WAlan Alan was a British escapologist and magician. He originated tricks that have subsequently become familiar features of the repertoire of other performers and he was honoured by The Magic Circle.
WJonathan Allen is a visual artist, writer, and magician based in London. His alter-ego "Tommy Angel", is a fictitious evangelist and magician satirising the genre of Gospel Magic, who Allen portrays in a variety of media including performance, photography, video, and writing.
WWalter William Rouse Ball, known as W. W. Rouse Ball, was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club in 1919, one of the world's oldest magic societies.
WCharles Bertram was a British magician known as "The Royal Conjurer" as he performed for royalty.
WWilliam Oliver Wallace, known by his stage name Ali Bongo, was a British comedy magician and former president of The Magic Circle who performed an act in which he was known as the "Shriek of Araby".
WMajor Lionel Hugh Branson was a British magician and officer of the British Indian Army.
WJames Alexander Cannon was a British psychiatrist, occultist, hypnotist and author. He became well known in the 1930s for his occult writings and claims, and more recently for his alleged influence on King Edward VIII shortly before his abdication.
WR. D. Chater (1836–1913) most well known as Hercat was a British magician and writer. His stage name is an anagram of his surname. Chater worked as journalist and actor as a young man, he later became a professional magician and moved to America. He was famous for performing a cremation illusion.
WAlexis Conran is a British actor, writer and presenter on TV and radio, who currently hosts the weekend afternoon show on Times Radio. He is perhaps best known for co-hosting the BBC Three show The Real Hustle from 2006 until 2012. He was born in South Paris, France, and moved to Greece when he was a child. Conran won Celebrity Masterchef 2016 on 29 July, beating Louise Minchin and Jimmy Osmond in the final. He is of Greek heritage.
WThomas Frederick Cooper was a British prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m), and he habitually wore a red fez when performing. He initially served in the British Army for seven years, before eventually developing his conjuring skills and becoming a member of the The Magic Circle. Although he spent time on tour performing his magical act, which specialised on magic tricks that appeared to "fail", he rose to international prominence when his career moved into television, with programmes for London Weekend Television and Thames Television.
WNewton Edward Daniels, known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and television presenter. He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994. He was known for his catchphrase, "You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it!" and for his marriage to his assistant, Debbie McGee. He was awarded the "Magician of the Year" Award by the Academy of Magical Arts in 1982, the first magician from outside the United States to receive it. He also won the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1985.
WClémentine Lisine de Vère was a British magician and illusionist. Also known as Clementine de Vere and Princess Clémentine Eristavi Tchitcherine, she was a British citizen, although she was born in Belgium and lived in France for a long period. She became known under the stage name "Ionia - the Enchantress" or the "Goddess of Mystery".
WJulius Dein is an English street magician illusionist.
WEenasul Fateh, also known by his stage name Aladin, is a Bangladeshi-British cultural practitioner, magician, live artist and former international management consultant.
WMaurice Fogel was a British magician and mentalist. He described himself as "the world's greatest mind-reader".
WGary 'Gazzo' Osbourne is a British street magician. An expert in cons and scams, he moved in the 1980s to the US, where he befriended Walter Irving Scott. He is Scott's only pupil and the only person with whom Scott entrusted his biography and life's work at card cheating and sleights.
WHorace Goldin was a stage magician who was noted for his lightning fast presentation style and who achieved international fame with his versions of the sawing a woman in half illusion.
WRobert Harbin was a British magician and author. He is noted as the inventor of a number of classic illusions, including the Zig Zag Girl. He also became an authority on origami.
WAlbert Marchinsky was a Polish stage magician.
WUrsula Martinez is a British theatre maker, performer and director. She grew up in South London, the daughter of an English father and Spanish mother, both teachers.
WJasper Maskelyne (1902–1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He is most remembered, however, for his entertaining accounts of his work for British military intelligence during the Second World War, in which he claims that he created large-scale ruses, deception, and camouflage in an effort to defeat the Nazi regime.
WJohn Nevil Maskelyne, known professionally as Nevil Maskelyne (1863–1924), was a British magician and inventor.
WStephen Daniel Mulhern is an English television presenter, magician, comedian and actor. He began his television career on CITV, appearing in the children's shows Finger Tips (2001–2008) and Tricky TV (2005–2010). Mulhern has presented various television shows for ITV, including Britain's Got More Talent (2007–2019), Animals Do the Funniest Things (2007–2011), This Morning’s Hub (2011–2014), Catchphrase (2013–present), Big Star's Little Star (2013–present), In for a Penny (2019–present) and Rolling In It (2020–present). He also co-hosted the Sunday breakfast show on Heart Radio, alongside Emma Willis. He is also best known for being Ant and Dec’s runner on the popular TV show, Saturday Night Takeaway.
WPatrick "Pat" Page was a stage magician born in Dundee, Scotland. He became a professional magician at the age of 26 and worked at Davenport's magic shop for fifteen years. In 1950, he married Margaret Manzie, who died in 2003. Pat was the youngest of six siblings. He left behind his daughter Janette, son Jeremy and Grandson Robert.
WRichard Valentine Pitchford was a master magician under the name Cardini, whose career spanned almost half a century. Born in Britain, he worked chiefly in the United States of America.
WWilliam Ellis Stanyon was a professional magician and magic dealer in London.
WEdward Victor, born Edward Neuschwander, was a notable stage magician. He was an early member of the Magic Circle and was promoted to the Inner Magic Circle, and for over thirty years was president of the Merlin Magical Society.
WMichael Vincent is a British magician. He won The Magic Circle's Close-up Magician of the Year award three times.
WPeter Warlock was a semi-professional magician and publisher of the British magic magazines "Pentagram" (1946–59) and the "New Pentagram" (1969–89).
WThomas Webb is a contemporary artist, hacker, video game developer, TEDx speaker and magician. The theme of his work explores how society interacts with technology and the effect of social media and AI on mental health.His artwork is programmed into electronic installations using real-time data sources, AI and computer algorithms.
WWilliam S. Marriott also known as Dr. Wilmar was a British magician who became well known for exposing fraudulent spiritualist mediums.