# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-lorayne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:57.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-lorayne"
name: "Harry Lorayne"
slug: "harry-lorayne"
description: "Harry Lorayne was an American mnemonist, magician, and author who was called \"The Yoda of Memory Training\" and \"The World's Foremost Memory-Training Specialist\" by Time magazine. He was well known for his incredible memory demonstrations and appeared on numerous television shows–including 24 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. His book The Memory Book was a New York Times bestseller. His card magic, especially his innovations in card sleights, is widely emulated by amateur and professional magicians."
tagline: "American mnemonist, magician, and author (1926–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Harry_Lorayne_%281926%E2%80%932023%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-05-04"
deathDate: "2023-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.87
  momentum:             4.793493455331047
  historical:           7.895538666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1929106/"
    handle:    "nm1929106"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.harryloraynemagic.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Harry Lorayne"
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    title: "هاري لوراين"
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    title: "هارى لورين (ساحر استعراضى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Lorayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lorayne"
    title: "Harry Lorayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lorayne"
    title: "Harry Lorayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lorayne"
    title: "Harry Lorayne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "הארי לוריין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3175944"
    title: "Harry Lorayne"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump