# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-houdini
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:33.561Z

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name: "Harry Houdini"
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description: "He locked himself in milk cans full of water, dangled from skyscrapers in a straitjacket, and once kept a crowd in suspense for an hour trying to escape handcuffs built specifically to trap him. The escapes were real — and he spent the rest of his time hunting the fakes."
tagline: "Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Erik Weisz left Hungary for American vaudeville, but the real break came in Europe, where he billed himself as Harry "Handcuff" Houdini and challenged police forces to lock him up. He couldn't be held. The act expanded: chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets underwater, sealed milk cans. In 1904, thousands in London watched him struggle for an hour against handcuffs commissioned by the Daily Mirror. Another stunt buried him alive; he clawed to the surface half-broken. While some thought it was all rigged, Houdini turned his fury on actual frauds — spiritualists peddling fake séances — and as president of the Society of American Magicians he sued anyone who copied his work. He tried movies, quit when they didn't pay, and flew the first powered aircraft in Australia. He died October 31, 1926.