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Harry Houdini

1874 - 1926

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Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini ( hoo-DEE-nee), was an American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it. In 1904, thousands watched as Houdini tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Houdini is the most popular magician, the 14th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Magician.

Harry Houdini was a famous magician and escape artist. He was most famous for his ability to escape from any type of restraint.

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Among magicians, Harry Houdini ranks 1 out of 11. After him are David Copperfield, Uri Geller, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, James Randi, David Blaine, Ricky Jay, Criss Angel, Dynamo, Penn Jillette, and Derren Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Harry Houdini ranks 6. Before him are Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, W. Somerset Maugham, and Arnold Schoenberg. After him are Herbert Hoover, Howard Carter, Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, and Sunjong of Korea. Among people deceased in 1926, Harry Houdini ranks 7. Before him are Claude Monet, Antoni Gaudí, Rainer Maria Rilke, Mehmed VI, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, and Emperor Taishō. After him are Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, and Mary Cassatt.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Harry Houdini ranks 14 out of 1,077. Before him are Rudolf Steiner (1861), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), Matthias Corvinus (1443), and Miklós Horthy (1868). After him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Louis I of Hungary (1326), Leo Szilard (1898), Imre Kertész (1929), Imre Nagy (1896), and Edward Teller (1908).

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Among MAGICIANS In Hungary

Among magicians born in Hungary, Harry Houdini ranks 1. 

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