20 Best Magicians of all Time
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Magicians have flabbergasted audiences for many years now from small birthday parties to complicated Los Vegas shows. Here is a list of the greatest magicians of all time.
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1.
Harry Houdini
92 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
2.
David Copperfield
Technically and financially, David Copperfield just might be the most accomplished magician of all time. David has multiple awards including over 20 Emmy Awards and the Living Legend Award. His most famous trick is making the Statue of Liberty disappear.
58 points - added 13 years ago by kris - 1 comment
Comments:
Undoubtedly no 1
Added 7 years ago by guest, 0 points
3.
Penn & Teller
50 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
4.
Chris Angel
Chris Angel maybe the most well know magician of our generation. His tricks such as walking on water and pulling a women in half has puzzled the minds of his fans. Chris began magic when he was only seven, and has been going strong ever sense.
36 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
5.
Sigfried and Roy
28 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
6.
Lance Burton
Lance has been around for a while now. He has done numerous television appearances. His most popular performance was escaping from the tracks of a rollercoaster.
27 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
7.
Paul Daniels
The Paul Daniels Magic Show ran from 1979 to 1994. His most popular act was his train trip.
26 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
8.
Chris Kenner
Created the most revolutionary flourish of all time and created the best coin trick of the past 50 years.
24 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
9.
Doug Henning
20 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
10.
Jonathan Charlotte Pendragon
These due of husband and wife had more chemistry than any magician to date. Their athleticism allowed them to perform many more impress, but also dangerous tricks. Their most famous tricks were levitation and Interlude.
19 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
11.
Mark Wilson
16 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
12.
Cyril Takayama
15 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
13.
Ricky Jay
14 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
14.
Dai Vernon
He was considered the best magician. He always said Houdini isn't a magician he simply is a escape artist. He was the only magician ever to fool Houdini with a card trick.
If a guy ranked number 1 on this list got beat by him he should surely be the best magician of all time.
12 points - added 11 years ago by guest -
15.
Franz Harary
12 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
16.
Shin Lim
Very good with close up magic, has been on Penn & Teller's fool us show twice and fooled them both times.
11 points - added 6 years ago by guest -
17.
Jeff McBride
8 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
18.
Harry Anderson
8 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
19.
Tejas
7 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
20.
Andy field
because he shows impossible magics
7 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
21.
Daniel Madison
4 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
22.
Mac King
4 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
23.
Hans Klok
3 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
24.
Wayne Dobson
He presented a show called 'A Kind Of Magic' in the early 1990s, taken from a Queen song. ITV/Central Television made the programme.
0 points - added 9 months ago by guest -
25.
Chad Long
0 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
26.
Rocco Silano
0 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
27.
David Blaine
0 points - added 13 years ago by kris - 1 comment
Comments:
does not belong on here, his tricks are rehashes of old effects performed terribly.
Added 13 years ago by guest, 1 point
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