Hans Klok

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Hans Klok (2008)

Johannes Franciscus Catharinus Klok (born February 22, 1969 in Purmerend , North Holland ) is a Dutch magician .

Hans Klok was born the son of the engineer Klaas (1940–2002) and his wife Gerda (* 1939). He began to be interested in magic when he was given a magic box as a toy by his grandfather at the age of ten. At the age of 14 he won the European Youth Magician Champion Trophy . In 1992 he got his first own show, which already attracted 170,000 viewers in the Netherlands . Many of his illusions were built by his father. In 1994/95 he first appeared in Las Vegas and in 1996 he was hired for the NBC show The Greatest Magicians in the World .

He received the Golden Europe television award in 2000 for best entertainer. In 2003 he became the official ambassador of UNICEF and toured over 60 cities in Europe and Dubai with his Show History of Magic . At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he had his largest audience so far, when he had the trophy appear in front of 500 million viewers in 152 countries. On June 1, 2007, the show The Beauty of Magic , produced by Joop van den Ende, premiered at the Planet Hollywood Resort , in which Pamela Anderson also appeared as an assistant. This makes him the first Dutch entertainer to have his own show on the Las Vegas Strip . In April 2008, Hans Klok toured Germany with his show Live from Las Vegas . His new show is called House of Mystery .

Since coming out in 1991, he was in a relationship with a physiotherapist for 17 years, who brought a son into the relationship.

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  1. ↑ a b c Richard van de Crommert: Las Vegas in ban van Hans Klok , telegraaf.nl, June 3, 2007
  2. ↑ a b Erica Grimaldo: The Magic beeing myself ( Memento of the original from February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Interview, Q Vegas, November 2007, page 68 (PDF page 35) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.qvegas.com
  3. ↑ Star magician Hans Klok: "There are always several loves in life". In: kurier.at. October 7, 2017, accessed December 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Klok, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klok, Johannes Franciscus Catharinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch magician
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Purmerend , North Holland