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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A" title="هاري هوديني – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هاري هوديني" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF" title="হেৰী হোডিনি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="হেৰী হোডিনি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harri_Hudini" title="Harri Hudini – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Harri Hudini" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF" title="হ্যারি হুডিনি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হ্যারি হুডিনি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Гарри Гудини – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Гарри Гудини" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96" title="Гары Гудзіні – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гары Гудзіні" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Хари Худини – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хари Худини" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%81%CF%85_%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9" title="Χάρρυ Χουντίνι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χάρρυ Χουντίνι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C" title="هری هودینی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هری هودینی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%B4%EB%A6%AC_%ED%9B%84%EB%94%94%EB%8B%88" title="해리 후디니 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="해리 후디니" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AB" title="Հարրի Հուդինի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարրի Հուդինի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="हॅरी हुडीनी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="हॅरी हुडीनी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99" title="הארי הודיני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הארי הודיני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%8C%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF" title="ಹ್ಯಾರಿ ಹೌದಿನಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಹ್ಯಾರಿ ಹೌದಿನಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ჰარი ჰუდინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰარი ჰუდინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Гарри Гудини – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Гарри Гудини" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricus_Houdini" title="Henricus Houdini – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Henricus Houdini" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harijs_Hudini" title="Harijs Hudini – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Harijs Hudini" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Хари Худини – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Хари Худини" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF" title="ഹാരി ഹൗഡിനി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹാരി ഹൗഡിനി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89" title="هارى هودينى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هارى هودينى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Харри Худини – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Харри Худини" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" 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data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini" title="Harry Houdini – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Harry Houdini" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Гарри Гудини – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гарри Гудини" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Гудини Гарри – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Гудини Гарри" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a 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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houdini_in_Handcuffs,_1918.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG/170px-Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG/255px-Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG/340px-Houdini_in_Handcuffs%2C_1918.JPG 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Houdini in handcuffs, 1918</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Harry Houdini</b> (March 24, 1874 - October 31, 1926) was a <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungarian</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> <a href="/wiki/Magician" title="Magician">magician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Escapology" title="Escapology">escapologist</a>. He also <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/investigate" class="extiw" title="wikt:investigate">investigated</a> fake spiritualists and was a <a href="/wiki/Skeptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptic">skeptic</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Life and career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Life and career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> parents and was named <i>Ehrich Weiss</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-PBS_2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS_2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but changed his name to Harry Houdini when he became a professional <a href="/wiki/Magician" title="Magician">magician</a>. At first he did not have much success in his <a href="/wiki/Career" title="Career">career</a>. In 1899 his acts got better when he met his manager Martin Beck. Mr Beck was impressed with Houdini's <a href="/wiki/Handcuff" class="mw-redirect" title="Handcuff">handcuff</a> <a href="/wiki/Stunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Stunt">stunts</a> and within a year Houdini was famous. </p><p>Houdini also appeared in several early <a href="/wiki/Movie" title="Movie">movies</a> and made many early airplane flights. He made the first successful airplane flight in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, on 18 March 1910, in <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Houdini died in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, on October 31, 1926. Two weeks before his death, a college student approached Houdini and asked him if he could withstand a punch in the stomach, a challenge which Houdini often took, and the former punched him several times.<sup id="cite_ref-snopes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snopes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houdini became sick afterwards, but continued to perform.<sup id="cite_ref-PBS_2019_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS_2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houdini's official cause of death was <a href="/wiki/Peritonitis" title="Peritonitis">peritonitis</a> (inflammation in the abdomen). Some speculate that it was caused by a ruptured <a href="/wiki/Appendix" class="mw-redirect" title="Appendix">appendix</a> from that incident.<sup id="cite_ref-snopes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snopes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Popular_Culture">In Popular Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: In Popular Culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Houdini&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: In Popular Culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1953 there was a popular but fictionalized movie "Houdini" (with Tony Curtis as Houdini); its ending is that Houdini accidentally drowns trying to escape from a escape proof water trap.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a> in TV is that an evil magician is trying to steal Harry Houdini's "Magic Secrets": <ul><li>In the TV show "Simon & Simon" "Grand Illusion" Season 3 episode 1 9/29/1983 is the theme of stolen Notes of Harry Houdini and a ghostly magician</li> <li>In the cartoon <a href="/wiki/The_Real_Ghostbusters" title="The Real Ghostbusters">The Real Ghostbusters</a> episode "The Cabinet of Calamari" 9/30/1987 The Ghostbusters capture the ghost of Harry Houdini who keeps escaping from their traps; 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