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 |