MANY FAMOUS MAGICIANS WERE BORN IN NOVEMBER
DO YOU HAVE A NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY TOO?
03 - FREDERICK BANCROFT
American magician, a flighty, impatient performer whose brief but very colorful career was cut short when he died of typhoid fever.
04 - WILL ALMA
Australian illusionist, son of The Mysterious Alma
and a world renowned magic collector
05 - CHEVALIER AGOSTON
German magician and inventor who had his own floating theater
10 - HANS TRUNK
Austrian magician and magic inventor (Blue Phantom)
who was prominent in the German magic
clubs
11 - TOBIAS BAMBERG
Fourth generation magician in the Bamberg line,
like his father he was he was court magician
to Holland's Royal Family in the mid-19th century
15
- GRAHAM ADAMS
Popular British card magician and expert on the legendary Erdnase
16 - ROBERT NELSON
Prolific American author on the subject of mentalism.
Nelson Enterprises was a successful mail order supplier to
mentalists and spirit mediums alike.
Performed on radio as telepathist/hypnotist "Dr. Korda RaMayne".
Bought Alexander's show in 1943.
Invented Multiplying Rabbits.
17 - KARL NORMAN
American close-up and bar magician most famous for working at
18 - BAUTIER DEKOLTA
French stage magician and prolific magic inventor.
Invented the Vanishing Birdcage, Multiplying Billiard Balls
as well as the DeKolta Chair
18 - MYSTERIOUS ALMA
Australian illusionist who performed over 2,000 shows
for the USO during WWII. Father of
Will Alma.
27 - WILLIAM HILLIAR
American magician who was so skilled
that he once substituted on stage for Howard Thurston
in 1902, with no one in the audience realizing the switch.
26 - NEWMANN
Colorful American stage magician who specialized in mentalism, and developed his own successful system of cold reading.
His posters are highly collectible today.
26 - HENNING NELMS
Author of the
classic book Magic and Showmanship,
the guide to professional magic presentation.
He was also a lawyer, a theatrical director and a novelist.
