List of magicians

This is a list of magicians, illusionists, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For a list of witches, wizards, and other practitioners of paranormal magic, see: List of occultists.

Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.

A

• Aalto, Simo
• Abbot, David
• Acer, David
• Ackerman, Allan
• Adams, Curtis
• Aich, Jewel
• Alexander, C. A. (Claude Alexander Conlin)
• Alexander, Jay
• Allen, Harry
• Ammar, Michael
• Anderson, Harry
• Amazing Johnathan
• Anderson, John Henry
• Andrus, Jerry
• Andruzzi, Tony
• Angel, Criss (Christopher Sarantakos)
• Annemann, Theodore (Theodore John Squires)
• Atkins, Jefferey

B

• Balducci, Ed
• Ballantine, Carl (Meyer Kessler)
• Bamberg II, David Tobias (Fu Manchu)
• Bamberg, Tobias
• Banachek (Steven Shaw)
• Bavli, Guy
• Barry and Stuart (Barry Jones & Stuart MacLeod)
• Barry, Keith
• Becker, Herbert L.
• Berglas, David
• Black, Arian
• Blackstone, Gay
• Blackstone, Harry, Sr.
• Blackstone, Harry, Jr.
• Blaine, David
• Bobo, J.B.
• Bongo, Ali (William Oliver Wallace)
• Dick Brooks (entertainer) also known as Dick Brookz and Ray Carter
• Brown, Derren
• Buchinger, Matthias
• Burger, Eugene
• Burton, Lance
• Bux, Kuda (Khuda Bakhsh)
• Brian Brushwood

C

• Cagliostro, Alessandro
• Cairns, Mark
• Caldwell, Mike
• Calvert, John (Elbern Madren Calvert)
• Cameron, Charles
• Canuplin
• Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford)
• Carlyle, Francis (Francis Xavier Finneran)
• Carnegie, Dean
• Carney, John
• Chan, Dan
• Carter, Charles Joseph
• Chef Anton
• Chen, Juliana
• Chen, Lu
• Christopher, Milbourne
• Coby, Rudy
• Cohen, Steve
• Colombini, Aldo
• Comus (Ledru, Nicolas-Philippe)
• Cook, Ali
• Cooper, Tommy
• Copperfield, David (David Kotkin)
• Corinda, Tony
• Cox,Chris
• Curry, Paul

D

• Daniels, Paul (Newton Edward Daniels)
• Daryl (Daryl Easton, Daryl Martinez)
• Davenport, William Henry and Erastus, Ira
• Davenport, Lewis (George Ryan)
• Dean, Jason
• Dedi
• De Kolta, Buatier
• Devant, David (David Wellington or David Wighton)
• Diaconis, Persi
• Don Alfredo
• Dietrich, Dorothy
• Dill, Dean
• Dingle, Derek
• Downs, Thomas Nelson
• Drake, Simon
• Drury, Steve
• Dunninger, Joseph
• Durham, Geoffrey
• Dynamo (Steven Frayne)

E

• El Bayed, Ahmed
• Elmsley, Alex
• Erdnase, S. W.
• Ellis, Tim

F

• Fakir of Ava (Isaiah Harris Hughes)
• Farquhar, Shawn
• Ferguson, Rich
• Finney, Michael
• Firman, Pete
• Fischbacher, Siegfried, see Siegfried & Roy
• Fitzkee, Dariel
• Flosso, Al (Albert Levinson)
• Foo, Ching Ling (Chee Ling Qua)
• Freedman, James
• Frewin, Greg
• Farla, Christian

G

• Ganson, Lewis
• Garcia, Frank
• Gardner, Martin
• Geller, Uri
• Gertner, Paul
• Gibson, Walter B.
• Gladwin, Andi
• Gray, Will
• Green, Lennart
• Goldin, Horace
• Goldston, Will

H

• Harary, Franz
• Hamman, Br. John
• Hardeen (Ferencz Dezso Weisz)
• Harris, Paul
• Hatfield, Murray and Teresa
• Henning, Doug
• Herrmann, Alexander
• Hilliard, John Northern
• Houdini, Harry (Erik Weiss)
• Hugard, Jean
• Harris, Neal Patrick

I

• Interrante, Scott

J

• James, Kevin
• James, Rob
• Jay, Joshua
• Jay, Ricky (Ricky Potash)
• Jennings, Larry
• Jermay, Luke
• Jillette, Penn, see also Penn & Teller
• Johnson, Kristen
• Jonathan, The Amazing (John Edward Szeles)
• Jones, Barry
• Jordan, Charles

K

• Kaps, Fred (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers)
• Katterfelto, Gustavus
• Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller)
• Keith Barry (Keith Barry)
• Kieve, Paul
• King, Mac
• Emil Kio (Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard)
• Kio, Igor (Igor Emilievich Renard Kio)
• Klok, Hans
• De Kolta, Buatier (Joseph Bautier)
• Kole, André
• Koran, Al (Edward Doe)
• Kredible, Justin
• Kreskin (George Joseph Kresge, Jr.)
• Kurts, Gary

L

• Labero, Joe
• Laflin, Duane
• Lavand, René
• Lean, Owen: See Roadmage
• Lee, Misty
• Leifer, Debbie
• Minnette Gersh Lenier
• Lorayne, Harry
• Lancaster, Lou
• Lovell, Curtis II
• Lovell, Simon
• Levi, Eliphas
• Luis de Matos

M

• Magic Babe Ning
• Macleod, Stuart
• Magic Christian
• Majax, Gérard (Gérard Fater)
• Malini, Max (Max Katz Breit)
• Malone, Bill
• Mandrake, Leon
• Marcy, Matt
• Marlo, Ed
• Marshall, Jay (James Ward Marshall)
• Marvey, Peter
• Masked Magician: see Val Valentino
• Maskelyne, Jasper
• Maskelyne, John Nevil
• Masklyn ye Mage: see Tony Andruzzi
• Matt the Knife
• Maven, Max (Phil Goldstein)
• Mayne, Andrew
• McBride, Jeff
• McComb, Billy
• Méliès, Georges
• Menna, Lisa
• Minkin, David
• Money-Coutts, Drummond
• Morgan The Escapist
• Mulhern, Stephen
• Munoz, Oscar
• Muthukad, Gopinath

N

• Nixon, David
• Nyman, Andy

O

• Ogawa, Shoot
• Okito (Tobias Bamberg)
• Oliver, David
• Orleans, Danny
• Ortiz, Darwin
• Osterlind, Richard

P

• Palladino, Eusapia (Minerverno Murge)
• Palmer, Johnny "Ace"
• Alex Patterson
• Pendragons (Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon)
• Penn & Teller (see also Penn Jillette and Teller)
• Penrose, Scott
• Philadelphia, Jacob (Jacob Meyer)
• Pinetti, Joseph (Joseph Pinetti Willedall de Merci)
• Polgar, Franz
• Pollock, Channing
• Presto, Fay

R

• Randi, James (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge)
• Reveen, Peter
• Roadmage (Owen Lean)
• Robert, Étienne-Gaspard
• Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène
• Robinson, William Ellsworth: see Chung Ling Soo
• Romany, the Diva of Magic
• Role, Brian
• Roth, David

S

• Sadowitz, Jerry
• Salwak, Dale
• Sam, Long Tack
• Sankey, Jay
• Saville, Ian
• SawChuck, Murray
• Scarne, John (Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia)
• Schindler, George
• Schwarzman, Howie
• Scott & Muriel
• Selbit, P. T. (Percy Thomas Tibbles)
• Shaxon, Alan (Alan Arthur Howson)
• Sheridan, Jeff
• Siegfried & Roy (Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn)
• Silano, Rocco
• Slydini, Tony (Quintino Marucci)
• Solomon, Thomas
• Soma
• Soo, Chung Ling (William Ellsworth Robinson)
• Sorcar, P. C. (Protul Chandra Sarcar)
• Sorcar, P. C. Jr. (Prodip Chandra Sarcar)
• Steiner, Robert
• Steinmeyer, Jim
• Stone, Tom
• Strebler, Morgan
• Sum, J C
• Swiss, Jamy Ian
• Sylvester the Jester

T

• Takayama, Cyril
• Tamariz, Juan (Tamariz-Martel Negrón)
• Tarbell, Harlan
• Timon, Margo
• Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller): see also Penn & Teller
• Tenko, Princess (Mariko Itakura)
• Thurston, Howard
• Tobin, Neil
• Turner, Richard

V

• Valentino, Val (The Masked Magician)
• Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner)
• Vincent, Michael

W

• Walker, Val
• Walton, Roy
• Welles, Orson
• Willard, Frances
• Wilson, Gregory
• Wilson, Mark
• Wind, Tommy
• Wonder, Tommy (Jacobus Maria Bemelman)
• Wyrick, Steve

Z

• The Zancigs
• Zarrow, Herb
• Zenon, Paul
• Zimmer, Florian
• Zabrecky, Rob

See also

• List of magic consultants

References

• Randi, James. Conjuring. (1992) ISBN 0-312-09771-9