Below is a list of historical magicians elected into the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame. Note that several members were, at the time, “living” members of the Hall of Fame and that some, including Dai Vernon and Jose Frakson, actually appeared at the Hall of Fame Museum.
| Dedi of Ancient Egypt fi. 2500 B.C. | Carl Rosini (Johan Rosen) 1885-1969 |
| Xenophon of Ancient Athens fl. 300 B.C. | Carl Owen 1885-1974 |
| Heron of Alexandria fl. 150 B.C. | J. Hartford Armstrong 1886-1939 |
| John Rikil, fl. reign Henry V (1413-1422) | Tenkai and Okinu (Sadajiro Ishida) 1889-1972; 1895-? |
| Brandon, fl. 1521-1535 | Li Ho Chang (Juan Jose Pablo Jesorum) 1889-1972 |
| Reginald Scot 1538-1599 | Dr. Harlan Tarbell 1890-1960 |
| Girolamo Scotto 1552-1602 | Max Terhune 1891-1973 |
| Isaac Fawkes c1675-1731 | Senor Jose Frakson (Jose Jimenez Seville) 1891-1981 |
| Christopher Pinchbeck, Sr. 1670?-1732 | Werner Dornfeld 1892-1982 |
| Breslaw ca. 1726-1783 | La Velma (David J. Lustig) 1893-1977 |
| Gustavus Katterfelto (Gustav Katerfeld) 1730-1799 | Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner) 1894-1992 |
| Comus I (Ledru Nicolas Philippe) 1731-1807 | Jack Gwynne 1895-1969 |
| Philadelphia (Jacob Meyer) 1734-1790 | Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford) 1895-1973 |
| Peter Gardiner fl. 1750-1780 | Susy Wandas (Bennett) 1895-1986 |
| Joseph Pinetti 1750-1800 | Harry Willard 1895-1970 |
| Eliaser Bamberg 1760-1833 | Al Flosso (Albert Levinson) 1895-1976 |
| John Rannie 1769-1820 | Abraham Cantu 1896-1949 |
| Daniel Gyngell 1773-1833 | Senor Maldo (Abel Maldonado) 1896-1959 |
| Giovanni Belzoni 1778-1823 | Raymond F. Muse 1896-1965 |
| Richard Potter, Sr. 1783-1835 | Lenn Oliver Gunn 1896-1975 |
| David Leendert Bamberg 1786-1869 | Walter B. Gibson 1897-1985 |
| Signor Falconi fl. 1780-1816 | John Braun 1897-1988 |
| Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte 1788-1859 | Ade Duval (Adolph Albert Amrein) 1898-1965 |
| Giovanni Bartolomeo Bosco 1793-1863 | John Mulholland 1898-1970 |
| Andrew MacAllister 1800-1856 | Leslie P. Guest 1898-1981 |
| Ludwig Leopold Doebler 1801-1864 | Jimmy Grippo 1898-1991 |
| Phillipe Talon 1802-1878 | Little Johnny Jones 1898-1993 |
| Jean Eugene Robert Houdin 1805-1871 | William H. McCaffrey 1899-1989 |
| Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser 1806-1875 | Peter Godfrey 1900-1970 |
| Jonathon Harrington 1809-1881 | Mystic Craig (William M. Vagell) 1900-1987 |
| Senor Antonio Blitz (Antoni Van Zandt) 1810-1877 | Roger Barkann 1900-1987 |
| Robin (Henri Joseph Donckele) 1811-1875 | Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey) 1900-1989 |
| Tobias Bamberg 1812-1870 | Julie (Cipriotti) Mulkey 1912-2000 |
| John Henry Anderson, Sr. 1814-1874 | Tony Slydini (Quintino Marucci) 1900-1991 |
| John Wyman 1816-1881 | Benjamin J. Kleinman 1900-1994 |
| Carl (Compars) Herrmann 1816-1887 | Ben Chavez 1901-1962 |
| Wiljalba Frikell 1818-1903 | Litzka Raymond Gibson 1901-1996 |
| John Henry Pepper 1821-1900 | Albert G. Robbins 1901-2000 |
| Anton Kratky-Baschik 1821-1889 | Dell O’Dell (Nell Newton) 1902-1962 |
| Robert Heller (William Henry Ridout Palmer) 1826-1878 | McDonald Birch 1902-1992 |
| George Alfred Cooke 1826-1905 | Geoffrey Buckingham 1902-1996 |
| Anthony Martinka 1832-1915 | Edgar Bergen (Edgar Berggren) 1903-1978 |
