MAGICIANS

Pantheon has 11 people classified as magicians born between 1805 and 1982. Of these 11, 7 (63.64%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living magicians include David Copperfield, Uri Geller, and David Blaine. The most famous deceased magicians include Harry Houdini, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, and James Randi.

Living Magicians

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  David Copperfield

  1956 - Present

  HPI: 64.95

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  Uri Geller

  1946 - Present

  HPI: 63.56

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  David Blaine

  1973 - Present

  HPI: 53.69

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  Criss Angel

  1967 - Present

  HPI: 45.57

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  Dynamo

  1982 - Present

  HPI: 36.41

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  Derren Brown

  1971 - Present

  HPI: 35.95

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  Penn Jillette

  1955 - Present

  HPI: 35.47

Deceased Magicians

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  Harry Houdini

  1874 - 1926

  HPI: 75.61

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  Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

  1805 - 1871

  HPI: 59.95

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  James Randi

  1928 - 2020

  HPI: 57.02

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  Ricky Jay

  1946 - 2018

  HPI: 45.65

Most magicians were born in United States (5), United Kingdom (2), and Hungary (1). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (2), Budapest (1), and Metuchen, New Jersey (1).The most common death places of magicians were United States (3), and France (1). By city, these were Detroit (1), Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (1), and Plantation, Florida (1).

The earliest biographies classified as magicians in Pantheon are James Randi, Harry Houdini, and Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.  The concentration of magicians was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier magicians are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.