# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-berglas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:30:54.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-berglas"
name: "David Berglas"
slug: "david-berglas"
description: "David Berglas was a British magician and mentalist, born in Germany. His technique of locating a particular card within a pack, the Berglas Effect, has been described as the Holy Grail of card magic. He was one of the first magicians to appear on UK television."
tagline: "British magician (1926-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Berglas_appearing_on_%22After_Dark%22%2C_8_July_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-07-30"
deathDate: "2023-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.425236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074670/"
    handle:    "nm0074670"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديفيد بيرجلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berglas"
    title: "David Berglas"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berglas"
    title: "David Berglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berglas"
    title: "David Berglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berglas"
    title: "David Berglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berglas"
    title: "David Berglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "David Berglas"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump