The Hall

Below is a list of historical magicians elected into the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame.  Note that several members were, at the time, “living” members of the Hall of Fame and that some, including Dai Vernon and Jose Frakson, actually appeared at the Hall of Fame Museum.

This list is presented in order of the inductee’s year of birth 

Dedi of Ancient Egypt fi. 2500 B.C. Silent Mora (Louis Jerome McCord) 1884-1972
Xenophon of Ancient Athens fl. 300 B.C. Long Tack Sam (Long Tuck Sam) 1885-1961
Heron of Alexandria fl. 150 B.C. Harry Blackstone (Harry Boughton) 1885-1965
John Rikil, fl. reign Henry V (1413-1422) Carl Rosini (Johan Rosen) 1885-1969
Brandon, fl. 1521-1535 Carl Owen 1885-1974
Reginald Scot 1538-1599 J. Hartford Armstrong 1886-1939
Girolamo Scotto 1552-1602 Tenkai and Okinu (Sadajiro Ishida) 1889-1972; 1895-?
Isaac Fawkes c1675-1731 Li Ho Chang (Juan Jose Pablo Jesorum) 1889-1972
Christopher Pinchbeck, Sr. 1670?-1732 Dr. Harlan Tarbell 1890-1960
Breslaw ca. 1726-1783 Max Terhune 1891-1973
Gustavus Katterfelto (Gustav Katerfeld) 1730-1799 Senor Jose Frakson (Jose Jimenez Seville) 1891-1981
Comus I (Ledru Nicolas Philippe) 1731-1807 Werner Dornfeld 1892-1982
Philadelphia (Jacob Meyer) 1734-1790 La Velma (David J. Lustig) 1893-1977
Peter Gardiner fl. 1750-1780 Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner) 1894-1992
Joseph Pinetti 1750-1800 Jack Gwynne 1895-1969
Eliaser Bamberg 1760-1833 Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford) 1895-1973
John Rannie 1769-1820 Susy Wandas (Bennett) 1895-1986
Daniel Gyngell 1773-1833 Harry Willard 1895-1970
Giovanni Belzoni 1778-1823 Al Flosso (Albert Levinson) 1895-1976
Richard Potter, Sr. 1783-1835 Abraham Cantu 1896-1949
David Leendert Bamberg 1786-1869 Senor Maldo (Abel Maldonado) 1896-1959
Signor Falconi fl. 1780-1816 Raymond F. Muse 1896-1965
Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte 1788-1859 Lenn Oliver Gunn 1896-1975
Giovanni Bartolomeo Bosco 1793-1863 Walter B. Gibson 1897-1985
Andrew MacAllister 1800-1856 John Braun 1897-1988
Ludwig Leopold Doebler 1801-1864 Ade Duval (Adolph Albert Amrein) 1898-1965
Phillipe Talon 1802-1878 John Mulholland 1898-1970
Jean Eugene Robert Houdin 1805-1871 Leslie P. Guest 1898-1981
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser 1806-1875 Jimmy Grippo 1898-1991
Jonathon Harrington 1809-1881 Little Johnny Jones 1898-1993
Senor Antonio Blitz (Antoni Van Zandt) 1810-1877 William H. McCaffrey 1899-1989
Robin (Henri Joseph Donckele) 1811-1875 Peter Godfrey 1900-1970
Tobias Bamberg 1812-1870 Mystic Craig (William M. Vagell) 1900-1987
John Henry Anderson, Sr. 1814-1874 Roger Barkann 1900-1987
John Wyman 1816-1881 Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey) 1900-1989
Carl (Compars) Herrmann 1816-1887 Julie (Cipriotti) Mulkey 1912-2000
Wiljalba Frikell 1818-1903 Tony Slydini (Quintino Marucci) 1900-1991
John Henry Pepper 1821-1900 Benjamin J. Kleinman  1900-1994