| Col. Stodare (Joseph Stoddart) 1834-1866 | Joe Berg (Josef Bregman) 1903-1984 |
| Henry Hatton (Patrick Henry Cannon) 1837-1922 | Len Vintus (Melvin Justus Given McMullen) 1903-1999 |
| John Nevil Maskelyne 1839-1917 | William W. Larsen, Sr. 1904-1953 |
| Professor Hoffman (Angelo J. Lewis) 1839-1920 | Merv Taylor 1904-1974 |
| Alexander Herrmann 1843-1896 | Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) 1904-1974 |
| David Tobias Bamberg 1843-1914 | Mardoni (Clayton Meryl Hines) 1904-1987 |
| Francis J. Martinka 1843-1924 | Louise (Garman Hines) 1906-1992 |
| Adrian Plate 1844-1919 | Peter Warlock (Alex William Bell) 1904-1995 |
| Richard Van Dien 1846-1937 | (Alexander) Loring Campbell 1905-1979 |
| Buatier de Kolta (Joseph Buatier) 1847-1903 | Abraham B. Hurwitz 1905-1981 |
| Oscar Teale 1847-1934 | Jose Vilardell 1905-1983 |
| Harry Kellar 1849-1922 | Sid Lorraine (Sidney Richard Johnson) 1905-1989 |
| Ten Ichi (Hattori Shokyoku) 1852-1912 | Maurice Rooklyn 1905-1992 |
| Saram Ellison, M.D. 1852-1918 | Ronald Haines 1906-1974 |
| John William Sargent 1852-1920 | Gerrie Larsen (Geraldine Larsen Jaffe) 1906-1999 |
| Prof. Edward Cooper Taylor, I 1852-1927 | Francis White 1906-1989 |
| Charles Bertram (James Bassett) 1853-1907 | Gerald Kosky 1907-1987 |
| Adelaide Herrmann 1853-1932 | Frederic L. Rickard 1907-1989 |
| Ching Ling Foo (Qua Chee-ling) 1854-1927 | Irving Desfor 1907-1993 |
| Dr. A. M. Wilson 1854-1930 | Robert Harbin (Edward Richard Charles “Ned” Williams) 1908-1978 |
| William Mortimer, M.D. 1854-1933 | H. Adrian Smith 1908-1991 |
| Ada F. Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 1st) ?-1929? | Eric Lewis 1908-1993 |
| Agnes Zancig (Mrs. Julius, 2nd) ?-1916 | Marion Chavez 1909-1978 |
| Julius Zancig 1857-1929 | Henry Hay (June Barrows Musey) 1910-1985 |
| Charles Lang Neil fl. 1903 | Frances Ireland Marshall 1910-2002 |
| Frederick Eugene Powell 1856-1938 | Orville Meyer 1911-1992 |
| Chung Ling Soo (William Robinson) 1861-1918 | John Calvert 1911-2013 |
| Georges Melies 1861-1938 | Goodliffe (Charles Goodliffe Neale) 1912-1980 |
| Walter Edwin Floyd 1861-1940 | Herbert Downs 1912-1982 |
| Mary Mohala Floyd ?-1953 | Harold R. Rice, PhD 1912-1987 |
| Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans 1861-1949 | Rev. John Booth 1912-2009 |
| Imro Fox (Isidor Fuchs) 1862-1910 | Protul Chandra Sorcar 1913-1971 |
| Elmer Pendleton Ransom 1862-1942 | Edward Schneider 1913-1986 |
| Francis J. Werner 1863-1927 | Vynn Boyar 1913-1988 |
| Sidney Wrangel Clarke 1864-1940 | Milbourne Christopher 1914-1984 |
| Jean Henri Servais LeRoy 1865-1953 | John Henry Grossman, M. D. 1914-1992 |
| Harry Rouclere (Harry Terhune) 1866-1942 | Ronny Cortes 1914-2009 |
| Leon Herrmann 1867-1909 | The Tuckers (Tommy Tucker 1915-1991) |
| August Roterberg 1867-1928 | Betty (Elizabeth) Tucker ?-? |
| Thomas Nelson Downs 1867-1938 | Fetaque Sanders 1915-1992 |
| David Devant (David Wighton) 1868-1941 | William Caddie “Mac” Wilson 1915-2006 |
| Mercedes Talma (LeRoy) [Mary Ann Ford] 1868-1944 | Leslie Charles Smith 1915-2008 |
| Edward Maro (Walter Truman Best) 1869-1902 | Edward Lee Rock 1916-1997 |
| Howard Thurston 1869-1936 | Edward Schuman 1916-2002 |
| Mildred Searing Rouclere (Mrs. Harry Terhune) 1869-1938 | Ray-Mond (Raymond Monroe Corbin) c1917-2003 |
| Paul Henry Razoux 1869-1979 | John Connelly 1918-2011 |
| Herbert Brady Brooks 1870-1926 | Howard E. Mitchell 1918-2012 |
