# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-valentine-pitchford
# Generated: 2026-08-16T03:57:18.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-valentine-pitchford"
name: "Richard Valentine Pitchford"
slug: "richard-valentine-pitchford"
description: "Richard Valentine Pitchford was a master magician under the name Cardini, whose career spanned almost half a century. Born in Britain, he worked chiefly in the United States of America."
tagline: "British magician (1895-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford_magician.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1895-11-24"
deathDate: "1973-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.686610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford"
    title: "Richard Valentine Pitchford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتشارد فالنتين بيتشفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford"
    title: "Richard Valentine Pitchford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford"
    title: "Richard Valentine Pitchford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardini"
    title: "Cardini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B"
    title: "カーディニ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2938073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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