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  Alexander (magician)
  Claude Alexander Conlin (1880–1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was a stage magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a prop. In addition to performing, he also worked privately for clients, giving readings. He was the author of several pitch books and New Thought pamphlets, as well as texts for stage performers. His stage name was "Alexander," and as an author he wrote under the name "C. Alexander."
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  Alexander Herrmann
  Alexander Herrmann (February 10, 1844 – December 17, 1896) was a French magician, better known as Herrmann the Great. He was part of the Herrmann family name that is known as the "first-family of magic". Those who witnessed Herrmann the Great perform considered him the greatest magician they ever saw.
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• Axel Hellstrom
  Axel Hellstrom was a muscle reader, mentalist and stage magician. He re-defined the art of muscle reading to such an extent that this technique, also known as "contact mind reading" and "Cumberlandism" (after a 19th century practitioner named Stuart Cumberland), is now best known by the name "Hellstromism".
  http://wn.com/Axel_Hellstrom
• Banachek
  :''For the 1970's TV detective series, see Banacek.''
  http://wn.com/Banachek
• Bart King (author)
  http://wn.com/Bart_King_(author)
• Black Herman
  Benjamin Rucker (1892-1934) was an American stage magician, better known by his stage name Black Herman. Born in Amherst, Virginia, he was the most prominent African American magician of his time.
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• Cardini
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• Chung Ling Soo
  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 trick went wrong.
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  Criss Angel
  Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (born December 19, 1967), better known by the stage name Criss Angel, is an American illusionist and actor. He is best known for starring in the highly-rated television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak and his live performance show Criss Angel Believe, with Cirque du Soleil, at the Luxor casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  Cyril Takayama
  Cyril Takayama (born September 27, 1973) is an American illusionist of Ryukyuan and French descent. He is perhaps best known for his magic performances around Japan.
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  Dai Vernon
  Dai Vernon (pronounced alternatively as DIE or as DAY as in David) (June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992), aka The Professor, was a Canadian magician. His expert sleight-of-hand technique and extensive knowledge garnered him universal respect among fellow magicians. His influence was considerable in the magic world, and he was a mentor to numerous famous magicians. He lived out his last years at the Magic Castle.
  http://wn.com/Dai_Vernon
• Dariel Fitzkee
  Dariel Fitzkee (1898-1977) was the pen name of Dariel Fitzroy. He was a semi-professional magician/author, born in Annawan, Illinois. His trilogy, known as The Fitzkee Trilogy is considered by many to be an important contribution to the theory of magic.
  http://wn.com/Dariel_Fitzkee
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  David Blaine
  David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records. Theatre owner James Nederlander as well as The New York Times have referred to Blaine as a modern day Houdini. Blaine was born David Blaine White in Brooklyn, New York and is of Puerto Rican descent on his father's side, and Russian Jewish on his mother's. His mother, Patrice Maureen White (1946–1995), was a school teacher living in New York, and his father William Perez was a Vietnam veteran. When he was four years old, he saw a magician performing magic on the subway. This sparked an interest in Blaine. He was raised by his single mother and attended many schools in Brooklyn. When he was ten years old, his mother married John Bukalo and they moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School. He has a half-brother named Michael James Bukalo. When he was 17 years old, Blaine moved to Manhattan, New York.
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  Derren Brown
  Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer, and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions, and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat. Since the first broadcast of his show Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000, Brown has become increasingly well known for his "mind-reading" act. He has authored books for magicians as well as the general public. His caricature artwork has received gallery exhibition and is available in a single volume documenting his portrait collection.
  http://wn.com/Derren_Brown
• Doug Henning
  Douglas James Henning (May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician. Henning died aged 52 in February 2000 in Los Angeles five months after being diagnosed with liver cancer.
  http://wn.com/Doug_Henning
• Dunninger
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  Fred Kaps
  Fred Kaps (official name Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers), (June 8, 1926 – July 22, 1980) was a Dutch magician, famous for being the only magician to become FISM Grand Prix world champion three times. He was the creator of numerous original effects including his version of the color-changing silks. Another popular effect he often performed was the Long Pour Salt trick. Part of the act has Kaps exhibiting facial expressions of great surprise and disbelief, as he tries unsuccessfully to desperately stop the flow.
  http://wn.com/Fred_Kaps
• Guy Hollingworth
  Guy Hollingworth (born 1974) is an English barrister, conjuror, author and lecturer. As a conjuror he is known for his skillful performances of card magic and for his books and lectures in which he presents original tricks and routines.
  http://wn.com/Guy_Hollingworth
• Harlan Tarbell
  Harlan Eugene Tarbell (1890-1960) was an American stage magician and illustrator of the early 20th century. He was the author of the well-known Tarbell Course in Magic.
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• Harry Blackstone Jr.
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• Harry Blackstone Sr.
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  Harry Houdini
  Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian Jewish-American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer. He was also a skeptic who set out to expose frauds purporting to be supernatural phenomena.
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  Hieronymus Bosch
  Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken ; c. 1450 – August 9, 1516) was an Early Netherlandish painter. His work is known for its use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives.
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• Houdini
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  Howard Thurston
  Howard Thurston (July 20, 1869 – April 13, 1936) was a stage magician from Columbus, Ohio.
  http://wn.com/Howard_Thurston
• Jacob Philadelphia
  Jacob Philadelphia was a Jewish magician, physicist, mechanic, juggler, astrologer, alchemist, and Kabbalist.
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  James I of England
