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Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer
- Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini (/ huːˈdiːni / hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.
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The family changed their name to the German spelling Weiss, and Erik became Ehrich. The family lived in Appleton, Wisconsin , where his father served as rabbi of the Zion Reform Jewish Congregation.
Apr 3, 2014 · Houdini was born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. One of seven children born to a Jewish rabbi and his wife, Weisz moved with his family as a child to Appleton, Wisconsin ...
Jan 9, 2017 · Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss in 1874 in Budapest to Jewish parents, but raised in the United States from the age of four. He began performing magic tricks and escapes from handcuffs and locked...
Jan 3, 2011 · Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz (later spelled Ehrich Weiss) in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. His parents were Cecelia Steiner and Mayer Samuel Weiss, a rabbinical lawyer and sometimes soap maker. Ehrich was the fourth boy in a family that would ultimately total seven children (including one child from a previous marriage).
Mar 23, 2020 · He was born Erik Weisz (later Americanized, sort of, to Ehrich Weiss) in Budapest on March 24, 1874. When he was four, he immigrated to this country with his mother and his brothers.
Timeline of Houdini's Life. 1874. Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. 1878. Weiss family joins Rabbi Weiss in...
His love of America was such that he always claimed Appleton, Wisconsin, as his birthplace. But the man known as Houdini was actually born Ehrich Weiss in Budapest, Hungary.
