941)
Mina "Margery" Crandon (1888-1941) was the wife of a wealthy Boston surgeon and socialite, Dr. Le Roi Goddard Crandon, and she became well known as...
Kristen Johnson

Kristen Johnson

female
Kristen Johnson is an award-winning escape artist who works with her husband magician Kevin Ridgeway under the names Living Illusions and Ridgeway...
Long Tack Sam

Long Tack Sam

male, 124 years old
Long Tack Sam, born in 1885 in Northern China, was a world renowned magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer. His magnificently dressed troupe...