  James VI & I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567. On 24 March 1603, he also became King of England and Ireland as James I when he inherited the English crown and thereby united the Crowns of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England (each country remained legally separate though both ruled by James). James VI & I continued to hold both crowns until his death in 1625, but based himself in England (the larger of the two realms) from 1603.
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  James Randi
  James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928) is a Canadian American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician, as The Amazing Randi, but when he retired at age 60, he switched to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo." Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi rejects that title owing to its perceived bias, instead describing himself as an "investigator". He has written about the paranormal, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and is occasionally featured on the television program .
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  Jamy Ian Swiss
  Jamy Ian Swiss is an American close-up magician who works primarily with cards.
  http://wn.com/Jamy_Ian_Swiss
• Jeff McBride
  Jeff McBride (also known as Magnus) (born September 11, 1959) is an American magician from Monticello New York. He is known for his sleight of hand skills and specializes in the manipulation of playing cards, coins, and other small objects. His stage performances blend elements of kabuki, a Japanese theater form, with traditional conjuring. In addition, he is noted for his contributions to Bizarre magic.
  http://wn.com/Jeff_McBride
• Jeff Sheridan
  Jeff Sheridan (b. 1948, real name Jeff Mazzio) is an American magician who started his career by specializing in street magic. Sheridan began working in New York City around 1967. He studied briefly at the School of the Visual Arts in NYC in the late 1960s. He authored the 1977 book, Street Magic, An Illustrated History of Wandering Magicians and Their Conjuring Arts published by Doubleday imprint Dolphin Books. The book was coauthored by Edward Claflin.
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  John Nevil Maskelyne
  John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 183918 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet. He invented many other important Victorian inventions. In the 19th century, Maskelyne invented a lock for London toilets which required a penny to operate, hence the euphemism "spend a penny".
  http://wn.com/John_Nevil_Maskelyne
• John Scarne
  John Scarne (March 4, 1903 - July 7, 1985) was an American stage magician particularly adept at playing card manipulation. He became known as an expert on cards and other games, and authored a number of popular books on cards, gambling, and related topics.
  http://wn.com/John_Scarne
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  Joseph Dunninger
  Joseph Dunninger (April 28, 1892 - March 9, 1975), known as "The Amazing Dunninger" was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time. He was one of the pioneer performers of magic on radio and television.
  http://wn.com/Joseph_Dunninger
• Kreskin
  George Joseph Kresge (born January 12, 1935), who had his name legally changed to The Amazing Kreskin, is a mentalist who became popular on North American television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's famous comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician.
  http://wn.com/Kreskin
• Lance Burton
  Lance Burton (born William Lance Burton on March 10, 1960 in Columbia, Kentucky) is a stage illusionist. He has appeared on numerous television programs, and also performed for Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan. He has also appeared on the 2006 Labor Day Weekend Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
  http://wn.com/Lance_Burton
• Lee Asher
  Lee Asher (born 1976) is a close-up magician noted for originating new card tricks and hypnotic sleight of hand moves.
  http://wn.com/Lee_Asher
• Max Malini
  Max Malini (born Max Katz Breit, 1873 – died October 3, 1942) was a Jewish illusionist who at his peak performed for several US Presidents, had command performances at Buckingham Palace, and received gifts from monarchs across Europe and Asia. Magicians are said to revere him for his skill and bold accomplishments.
  http://wn.com/Max_Malini
• Okito
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  Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller (Penn Jillette and Teller) are Las Vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally uses mime while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard throughout their performance. They specialize in gory tricks, exposing frauds, and performing clever pranks, and have become associated with Las Vegas, atheism, and scientific skepticism.
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• Penn and Teller
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  Peter Marvey
  Peter Marvey is a magician and illusionist best known for his combination of sleight of hand and large-scale stage illusions.
  http://wn.com/Peter_Marvey
• Reginald Scot
  Reginald Scot (or Scott) (c. 1538 – October 9, 1599) was an English country gentleman and Member of Parliament, now remembered as the author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, which was published in 1584. It was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposes how (apparently miraculous) feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring.
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  Ricky Jay
  Richard Jay Potash (born 1948), better known by the stage name Ricky Jay, is an American stage magician, actor, and writer. He is a sleight-of-hand expert and is notable for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter.
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  Siegfried & Roy
  Siegfried & Roy are two German-American entertainers known for their long running show of illusions in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  http://wn.com/Siegfried_&_Roy
• St. Don Bosco
  http://wn.com/St_Don_Bosco
• The Zancigs
  http://wn.com/The_Zancigs
• Theodore Annemann
  '''Theodore 'Theo' Annemann (stage name Ted Anneman) born Theodore John Squires''' (1907 – January 12, 1942) was an American professional magician who specialized in the field of mentalism. Annemann is most famous for inventing and refining many of the standard mentalism routines that continue to be used by magicians today.
  http://wn.com/Theodore_Annemann
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  Tom Stone (magician)
  Tom Stone is the stage name of Thomas Bengtsson, a Swedish magician, editor and author.
  http://wn.com/Tom_Stone_(magician)
• Tony Andruzzi
  Tony Andruzzi (1925 – December 22, 1991), born Antonio C. Andruzzi in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was a professional magician. From the 1950s to the early 1970s his performances were comedy illusions. He adopted the name Tom Palmer and had his legal name changed to Thomas S. Palmer. Under the name Tom Palmer, he published several pieces of magic including The Flea Cicus Act, Modern Illusions and The Comedy Act of Tom Palmer.
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  Uri Geller
  Uri Geller (; born 20 December 1946) is an Israeli paranormalist living in England known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed physical effects. Throughout the years, Geller has been accused of using simple conjuring tricks to achieve the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy. Geller's career as an entertainer has spanned almost four decades, with television shows and appearances in many countries. Geller used to call his abilities "psychic," but now prefers to refer to himself as a "mystifier" and entertainer.
  http://wn.com/Uri_Geller

