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'''Explore MagicPedia's contents'''
  
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Along with being a reference encyclopedia on all aspects of [[:Category:MagicPedia|magic categories]], MagicPedia includes a [[:Category:Biographies|Who's Who]], a bibliography of conjuring related [[:Category:Books|books]] and [[:Category:Periodicals |periodicals]], a [[:Category:Term|dictionary of terms]], along with provenance of [[:Category:Cards|cards]] and [[:Category:Coins|coins]] sleights and [[:Category:illusions|illusions]].
  
==Illusionists Past==
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A selection of examples include:
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==Magicians Past==
 
[[Alexander]] |
 
[[Alexander]] |
 
[[Harry Blackstone, Sr.]] |
 
[[Harry Blackstone, Sr.]] |
 
[[Harry Blackstone, Jr.]] |
 
[[Harry Blackstone, Jr.]] |
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[[Ali Bongo]] |
 
[[Charles Joseph Carter]] |
 
[[Charles Joseph Carter]] |
 
[[Buatier De Kolta]] |
 
[[Buatier De Kolta]] |
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[[Davenport Brothers]] |
 
[[Doug Henning]] |
 
[[Doug Henning]] |
 
[[Alexander Herrmann]] |
 
[[Alexander Herrmann]] |
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[[Harry Thurston]] |
 
[[Harry Thurston]] |
 
[[Dante]] |
 
[[Dante]] |
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[[Tampa]] |
 
[[Will Rock]] |
 
[[Will Rock]] |
 
[[Lee Grabel]] |
 
[[Lee Grabel]] |
[[Charles W. "Kirk" Kirkham]] |
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[[Kirk Kirkham|Charles W. "Kirk" Kirkham]] |
 
[[Virgil]] |
 
[[Virgil]] |
[[Soccar]] |
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[[Sorcar]] |
 
[[Richiardi]] |
 
[[Richiardi]] |
 
[[Kalanag]] |
 
[[Kalanag]] |
 
[[Melbourne Christopher]] |
 
[[Melbourne Christopher]] |
[[Leon Mandrake]]
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[[Leon Mandrake]] |
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[[Paul Daniels]]  
  
==Illusionists Present==
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Biographies}} more at [[:Category:Biographies]]
[[List of magicians]] |
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[[David Copperfield]] |
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==Magicians Present==
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[[David Acer]] |
 
[[Criss Angel]] |
 
[[Criss Angel]] |
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[[Jay Alexander]] |
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[[Michael Ammar]] |
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[[Harry Anderson]] |
 
[[David Blaine]] |
 
[[David Blaine]] |
 
[[Dick Brooks]] |
 
[[Dick Brooks]] |
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[[Derren Brown]] |
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[[Eugene Burger]] |
 
[[Lance Burton]] |
 
[[Lance Burton]] |
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[[David Copperfield]] |
 
[[Robert Gallup]] |
 
[[Robert Gallup]] |
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[[Lennart Green]] |
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[[Paul Harris]] |
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[[Michael Finney]] |
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[[Joshua Jay]] |
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[[Ricky Jay]] |
 
[[Siegfried & Roy]] |
 
[[Siegfried & Roy]] |
[[Penn & Teller]] |
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[[Mac King]] |
 
[[André Kole]] |
 
[[André Kole]] |
 
[[Rudy Coby]] |
 
[[Rudy Coby]] |
 
[[Reza]] |
 
[[Reza]] |
[[Paul Daniels]] |
 
 
[[Dorothy Dietrich]] |
 
[[Dorothy Dietrich]] |
 
[[Simon Drake]] |
 
[[Simon Drake]] |
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[[Franz Harary]] |
 
[[Franz Harary]] |
 
[[Hans Klok]] |
 
[[Hans Klok]] |
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[[Bill Malone]] |
 
[[Luis de Matos]] |
 
[[Luis de Matos]] |
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[[Jeff McBride]] |
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[[Johnny Ace Palmer]] |
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[[Penn & Teller]] |
 