Anton Kratky-Baschik 1821-1889 Ben Chavez 1901-1962
Robert Heller (William Henry Ridout Palmer) 1826-1878 Litzka Raymond Gibson 1901-1996
George Alfred Cooke 1826-1905 Albert G. Robbins 1901-2000
Anthony Martinka 1832-1915 Dell O’Dell (Nell Newton) 1902-1962
Col. Stodare (Joseph Stoddart) 1834-1866 McDonald Birch 1902-1992
Henry Hatton (Patrick Henry Cannon) 1837-1922 Geoffrey Buckingham 1902-1996
John Nevil Maskelyne 1839-1917 Edgar Bergen (Edgar Berggren) 1903-1978
Professor Hoffman (Angelo J. Lewis) 1839-1920 Joe Berg (Josef Bregman) 1903-1984
Alexander Herrmann 1843-1896 Len Vintus (Melvin Justus Given McMullen) 1903-1999
David Tobias Bamberg 1843-1914 William W. Larsen, Sr. 1904-1953
Francis J. Martinka 1843-1924 Merv Taylor 1904-1974
Adrian Plate 1844-1919 Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) 1904-1974
Richard Van Dien 1846-1937 Mardoni (Clayton Meryl Hines) 1904-1987
Buatier de Kolta (Joseph Buatier) 1847-1903 Louise (Garman Hines) 1906-1992
Oscar Teale 1847-1934 Peter Warlock (Alex William Bell) 1904-1995
Harry Kellar 1849-1922 (Alexander) Loring Campbell 1905-1979
Ten Ichi (Hattori Shokyoku) 1852-1912 Abraham B. Hurwitz 1905-1981
Saram Ellison, M.D. 1852-1918 Jose Vilardell 1905-1983
John William Sargent 1852-1920 Sid Lorraine (Sidney Richard Johnson) 1905-1989
Prof. Edward Cooper Taylor, I 1852-1927 Maurice Rooklyn 1905-1992
Charles Bertram (James Bassett) 1853-1907 Ronald Haines 1906-1974
Adelaide Herrmann 1853-1932 Gerrie Larsen (Geraldine Larsen Jaffe) 1906-1999
Ching Ling Foo (Qua Chee-ling) 1854-1927 Francis White 1906-1989
Dr. A. M. Wilson 1854-1930 Gerald Kosky 1907-1987
William Mortimer, M.D. 1854-1933 Frederic L. Rickard 1907-1989
Ada F. Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 1st) ?-1929? Irving Desfor 1907-1993
Agnes Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 2nd) ?-1916 Robert Harbin (Edward Richard Charles “Ned” Williams) 1908-1978
Julius Zancig 1857-1929 H. Adrian Smith 1908-1991
Charles Lang Neil fl. 1903 Eric Lewis 1908-1993
Frederick Eugene Powell 1856-1938 Marion Chavez 1909-1978
Chung Ling Soo (William Robinson) 1861-1918 Henry Hay (June Barrows Musey) 1910-1985
Georges Melies 1861-1938 Frances Ireland Marshall 1910-2002
Walter Edwin Floyd 1861-1940 Orville Meyer 1911-1992
Mary Mohala Floyd ?-1953 Goodliffe (Charles Goodliffe Neale) 1912-1980
Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans 1861-1949 Herbert Downs 1912-1982
Imro Fox (Isidor Fuchs)  1862-1910 Harold R. Rice, PhD 1912-1987
Elmer Pendleton Ransom 1862-1942 Rev. John Booth 1912-2009
Francis J. Werner 1863-1927 Protul Chandra Sorcar 1913-1971
Sidney Wrangel Clarke 1864-1940 Edward Schneider 1913-1986
Jean Henri Servais LeRoy 1865-1953 Vynn Boyar 1913-1988
Harry Rouclere (Harry Terhune) 1866-1942 Milbourne Christopher 1914-1984
Leon Herrmann 1867-1909 John Henry Grossman, M. D. 1914-1992
August Roterberg 1867-1928 Ronny Cortes 1914-2009
