biography and other details about famous magicians
Widely credited as becoming the first major ‘television magician’, James “Mark” Wilson is an American magic performer and author born in 1929. Magician Mark Wilson is also considered to have been a great factor in the process of establishing the viability of magic shows as a television format. First steps Read more…
Jadugar PC Sorcar was one of the finest magician and Illusionist to ever perform His acts and tricks were not only incredible, they were very intelligent and eye opening. His full names were Protul Chandra Sorcar but he shortened it to P.C. Sorcar which he used all over the world as Read more…
Uri Geller is a well-known magician who has been around the magic scene for decades. His blend of magic is not only unbelievable, it is –as some people term it- supernatural and downright out of this world. He is a great magician and entertainer who has appeared on many TV Read more…
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin was a magician born in the town of Blois, in central France on December 7, 1805. He was widely acknowledged as the “father of conjuring” in its modern sense. With his father, Prosper Robert, being one of the finest watchmakers in Blois, Jean was expected to follow Read more…
Harry Houdini also famous by his stage name Ehrich Weiss is arguably the greatest magician of all time. His performances were ingenious and way ahead of his time. Many other magicians after him use Harry Houdini magic tricks. He often brushed his shoulders with death every time he performed but this Read more…
Born in 1913, on the 20th of June, in Longueville, Germain Sauvard, also known as Mac Ronay, was a renowned French actor and acrobat. The Beginnings Mac Ronay first started his career as an acrobat in his twenties, performing and always improving increasingly dangerous numbers. In 1936, he was one Read more…
Magician’s assistant are the people who keep the show running smoothly through their physical appearance on stage by helping the magician/illusionist by moving props and even taking part in their magic tricks. Well, they are mainly not so much honored but some of them have been well-known since some even Read more…
Mahdi Gilbert is a professional Canadian magician/ illusion. He has specialized in close-up magic tricks less to say the card tricks. Short to say that Gilbert is sleight of hand, and learning magic for him was very difficult since all the book that were there were written for people who Read more…
Bess Houdini, born as Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner in Brooklyn New York, was the wife and stage assistant of the legendary Harry Houdini. Her date of birth is not surely known, as with her famous husband. Some say it is the 22nd of January, 1876, others say that it is the Read more…
Born on the 2nd of September 1973, magician Cyril Takayama is perhaps best known for his street performances in Japan and Korea. The American magician comes from a family of immigrants, his father being from Okinawa, Japan, and his mother being French of Moroccan descent. Both his parents were beauticians. Read more…