[[Peter Marvey]] |
 
[[Peter Marvey]] |
[[The Pendragons]] |
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[[James Randi]] |
[[Mark Wilson (magician)]] |
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[[David Roth]] |
[[Landon Swank]] |
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[[Jay Sankey]] |
[[Martin Brock]]
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[[Mark Wilson]]  
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==Illusions==
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[[180 illusion]] |
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Living Person}} more at [[:Category:Living Person]]
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==Illusions==
 
[[Aquarian Illusion]] |
 
[[Aquarian Illusion]] |
[[Asrah levitation]] |  
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[[Asrah Levitation]] |  
 
[[Assistant's Revenge]] |  
 
[[Assistant's Revenge]] |  
 
[[Aztec Lady]] |  
 
[[Aztec Lady]] |  
[[Battle of the Barrels]] | 
 
 
[[Bowl-A-Rama]] |  
 
[[Bowl-A-Rama]] |  
[[Bullet catch]] |
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[[Bullet Catch]] |  
[[Chen Lee water suspension]] |
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[[Clearly Impossible]] |
 
[[Clearly Impossible]] |
[[David Copperfield's laser illusion]] |
 
 
[[De Kolta Chair]] |
 
[[De Kolta Chair]] |
[[Dagger head box]] |
 
 
[[Devil's torture chamber]] |  
 
[[Devil's torture chamber]] |  
[[Disembodied Princess (aka The Mystery of Princess Karnac)]] |  
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[[Disembodied Princess]] |  
 
[[Elastic Lady]] |  
 
[[Elastic Lady]] |  
[[Geometrix]] |
 
[[Guillotine]] |
 
[[Gut Buster]] |
 
[[Head Mover]] |
 
 
[[Impalement]] |
 
[[Impalement]] |
[[Indian rope trick]] |  
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[[Indian Rope Trick]] |  
 
[[Interlude]] |
 
[[Interlude]] |
[[Janet Box]] (Cutting in ninths) |  
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[[Slicer]] (Janet Box) |  
[[David Copperfield's laser illusion|The Laser]] |  
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[[Laser Fiction]] |
 
[[Mascot Moth]] |
 
[[Mascot Moth]] |
[[Mini Kub-Zag]] |
 
 
[[Metamorphosis]] |  
 
[[Metamorphosis]] |  
 
[[Mismade Girl]] |  
 
[[Mismade Girl]] |  
 
[[Modern Art]] |   
 
[[Modern Art]] |   
 
[[Origami]] |  
 
[[Origami]] |  
[[Predicament escape]] |
 
 
[[Quick-change]] |  
 
[[Quick-change]] |  
 
[[Radium Girl]] |  
 
[[Radium Girl]] |  
[[Sands of the Nile]] |  
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[[Sands of the Desert]] |  
 
[[Sawing a woman in half]] |  
 
[[Sawing a woman in half]] |  
[[Scarecrow]] |
 
 
[[Shadow Vision]] |  
 
[[Shadow Vision]] |  
[[Squeeze Box]] |
 
[[Stretch (Illusion)]]|
 
[[Stretcher]] |
 
[[Super Chair Suspension]] |
 
[[Substitution trunk]] (aka Sub trunk) |
 
 
[[Table of Death]] |  
 
[[Table of Death]] |  
[[Tip over trunk]] |  
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[[Through the Eye of the Needle]] |
 
[[Twister]] |  
 
[[Twister]] |  
[[Wringer]] |
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[[Zig Zag Girl]]
[[Zig Zag Girl]] |
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Illusions}} more at [[:Category:Illusions]]
  
 
==Illusion Designers==
 
==Illusion Designers==
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[[André Kole]] |
 
[[André Kole]] |
 
[[Kevin James]] |
 
[[Kevin James]] |
[[Franz Harrary]] |
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[[Franz Harary]] |
 
