Derren brown should be down there as he was a card magician originally, and I have been told a skilled on before he turned his attention to mentalism and the tv specials he does

Alex Elmsley and the master of masters, Guy Hollingworth

I have returned to magic after a break of over 20 years without touching a pack of cards and have now become besoted again with our great art.
I am amazed that no one has mentioned the name of Johnny Hart who really influenced me as a kid and got me interested in the first place he will always be a hero of mine and I would watch him perform at every opportunity.Would love to know what happened to him.He was a master performer as shown below although the quality is not great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcrL8yt8MZM


After him came Harbin,Nixon,Berglas,Bongo,Daniels,Cooper,McComb,Brooke and Brown

Cardini
John Maskelyne
Simon Lovell

I know I’m not the first with this one... David Devant.
His poster "All done by kindness" is one of my favorites.

http://www.themagiccircle.co.uk/main_nav......vant.jpg

Thanks,
Bruce