The Most Famous
MAGICIANS from Canada
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Magicians of all time. This list of famous Canadian Magicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. James Randi (1928 - 2020)
With an HPI of 57.02, James Randi is the most famous Canadian Magician. His biography has been translated into 48 different languages on wikipedia.
James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims. Randi retired from practicing magic at age 60, and from his foundation at 87. Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi said he disliked the term's connotations and preferred to describe himself as an "investigator". He wrote about paranormal phenomena, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, famously exposing fraudulent faith healer Peter Popoff, and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Before Randi's retirement, JREF sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offered a prize of $1 million to applicants who could demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Canadian magicians born between 1928 and 1928. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Canadian magicians include James Randi.
