Famous Magic Tricks & Illusions
Famous Magic Tricks & Illusions is a structured entertainment dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Magic Trick, Type, Famous Performer. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Magic Trick, Type, Famous Performer, Era, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Type groups
- 12 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Magic Trick, Type, and Famous Performer across entertainment entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Magic Trick↕ | Type↕ | Famous Performer↕ | Era↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sawing a Woman in Half | Stage illusion | P.T. Selbit (1921) | 1920s-present | Most iconic stage illusion, audience gasps every time, dozens of variations, feminist debates |
The Bullet Catch | Stage / danger | Penn & Teller | 1600s-present | Most dangerous trick — 12+ performers have died, catches a fired bullet in teeth, Penn & Teller's signature |
Vanishing the Statue of Liberty | Grand illusion | David Copperfield | 1983 | Live TV, curtain drops, statue is gone, 'how?!' — used radar screen as proof, Copperfield's greatest moment |
Chinese Water Torture Cell | Escape / endurance | Harry Houdini | 1912 | Houdini suspended upside down in locked glass cabinet filled with water, performed for 14 years |
David Blaine's Ice Endurance | Endurance stunt | David Blaine | 2000 | Encased in ice for 63 hours in Times Square, modern endurance spectacle, 'is this magic or just crazy?' |
The Floating Lady (Asrah Levitation) | Stage illusion | Servais Le Roy | 1902-present | Woman levitates and vanishes, sheet pulled away — she's gone, ethereal and beautiful |
Card through Window | Close-up / street | David Blaine | Modern | Signed card appears stuck to inside of shop window, street magic revolution, impossible geography |
Metamorphosis (Trunk Substitution) | Stage illusion | The Pendragons / Houdini | 1890s-present | Person in trunk swaps with person on top in seconds, Jonathan & Charlotte Pendragon's 2-second version |
Walking Through the Great Wall of China | Grand illusion | David Copperfield | 1986 | Copperfield walked through the Great Wall on live TV, Chinese government cooperated, mind-bending |
Cups and Balls | Close-up | Ancient Egyptians to Penn & Teller | 2000 BC-present | Oldest known magic trick, balls appear/disappear under cups, Penn & Teller's clear cup version reveals all |
The Linking Rings | Stage / parlor | Dai Vernon / various | Ancient China-present | Solid metal rings pass through each other, elegant and mesmerizing, every magician learns this |
Criss Angel Walking on Water | Grand illusion / TV | Criss Angel | 2006 | Walked across a swimming pool at Luxor, Mindfreak TV show, polarizing — genius or camera tricks? |
The Ambitious Card | Close-up card magic | Dai Vernon | 1930s-present | Signed card keeps rising to top of deck no matter where it's placed, card magic's greatest routine |
Derren Brown's Russian Roulette | Psychological / danger | Derren Brown | 2003 | Live TV Russian roulette with real gun, psychological reading of volunteer, Channel 4, controversial |
The Miser's Dream | Stage / close-up | T. Nelson Downs | 1890s-present | Coins produced from thin air and dropped in bucket, satisfying clink sound, 'King of Koins' |
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