[[Craig Browning]] |
 
[[Craig Browning]] |
[[Rand Woodbury]] |
 
 
[[Alan Wakeling]] |
 
[[Alan Wakeling]] |
 
[[Dick Zimmerman]] |
 
[[Dick Zimmerman]] |
 
[[Paul Osborne]] |
 
[[Paul Osborne]] |
[[Willie Kennedy]] |
 
 
[[David Mendoza]] |
 
[[David Mendoza]] |
[[Walter Blaney]]  
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[[Walter Blaney]]
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==Magicians Past==
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[[Harry Houdini]] |
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[[Ali Bongo]] |
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[[Davenport Brothers]]
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==Magicians Present==
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[[David Acer]] |
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[[Jay Alexander]] |
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[[Michael Ammar]] |
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[[Harry Anderson]] |
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[[Amazing Johnathan]] |
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[[Herbert L. Becker]] |
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[[Arian Black]] |
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[[Dick Brooks]] |
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[[Ali Bongo]] |
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[[Derren Brown]] |
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[[Eugene Burger]] |
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[[Dorothy Dietrich]] |
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[[Michael Finney]] |
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[[Paul Gertner]] |
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[[Lennart Green]] |
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[[Paul Harris]] |
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[[Joshua Jay]] |
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[[Ricky Jay]] |
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[[Mac King]] |
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[[René Lavand]] |
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[[Bill Malone]] |
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[[Jeff McBride]] |
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[[Johnny Ace Palmer]] |
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[[James Randi]] |
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[[David Roth]] |
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[[Jay Sankey]] |
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[[Tommy Wonder]]
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==Mentalists Past==
 
==Mentalists Past==
 
 
[[Theodore Annemann]] |
 
[[Theodore Annemann]] |
 
[[Joseph Dunninger]]  
 
[[Joseph Dunninger]]  
  
 
==Mentalists Present==
 
==Mentalists Present==
[[Dick Brooks]] | |
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[[Dick Brooks]] |  
 
[[Eugene Burger]] |
 
[[Eugene Burger]] |
 
[[Uri Geller]] |
 
[[Uri Geller]] |
[[Max Maven]]
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[[Max Maven]] |
[[Bob Cassidy]] |
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[[Docc Hilford]] |
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[[Richard Webster]] |
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[[Larry Becker]] |
 
[[Larry Becker]] |
 
[[Lee Earle]] |
 
[[Lee Earle]] |
[[John Riggs]] |
 
[[Jon Stetson]] |
 
[[Jerome Finley]] |
 
 
[[Luke Jermay]] |
 
[[Luke Jermay]] |
[[David Lees]] |
 
[[Jan Bardi]] |
 
[[Paul Voodini]] |
 
[[Enrique Enriquez]] |
 
 
[[Paul Brook]] |
 
[[Paul Brook]] |
[[Colin Mcleod]] |
 
[[Ken Dyne]] |
 
[[Looch]] |
 
 
[[Kieth Barry]] |
 
[[Kieth Barry]] |
 
[[Banachek]] |
 
[[Banachek]] |
 
[[Kenton Knepper]] |
 
[[Kenton Knepper]] |
[[Allen Zingg]] |
 
[[Elliot Bressler]] |
 
 
[[Craig Browning]] |
 
[[Craig Browning]] |
[[Neil Scryer]] |
 
 
[[Guy Bavli]] |
 
[[Guy Bavli]] |
[[Derren Brown]] |
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[[Derren Brown]]
[[Greg Arce]] |
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[[Sebastian Black]] |
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[[Nick Bellas]] |
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[[Leo Kotska]]
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==Notable assistants or crew members==
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==Female magicians ==
 
[[Gay Blackstone]] |
 
[[Gay Blackstone]] |
 
[[Nani Darnell]] |
 
[[Nani Darnell]] |
 
[[Adelaide Herrmann]] |
 
[[Adelaide Herrmann]] |
 
[[Bess Houdini]] |  
 
[[Bess Houdini]] |  
[[Mark Kalin and Jinger|Jinger Leigh]] |
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[[Talma]] |  
[[Talma Le Roy]] |
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[[Debbie McGee]] |  
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[[Moi-Yo Miller]] |  
 
[[Moi-Yo Miller]] |  
[[The Pendragons|Charlotte Pendragon]] |
 
 
[[Joanie Spina]] |  
 
[[Joanie Spina]] |  
 
[[Frances Willard]] |
 
[[Frances Willard]] |
[[Morgan The Escapist|Morgan]] |
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[[Morgan The Escapist|Morgan]]
[[Penny Wiggins]] 
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Female magicians}} more at [[:Category:Female magicians]]
 