Thomas Nelson Downs 1867-1938 The Tuckers (Tommy Tucker 1915-1991)
David Devant (David Wighton) 1868-1941 Betty (Elizabeth) Tucker ?-?
Mercedes Talma (LeRoy) [Mary Ann Ford] 1868-1944 Fetaque Sanders 1915-1992
Edward Maro (Walter Truman Best) 1869-1902 William Caddie “Mac” Wilson 1915-2006
Howard Thurston 1869-1936 Leslie Charles Smith 1915-2008
Mildred Searing Rouclere (Mrs. Harry Terhune) 1869-1938 Edward Lee Rock 1916-1997
Paul Henry Razoux 1869-1979 Edward Schuman 1916-2002
Herbert Brady Brooks 1870-1926 Ray-Mond (Raymond Monroe Corbin) c1917-2003
John Albert Petrie 1870-1954 John Connelly 1918-2011
Frank Ducrot (Theodore Francis Fritz) 1872-1939 Mary Milam Brigance 1920-1980
John Northern Hilliard 1872-1935 James Ward “Jay” Marshall 1919-2005
Jean Hugard (John G. R. Boyce) 1872-1959 Jimmy Yoshida 1920-2011
Charles Roltare (Charles Roltare Eggleston) 1873-1932 Zicarte (Gustavo P. Juarez) 1921-2005
Royal Lee Vilas 1873-1935 Alton Sharpe 1922-2004
Nate Leipzig (Nathan Leipsiger) 1873-1939 William “Billy” McComb 1922-2006
Ottokar Fischer 1873-1940 Ed Keener 1924-2006
Edwin M. Brush 1873-1967 Robert Lund 1925-1995
Dr. James William Elliott 1874-1920 Fred Kaps (Abraham Fister A. Bongers) 1926-1980
Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) 1874-1926 Don Alan (McWethy) 1926-1999
Al Baker 1874-1951 Alan Robert Wakeling 1926-2004
Eugene Laurant (Eugene Lawrence Greenleaf) 1875-1944 Channing Pollock 1926-2006
Okito (Theo Bamberg) 1875-1963 John Salisse 1926-2006
David M. Roth 1875-1972 J. Marberger Stuart 1927-1993
Leon (Leon H. Levy) 1876-1951 John Underhill Zweers 1927-2004
Maurice Raymond (Morris Raymond Saunders) 1877-1948 William Walter Larsen, Jr. 1928-1993
Floyd Thayer 1877-1959 Karrell J. Fox 1928-1998
Bernard M. L. Ernst 1879-1938 Robert Rodriguez 1931-2011
P. T. Selbit (Percy Thomas Tibbles) 1879-1939 Glenn Jacob Falkenstein 1932-2010
James C. Wobensmith 1879-1973 Terence Kenneth “Terry” Seabrooke 1932-2011
Nicola (William Mozart Nicol) 1880-1946 Harry Blackstone, Jr. 1934-1997
Herman Hanson 1882-1973 J. Gary Bontjes 1935-1985
Dante (August Harry Jansen) 1883-1955

 

 The following is a list of living members of the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame

 This list is presented in alphabetical order by last name

Jim Alfredson Andre Kole (Robert Gurtler, Jr.)
Larry Becker Irene Larsen
Bev Bergeron Milton Larsen
Walter “Zaney”Blaney Rene Lavand
John Calvert Howard Mitchell 1918-2012
Louis William “Bill” Chaudet Norm Nielsen
Edwin Dawes C. Pelaez
John Engman James Randi
Celeste (Ruth) Evans William Rauscher
Frances Willard Falkenstein Marvyn Roy (Marvin A. Levy)
Fantasio (Ricardo Roucau) Roy (Horn)
John Gaughn Dale Francis Salwak
Goldfinger (Jack Vaughn) George Schindler
Raymond Goulet Alan Shaxton (Alan Arthur Howson)
Lee Grabel Haruo Shimada
Richard Gustafson Siegfried (Feischbacher)
Bradley Jacobs Silvan (Aldo G. Savoldelo)
Jack Kodell (Jack E. Koudelka) Mark Wilson