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1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, first published in New York on April Fool's Day 1857, is the ninth and final novel by American writer Herman Melville
The_Confidence-Man
Australian electropop band
Confidence Man (sometimes abbreviated as Con Man) are an Australian electropop band formed in 2016 in Brisbane, Queensland. The group consists of vocalists
Confidence_Man_(band)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up confidence man in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A confidence man is a practitioner of confidence tricks. Confidence Man may also refer to: "Confidence
Confidence_man
Attempt to defraud a person or group
bamboozle. The perpetrator is often referred to as a scammer, confidence man, con man, con artist, grifter, hustler, or swindler. The intended victims
Scam
8th episode of the 1st season of Lost
"Confidence Man" is the eighth episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Tucker Gates and written by Damon Lindelof. It first aired
Confidence_Man_(Lost)
2025 South Korean TV series
and Joo Jong-hyuk. A remake of the original Japanese 2018 drama, The Confidence Man JP [jp], the series follows three con artists who devise elaborate and
Confidence_Queen_(TV_series)
American criminal and con artist
American criminal and con artist whose deceptions probably caused the term confidence man to be coined. Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a genteelly
William Thompson (confidence man)
William_Thompson_(confidence_man)
1994 single by Elliott Smith and Pete Krebs
"No Confidence Man" is a song by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was originally released in 1994 by record label Slo-Mo as the B-side to a
No_Confidence_Man
2025 single by Confidence Man and Jade
"Gossip" is a song by Australian band Confidence Man and English singer Jade. It was released through Chaos and I Oh You Records on 23 July 2025. Commercially
Gossip (Confidence Man and Jade Thirlwall song)
Gossip_(Confidence_Man_and_Jade_Thirlwall_song)
1924 film
The Confidence Man is a 1924 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. Its duration is about 80 minutes and it stars Thomas Meighan
The_Confidence_Man_(film)
Unfinished novel by Thomas Mann
translated a year later in English as Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years. Mann had planned the novel since 1905, being inspired
Confessions_of_Felix_Krull
American journalist (born 1973)
inter-presidency for the Times. In 2022, she published the best-selling book Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. In 2026, she
Maggie_Haberman
American musical artist (1947–2021)
songs from The Confidence Man, produced by Jeff Olmstead, was released in 2003. A cabaret show featuring songs from The Confidence Man was presented in
Jim_Steinman
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Con Man or conman may refer to: Confidence man, a practitioner of confidence tricks Con Man (film), an American crime drama
Con_Man
English singer (born 1992)
Glastonbury Festival, and premiered the song "Gossip", a collaboration with Confidence Man released on 23 July. On 8 July, she was included on the deluxe reissue
Jade_Thirlwall
Non-fiction book about Donald Trump
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America is a 2022 book by Maggie Haberman. It covers the career of Donald Trump and his
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Confidence_Man:_The_Making_of_Donald_Trump_and_the_Breaking_of_America
American writer (1819–1891)
England, toured the Near East, and published his last work of prose, The Confidence-Man (1857). He moved to New York City in 1863, eventually taking a position
Herman_Melville
2025 single by Saint Etienne and Confidence Man
alternative dance band Saint Etienne and Australian electro pop group, Confidence Man, released digitally on 3 September 2025 as the third single from Saint
Brand New Me (Saint Etienne and Confidence Man song)
Brand_New_Me_(Saint_Etienne_and_Confidence_Man_song)
1973 caper film directed by George Roy Hill
documented by David Maurer in his 1940 book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. The film plays out in sections introduced by old-fashioned title cards
The_Sting
2022 studio album by Confidence Man
Tilt is the second studio album by Australian electro pop band, Confidence Man. It was announced on 10 November 2021, alongside the album's lead single
Tilt_(Confidence_Man_album)
American musician (1969–2003)
name "Charlie" also appears in songs "Flowers for Charlie" and "No Confidence Man". In a 2004 interview, Jennifer Chiba, Smith's partner at the time of
Elliott_Smith
French imposter
Christopher Rocancourt (born 16 July 1967), is a French impostor and confidence man who scammed affluent people by masquerading in turn as a French nobleman
Christophe_Rocancourt
Back to the Future character
history through his interactions with his teenage father, giving him the confidence to defeat Biff in a fight to save Lorraine Baines, his future wife and
Biff_Tannen
Hungarian adventurer and fraudster
descent, he spent much of his life traveling the world engaging in various confidence scams. Among his adventures, he worked as a Protestant missionary, Anglican
Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln
2008 studio album by Matt Pryor
Confidence Man is the first solo album by Matt Pryor, frontman for the New Amsterdams and Get Up Kids, released on July 29, 2008. The album was written
Confidence_Man_(album)
1990 study by Janet Malcolm about the ethics of journalism
what he does is morally indefensible." She continues: He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their
The Journalist and the Murderer
The_Journalist_and_the_Murderer
Form of message tampering
establishing a key in which both parties can have confidence. Man-in-the-browser – a type of web browser MITM Man-on-the-side attack – a similar attack, giving
Man-in-the-middle_attack
2024 studio album by Confidence Man
(La La La) is the third studio album by Australian electro pop band, Confidence Man. It was released on 18 October 2024. The album was announced on 5 June
3AM_(La_La_La)
Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter (1966–2008)
