Hypnotists

Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/; German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy, who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as mesmerism.

Lawrence M. Schoen (born July 27, 1959) is an American author, publisher, psychologist, hypnotist, and expert in the Klingon language.

Leo Martello (September 26, 1931 – June 29, 2000) was a Sicilian-American witch and gay rights activist, and author.

Giucas Casella (born 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality.

Henry More Smith (fl. 19th century.) (also known as Henry Frederick Moon, Henry J. Moon, Henry Hopkins, Henry Frederick More Smith and William Newman) was a confidence man, master puppeteer, hypnotist, seer, liar, and above all else a superlative escape artist who lived for a while in New Brunswick, Canada.

Gil Boyne (October 28, 1924 - May 5, 2010) was an American pioneer in modern hypnotherapy who focused on training thousands of "lay" hypnotherapists primarily in Glendale, California, as well as throughout the world.

Alfonso Caycedo, (born 19 November 1932 at Bogota in Colombia) is one of the founders of sophrology.

Ainslie Dixon Meares (3 March 1910 – 19 September 1986) was an Australian psychiatrist, scholar of hypnotism, psychotherapist, authority on stress and a prolific author who lived and practised in Melbourne.

Brian Roet (born 2 November 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.

John Milne Bramwell (11 May 1852 – 16 January 1925) was a Scottish physician, surgeon and specialist medical hypnotist.

Paul Brook (28 September 1973) is a professional British presenter, author,mentalist and performer.

Christopher Hyatt (July 12, 1943 – February 9, 2008), born Alan Ronald Miller, was an American occultist, author, and founder of the Extreme Individual Institute (EII).

Mark Sweet is an American hypnotherapist, comedian, magician and host.

Kenneth George "Ken" Webster (born 1964) is a British hypnotist.

Boris Cherniak (born 12 December 1964) is a Soviet-born Canadian-based entertainer, psychological illusionist, hypnotherapist, comedian hypnotist and motivational speaker that performs internationally.

PiP Comic Illusionist (born 28 October 1986) is an Australian Comedian, Magician, Illusionist, Actor and Hypnotist.

Sydney James Van Pelt (born February 1, 1908 in Melbourne; † January 7, 1976) was an Australian medical doctor and pioneer of modern medical hypnosis and hypnotherapy as well as President of the British Society of Medical Hypnotists (for life).

Paul William McKenna (born 8 November 1963 in Hackney, East London) is an English hypnotist, television broadcaster and an author of self-help books.

Patricia Ann Collins (May 7, 1935 – May 31, 1997) was an American hypnotist.

James Richard Cocke (1863 – April 12, 1900), who had been blind since infancy, was an American physician, homeopath, and a pioneer hypnotherapist.

Geno Washington (born William Francis Washington, December 1943, Evansville, Indiana) is an American R&B singer who released five albums with The Ram Jam Band between 1966 and 1969, and eight solo albums beginning in 1976.

Jeffrey Rose, CMH, is an American clinical hypnotist, nutritionist, lecturer, sleep specialist, addiction recovery coach, cable TV show host, lecturer, Rockland County chapter leader of Start School Later sleep specialist and writer.

Dr. Franz Polgar (April 18, 1900 - June 1979) was a renowned psychologist, hypnotist, lecturer and entertainer.

Ormond Dale McGill (June 15, 1913 – October 19, 2005) was a stage hypnotist, magician and instructor who was considered to be the "Dean of American Hypnotists".

Peter J. Reveen (8 October 1935 – 8 April 2013) was a stage hypnotist and illusionist who performed mainly in Canada, and particularly Atlantic Canada.

William Joseph Bryan, Jr.

Simeon Edmunds (1917 – 1969) was a British psychical researcher and writer on hypnotism.

Irving Kirsch (born March 7, 1943) is Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and a lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Malminder Gill (born 30 November 1981 in Kent, United Kingdom) is a self-help author and hypnotist from England.

Henri-Étienne Beaunis (2 August 1830, Amboise – 20 July 1921, Le Cannet) was a French physiologist and psychologist.

(This article is about the British hypnotist Chris Hughes. For other uses, see Christopher Hughes.) Chris Hughes (born 18 April 1975) is a British born TV hypnotist, hypnotherapist, speaker, and entertainer.

Marshall Sylver, born Marshall Walter Sylwestrzak, is a motivational speaker, author, and performance hypnotist who works primarily in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tonya Reiman (born 1969) is an American author, hypnotist and motivational speaker.

Alexander Cannon (died 18 March 1963) was a British psychiatrist, occultist, hypnotist and author.

Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is a trans woman sensei of Thiền Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassanā meditation.

Dave Elman (May 6, 1900 - 5 December 1967) was a noted American radio host, comedian, and songwriter, and important figure in the field of hypnosis and hypnotherapy.

Pat Heard (born 17 March 1960 in Hull) is a retired English football midfielder and left-back.

Although Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur (1751–1825) was a French magnetizer aristocrat from one of the most illustrious families of the French nobility, he is now remembered as one of the pre-scientific founders of hypnotism (a branch of animal magnetism, or Mesmerism).