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Mentalist↕ | Country↕ | Active↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derren Brown | United Kingdom | 1992-present | Psychological illusion | Mind control TV specials, predicting the lottery, Russian Roulette stunt, showman of suggestion |
| Uri Geller | Israel | 1970s-present | Psychic showman | Spoon bending, watch stopping, endless debate between psychic claim and magician |
| Banachek (Steven Shaw) | United Kingdom | 1970s-present | Classic mentalism | Project Alpha hoax that fooled parapsychologists, consultant to Penn and Teller, Criss Angel |
| Max Maven | United States | 1970s-2022 | Dark, theatrical mentalism | Gothic persona, intellectual card work, Thoth-like television presence |
| The Amazing Kreskin | United States | 1960s-present | Television mentalism | Tonight Show regular, paycheck challenge, longtime pop culture mind-reader |
| Lior Suchard | Israel | 2000s-present | Celebrity mentalism | Supernatural Entertainer world tour, Ellen and Jimmy Fallon appearances, high-energy stage act |
| Oz Pearlman | United States | 2000s-present | Corporate and TV mentalism | America's Got Talent finalist, high-end corporate events, marathon runner turned mentalist |
| Keith Barry | Ireland | 2000s-present | Brain hacking | Brain Hacker TV series, hypnosis demonstrations, viral TED talk on deception |
| Colin Cloud | United Kingdom | 2010s-present | Forensic mind-reading | Sherlock-inspired deductive persona, Illusionists touring cast, Edinburgh Fringe star |
| Joseph Dunninger | United States | 1920s-1970s | Classic radio and TV mentalism | Radio era mind reader, challenged skeptics, pioneered televised mentalism |
| Theodore Annemann | United States | 1920s-1942 | Close-up mentalism | Editor of The Jinx magazine, author of Practical Mental Effects, still studied by modern mentalists |
| Kreskin's rival Chan Canasta | Poland / UK | 1950s-1970s | Psychological experimenter | BBC TV demonstrations, influenced Derren Brown, called himself a remarkable man not a magician |
| Guy Bavli | Israel | 1990s-present | Theatrical master of the mind | Worldwide tours, spoon and metal bending, TV specials across dozens of countries |
| David Berglas | United Kingdom | 1950s-2023 | International man of mystery | Impossible Berglas Effect card trick, BBC Mind of Mr Berglas series, grand showman |
| Gerry McCambridge | United States | 1980s-present | Las Vegas mentalism | The Mentalist Las Vegas residency, long-running Strip show, TV appearances |
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