| John Albert Petrie 1870-1954 | Mary Milam Brigance 1920-1980 |
| Frank Ducrot (Theodore Francis Fritz) 1872-1939 | James Ward “Jay” Marshall 1919-2005 |
| John Northern Hilliard 1872-1935 | Jimmy Yoshida 1920-2011 |
| Jean Hugard (John G. R. Boyce) 1872-1959 | Zicarte (Gustavo P. Juarez) 1921-2005 |
| Charles Roltare (Charles Roltare Eggleston) 1873-1932 | Louis William “Bill” Chaudet 1921-2013 |
| Royal Lee Vilas 1873-1935 | Alton Sharpe 1922-2004 |
| Nate Leipzig (Nathan Leipsiger) 1873-1939 | William “Billy” McComb 1922-2006 |
| Ottokar Fischer 1873-1940 | Alton Sharpe c1923-2004 |
| Edwin M. Brush 1873-1967 | Ed Keener 1924-2006 |
| Dr. James William Elliott 1874-1920 | Robert Lund 1925-1995 |
| Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) 1874-1926 | Fred Kaps (Abraham Fister A. Bongers) 1926-1980 |
| Al Baker 1874-1951 | Don Alan (McWethy) 1926-1999 |
| Eugene Laurant (Eugene Lawrence Greenleaf) 1875-1944 | Alan Robert Wakeling 1926-2004 |
| Okito (Theo Bamberg) 1875-1963 | Channing Pollock 1926-2006 |
| David M. Roth 1875-1972 | John Salisse 1926-2006 |
| Leon (Leon H. Levy) 1876-1951 | J. Marberger Stuart 1927-1993 |
| Maurice Raymond (Morris Raymond Saunders) 1877-1948 | John Underhill Zweers 1927-2004 |
| Floyd Thayer 1877-1959 | Jack Kodell (Jack E. Koudelka) 1927-2012 |
| Bernard M. L. Ernst 1879-1938 | William Walter Larsen, Jr. 1928-1993 |
| P. T. Selbit (Percy Thomas Tibbles) 1879-1939 | Karrell J. Fox 1928-1998 |
| James C. Wobensmith 1879-1973 | Robert Rodriguez 1931-2011 |
| Nicola (William Mozart Nicol) 1880-1946 | Glenn Jacob Falkenstein 1932-2010 |
| Herman Hanson 1882-1973 | Terence Kenneth “Terry” Seabrooke 1932-2011 |
| Dante (August Harry Jansen) 1883-1955 | Cesareo R. Pelaez 1932-2012 |
| Silent Mora (Louis Jerome McCord) 1884-1972 | Alan Shaxon (Alan Arthur Howson) 1933-2012 |
| Long Tack Sam (Long Tuck Sam) 1885-1961 | Harry Blackstone, Jr. 1934-1997 |
| Harry Blackstone (Harry Boughton) 1885-1965 | J. Gary Bontjes 1935-1985 |
| Doug Henning 1947-2000 | Rene Levand 1928-2015 |
| Lee Grabel 1919-2015 | Harry Riser 1928-2016 |
| Irene “Princess Irene” Larsen 1936-2016 | Eugene Burger 1939-2017 |
| Raymond Goulet 1930-2017 | Fantasio (Ricardo Roucau) 1936-2017 |
| Roy Horn 1944-2020 | Marvyn “Mr. Electric” Roy 1925-2020 |
| Norm Nielsen 1934-2020 | Bradley Jacobs 1931-2020 |
| Celeste Evans 1931-2017 | James Randi 1928-2020 |
| Walter “Zaney”Blaney 1928-2020 | Bev Bergeron 1930-2020 |
| Siegfried Fischbacher 1939–2021 | Mark Wilson 1929-2021 |
| James B. Alfredson 1937-2015 | David Goodsell 1939-2022 |
| Haruo Shimada 1940-2022 | Max Maven (Philip T. Goldstein) 1950-2022 |
| Andre Kole (Robert J. Gurtler Jr.) 1936-2022 | Larry Becker 1929-2023 |
| Edwin Dawes 1925-2023 | Richard Gustafson 1931-2023 |
| Milton “Milt” Larson 1931-2023 | Leon Mandrake 1911-1993 |
| Ellen Emma Armstrong 1914-1979 | Earl “Presto” Johnson 1932-2009 |
| Frank Brents 1925-2010 |
The following is a list of living members of the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame.
| Goldfinger (Jack Vaughn) | David Copperfield |
| George Schindler | John Engman |
| Frances Willard Falkenstein | John Gaughn |
| Jann Goodsell | Silvan (Aldo G. Savoldelo) |
| Mac King | Dale Francis Salwak |
| Jeff McBride | Kenrick “ICE” McDonald |
| William Rauscher | Penn and Teller |
| Chris Capeheart | Michael Vincent |
| The Amazing Kreskin | Lance Burton |