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  England
  England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
  http://wn.com/England
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  Hollywood
  Hollywood is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California - situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of American cinema, and is often interchangeably used to refer to the greater Los Angeles area in general. The nicknames StarStruck Town and Tinseltown refer to Hollywood and its movie industry. Today, much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as the Westside neighborhood, but significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting companies remain in Hollywood, as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures.
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  Italy
  Italy (; ), officially the Italian Republic (), is a country located in south-central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia — the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea — and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, whilst Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.4 million inhabitants, it is the sixth most populous country in Europe, and the twenty-third most populous in the world.
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  London
  London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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• Magic Castle
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  Piccadilly
  Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster. The street is part of the A4 road, London's second most important western artery. St. James's lies to the south of the eastern section of the street, while the western section is built up only on the northern side and overlooks Green Park. The area to the north is Mayfair.
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  Russia
  Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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  Turin
  Turin (, pronounced ; Piedmontese: Turin, pronounced ) is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 (November 2008) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants; the Turin metropolitan area is estimated by OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.
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  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
  http://wn.com/United_Kingdom

• Alexander Herrmann
• Asrah levitation
• Axel Hellstrom
• Balducci levitation
• Banachek
• Bart King (author)
• Bizarre magic
• Black Herman
• busking
• card game
• Card manipulation
• Cardini
• Children's magic
• Chung Ling Soo
• coin
• Coin magic
• Confidence trick
• Conjuration
• Conjuring (book)
• Criss Angel
• cults
• Cyril Takayama
• Dai Vernon
• Dariel Fitzkee
• David Blaine
• Derren Brown
• Doug Henning
• Dove pan
• Dunninger
• England
• entertainment
• escapology
• Europe
• Exposure (magic)
• faith healers
• fantasy
• Fred Kaps
• Gazzo
• ghosts
• Gospel magic
• Guy Bavli
• Guy Hollingworth
• handcuffs
• Harlan Tarbell
• Harry Blackstone Jr.
• Harry Blackstone Sr.
• Harry Houdini
• Hieronymus Bosch
• history
• Hollywood
• horror (genre)
• Houdini
• Houdini Museum
• Howard Thurston
• illusion
• Indian magicians
• Italy
• Jacob Philadelphia
• James I of England
• James Randi
• Jamy Ian Swiss
• Jeff McBride
• Jeff Sheridan
• John Nevil Maskelyne
• John Scarne
• Joseph Dunninger
• King levitation
• Kreskin
• Lance Burton
• Lee Asher
• List of magicians
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• magi
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• Max Malini
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• Okito
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• Penn & Teller
• Penn and Teller
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Illusionist, The (2006)

"Illusionist, The (2006)" Actors

• Edward Norton
• Paul Giamatti
• Jessica Biel
• Rufus Sewell
• Eddie Marsan
• James Babson
• Brian Caspe
• Tom Fisher
• Aaron Johnson
• Erich Redman
• Ellen Savaria
• Jake Wood

"Illusionist, The (2006)" Director

• Neil Burger