==Magic Producers==
 
==Magic Producers==
 
[[Gay Blackstone]]   
 
[[Gay Blackstone]]   
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==Magic Museums==
 
==Magic Museums==
 
[[American Museum of Magic]] |
 
[[American Museum of Magic]] |
[[Houdini Museum]]
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[[Houdini Museum]]
  
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:History}} more at  [[:Category:History]]
 
==Documentaries & Television==
 
==Documentaries & Television==
 
[[Women in boxes]] |
 
[[Women in boxes]] |
 
[[Brain Games]] |
 
[[Brain Games]] |
 
[[Make Believe]]
 
[[Make Believe]]
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See {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Media}}  more at [[:Category:Media]]
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[[Category:MagicPedia]]

Revision as of 04:21, 23 January 2017

Explore MagicPedia's contents

Along with being a reference encyclopedia on all aspects of magic categories, MagicPedia includes a Who's Who, a bibliography of conjuring related books and periodicals, a dictionary of terms, along with provenance of cards and coins sleights and illusions.


A selection of examples include:

Magicians Past

Alexander | Harry Blackstone, Sr. | Harry Blackstone, Jr. | Ali Bongo | Charles Joseph Carter | Buatier De Kolta | Davenport Brothers | Doug Henning | Alexander Herrmann | Harry Houdini | Theo Hardeen | John Nevil Maskelyne | Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin | Howard Thurston | Harry Thurston | Dante | Tampa | Will Rock | Lee Grabel | Charles W. "Kirk" Kirkham | Virgil | Sorcar | Richiardi | Kalanag | Melbourne Christopher | Leon Mandrake | Paul Daniels

See 3,735 more at Category:Biographies

Magicians Present

David Acer | Criss Angel | Jay Alexander | Michael Ammar | Harry Anderson | David Blaine | Dick Brooks | Derren Brown | Eugene Burger | Lance Burton | David Copperfield | Robert Gallup | Lennart Green | Paul Harris | Michael Finney | Joshua Jay | Ricky Jay | Siegfried & Roy | Mac King | André Kole | Rudy Coby | Reza | Dorothy Dietrich | Simon Drake | Greg Frewin | Franz Harary | Hans Klok | Bill Malone | Luis de Matos | Jeff McBride | Johnny Ace Palmer | Penn & Teller | Peter Marvey | James Randi | David Roth | Jay Sankey | Mark Wilson

See 475 more at Category:Living Person

Illusions

Aquarian Illusion | Asrah Levitation | Assistant's Revenge | Aztec Lady | Bowl-A-Rama | Bullet Catch | Clearly Impossible | De Kolta Chair | Devil's torture chamber | Disembodied Princess | Elastic Lady | Impalement | Indian Rope Trick | Interlude | Slicer (Janet Box) | Laser Fiction | Mascot Moth | Metamorphosis | Mismade Girl | Modern Art | Origami | Quick-change | Radium Girl | Sands of the Desert | Sawing a woman in half | Shadow Vision | Table of Death | Through the Eye of the Needle | Twister | Zig Zag Girl

See 143 more at Category:Illusions

Illusion Designers

Don Wayne | Jim Steinmeyer | André Kole | Kevin James | Franz Harary | Craig Browning | Alan Wakeling | Dick Zimmerman | Paul Osborne | David Mendoza | Walter Blaney

Mentalists Past

Theodore Annemann | Joseph Dunninger

Mentalists Present

Dick Brooks | Eugene Burger | Uri Geller | Max Maven | Larry Becker | Lee Earle | Luke Jermay | Paul Brook | Kieth Barry | Banachek | Kenton Knepper | Craig Browning | Guy Bavli | Derren Brown

Female magicians

Gay Blackstone | Nani Darnell | Adelaide Herrmann | Bess Houdini | Talma | Moi-Yo Miller | Joanie Spina | Frances Willard | Morgan

See 143 more at Category:Female magicians

Magic Producers

Gay Blackstone

Magic Museums

American Museum of Magic | Houdini Museum

See 46 more at Category:History

Documentaries & Television

Women in boxes | Brain Games | Make Believe

See 53 more at Category:Media