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David Blaine - David Blaine is a larger-than-life magician. He performs card tricks, as well as eccentric stunts that shock the world.

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David Blaine - Blaine has buried himself alive, frozen himself, starved himself, drowned himself, and has hung himself upside down for 60 hours. Who knows what he'll do next.

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David Copperfield - David Copperfield is on a different level. With a history of impressive magic tricks, Copperfield has won over 21 Emmy Awards from his TV specials.

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David Copperfield - Among other magical activities, Copperfield founded the charity program Project Magic, which uses magic as rehabilitation therapy for kids with social, psychological, and physical disabilities. 

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Penn and Teller - Penn and Teller are one magical pair. The duo combine magic and comedy, with hilarious sets that test the audience's belief and understanding.

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Penn and Teller - In one of their more daring tricks, Teller was suspended upside-down over a bed of spikes. He has also been run over by an 18-wheeler.

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James Randi - Among other things, the Canadian-American magic legend used “psychic powers” to bend spoons.

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James Randi - Randi also performed "psychic surgery" on TV. An eccentric character, he sadly passed away in October 2020.

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Criss Angel - Criss Angel made his name in New York, before heading over to Las Vegas. He rose to fame in 2002, when he was shackled underwater for 24 hours.

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Criss Angel - He has gone on to find great success with his 'Criss Angel Mindfreak' show.

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Hans Klok - The Dutch dynamo has performed magic since he was ten. He has gone on to become a hit act around the world.

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Hans Klok - In 2012, Klok performed 12 large illusions in just five minutes. In doing so, he broke his own record for most illusions performed in that time period.

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Shin Lim - Shin Lim is a master of sleight of hand and card manipulation, and remains silent throughout his complex routines.

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Shin Lim - Unlike many magicians, Shin Lim is self-taught. He didn't learn his tricks from The Magic Circle, but from YouTube.

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Dynamo - The English magician is a relatively fresh face on the scene, but has still impressed with his forward-thinking magic tricks.

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Dynamo - Among other tricks, Dynamo has levitated in front of a live studio audience, and has turned lottery tickets into cash.

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Siegfried & Roy - This German-American duo were hit magicians, famous for their work with white lions and white tigers.

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Siegfried & Roy - Unfortunately, Roy suffered a career-ending tiger injury in 2003. In May 2020, he passed away.

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Juan Tamariz - Tamariz is a one-of-a-kind "cardician," who has performed some of the most creative card tricks ever.

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Juan Tamariz - He performs on TV and on stage, with a wide audience across Spain and South America.

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Apollo Robbins - Apollo Robbins is a self-described gentleman thief, and an "artful manipulator of awareness," according to Forbes. 

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Apollo Robbins - Robbins will rob possessions from his audience, only to return them without the audience any the wiser.

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Derren Brown - Derren Brown is perhaps one of the biggest British tricksters. He is more illusionist than magician, and has performed a series of marvelous tricks over the course of his career.

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Derren Brown - Brown has played a real game of Russian Roulette on TV, and hypnotized TV audiences as part of his 'Event' series.

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David Stone -

David Stone has risen to fame as a revered magician in France. He specializes in coin and close-up magic.

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Stone is also a writer, lecturer, and actor, who has appeared in films like 'Un Adultère' and 'Mon Roi.'

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Cyril Takayama - Cyril Takayama is a hit magician around the world, especially in Japan. He specializes in both small-scale card tricks and large-scale stunts.

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For one trick, Takayama bungee-jumped into a hotel pool holding a sword. He used the blade to pick a chosen card in the water.

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Fay Presto - Presto was a popular member of the Magic Circle, before she transitioned. When the secretive group admitted women members, she returned.

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Presto specializes in close-up tricks, as well as a trick in which she passes a bottle through a table.

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