Historical Figures in Mage

A number of characters in the Mage: The Ascension setting are billed as both mages and historical figures. Below is a list in alphabetical order. Following other list pages on this wiki, names are listed alphabetically by the first character generally used to recognize them.

By Name
Alan Turing - Mage, cryptographer and member of the Technocracy until defection with the Virtual Adepts to the Traditions. Believed to have opened the modern entrances to the Digital Web and may have died in the process. (Virtual Adepts Revised)

Albert Michelson - Mage, worked with Edward Morley to disprove the existence of the luminiferous aether. Much to the annoyance of the Sons of Ether. Technocrat. (Book of Shadows p. 189)

Edward Morley - Mage, worked with Albert Michelson to disprove the existence of the luminiferous aether. Much to the annoyance of the Sons of Ether. Technocrat. (Book of Shadows p. 189)

Nicolaus Copernicus - Mage, astronomer and member of the Order of Reason. Namesake of Copernicus Station (the Cop). Worked to raise the Gauntlet to keep out threats. (Book of Shadows p. 188)

Johannes Gutenberg - Mage, inventor of the printing press and member of the Order of Reason. Found a way to use Mind magick to hide thoughts in pages of text. (Book of Shadows p. 188)

John von Neumann - Mage, mathematician and denizen of the Digital Web. Attempts to create a machine to solve paradox resulting in paradox. (The Digital Web)