@BillW,
13 real life necromancers/wizards/alchemists, no Dumbledores or Gandalfs.
1 Konrad Dippel (17th/18th Century alchemist who lived in Castle Frankenstein and who Mary Shelley was aware of.)
2. Roger Bacon (1214–1294)
3. Paracelsus (1493-1541)
4. Diane Di Prima (1932–2020)
5. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
6. Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535)
7. Hermes Trismegistus (legendary)
8. Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480 or 1466 – c. 1541)
9. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)
10. Grigori Rasputin (1869-1917)
11. Paracelsus Born in 1493
12. Mary the Jewess (around 0-200 CE) - 1st known alchemist in history
13. Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar (sometimes Casper) - the 'Three Wise Men' - Magicians and Astrologers (Wizard/Magician same same historically)
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