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Also Known As prestidigitation • stage magic • conjuring • legerdemain • sleight of hand

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Key People

John Mulholland
American magician
Harry Blackstone, Sr.
Harry Blackstone, Sr.
American magician
Dai Vernon
Canadian magician and sleight-of-hand artist
Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay
American magician, actor, author, and historian
David Copperfield,
David Copperfield
American entertainer
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini
American magician
Alessandro, count di Cagliostro
Alessandro, count di Cagliostro
Italian charlatan
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
French magician
John Henry Anderson
British actor and magician
Doug Henning
Canadian magician
Thurston, Howard
Howard Thurston
American magician
Harry Kellar
American magician
Maskelyne, John Nevil
John Nevil Maskelyne
British magician
Chung Ling Soo
Chung Ling Soo
American magician
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser
Austrian magician
Pinetti
conjurer
Robert Heller
American magician
Maximus Of Ephesus
Ephesian philosopher and magician