Healey in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2017. "Confidence Man": "Chartifacts Week Ending 11th June 1995 – Issue No. 278 (from The
Jeff_Healey
South Korean actor (born 1991)
'컨피던스 맨 KR' 캐스팅...박민영과 연기 호흡 ['[Exclusive] Joo Jong-hyuk cast in 'Confidence Man KR'... Acting chemistry with Park Min-young]. YTN (in Korean). Retrieved
Joo Jong-hyuk (actor, born 1991)
Joo_Jong-hyuk_(actor,_born_1991)
2018 studio album by Confidence Man
Confident People is the debut studio album by Australian electro pop band, Confidence Man. It was released on 13 April 2018 and peaked at number 31 on the ARIA
Confident Music for Confident People
Confident_Music_for_Confident_People
Japanese actress (born 1987)
film Kingdom: Flame of Destiny. Nagasawa has also played Dako in The Confidence Man JP film trilogy (2019-2022), Anna Kobayashi in Chen Sicheng's buddy-comedy
Masami_Nagasawa
2000 book by Gwenda Blair
article in The Guardian, Blair described how Trump's "voice, language, confidence" helped him win the election. Blair said his voice had a "hint of menace
The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire
The_Trumps:_Three_Generations_That_Built_an_Empire
South Korean actress (born 1986)
then starred in TV Chosun's crime-comedy series Confidence Queen, the Korean remake of The Confidence Man JP [jp], where she played a genius con artist
Park_Min-young
French actress and Miss France 2000 (born 1981)
Rolland once lived in Paris with Christophe Rocancourt, an impostor, confidence man and gentleman thief who scammed affluent people by masquerading as a
Sonia_Rolland
1957 stage musical by Meredith Willson
Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold
The_Music_Man
indirectly referred to Trump as 'God of Capitalism'. In the 1986 comic The Man of Steel, the villain Lex Luthor is reimagined as an evil corporate executive
Donald Trump in popular culture
Donald_Trump_in_popular_culture
American confidence man and swindler
Tom O'Brien (c. 1851 − September 29, 1904) was an American confidence man and swindler during the late 19th century. He was popularly known as "King of
Tom_O'Brien_(swindler)
1952 self-help book by Norman Vincent Peale
Harvard scholar Donald Meyer presents a similar criticism in his article "Confidence Man" written in 1955. Meyer writes that The Power of Positive Thinking provides
The Power of Positive Thinking
The_Power_of_Positive_Thinking
appearance of Pierre in 1852 and exacerbated by the publication of The Confidence-Man in 1857. Melville then turned his attention to poetry, to which he devoted
Herman_Melville_bibliography
American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent (1898-1993)
for mental health, and concluded that Peale was a "con man and a fraud", and a "Confidence Man". These critics appeared in the early 1950s after the publication
Norman_Vincent_Peale
2025 studio album by Saint Etienne
Rowlands (the Chemical Brothers), Erol Alkan, Nick Heyward plus members of Confidence Man. International was met with positive reviews from music critics. According
International (Saint Etienne album)
International_(Saint_Etienne_album)
above. A Man's a Man (1967) Baal (1968) The Beard (1968) The Dream Engine (1969) More Than You Deserve (1973) Rhinegold (1974) The Confidence Man (1976)
Jim_Steinman_discography
2016 single by YG featuring Nipsey Hussle
Texas man was filmed punching an anti-Trump protester who was playing the "FDT" song outside of a convenience store in Denton, Texas. The man who threw
FDT_(song)
2020 biography of Donald J. Trump by Mary L. Trump
Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man is a tell-all book written by American psychologist Mary L. Trump about her
Too_Much_and_Never_Enough
Musical artist
Oregon, best known as a member of the punk-pop band Hazel, and for No Confidence Man, a split single with Elliott Smith. Krebs was a member of punk bands
Pete_Krebs
2017 book edited by Bandy X. Lee
"That the authors differ in their diagnoses does not give one great confidence in the field of psychiatry or, indeed, in the book’s value" and called
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
The_Dangerous_Case_of_Donald_Trump
Venetian conman (c.1545-1591)
Bragadino or Marco Bragadini (c. 1545 – 26 April 1591) was a Venetian confidence man who claimed to be an alchemist. His name at birth is said to have been
Marco_Bragadino
American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)
Lambert Mach 2 (2000) - Tim Mandell Crash Point Zero (2001) - George The Confidence Man (2001) - Strip Club MC "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New
John_Putch
notable individuals who exploited confidence tricks. William Chaloner (1650–1699): Serial counterfeiter and confidence trickster proven guilty by Sir Isaac
List_of_con_artists
1985 novel by Peter Carey
metafiction or magical realism, the novel is narrated by liar, trickster, and confidence man Herbert Badgery, the "illywhacker" of the title, and tells the story
Illywhacker
Japanese actor (born 1954)
(2019) The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019), Richard The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Sekizō Uno Talking the Pictures (2019) The Confidence Man JP: Episode
Fumiyo_Kohinata
Fictional character from the novel Moby-Dick
actually identified with him: Redburn, Ishmael, Pierre, and Pitch from The Confidence-Man. During the early decades of the Melville revival, readers and critics
Ishmael_(Moby-Dick)
2019 song by Official Hige Dandism
physical single format to serve as the theme song of the 2019 film The Confidence Man JP. Upon release, it was a commercial success, and spent seven weeks
Pretender (Official Hige Dandism song)
Pretender_(Official_Hige_Dandism_song)
1869 – ), known as Max Lynar Louden among other aliases, was a German confidence man, bigamist, and a spy during World War I. Louden was born in 1869 in
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Topics referred to by the same term
directed by James Foley Confidence (novel), by Henry James Confidence, a self-help-book by Alan Loy McGinnis The Confidence-Man, an 1857 novel by Herman
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British WWII spy and traitor (1906–1946)
and Paul Cole (and many other aliases) was a British petty criminal, confidence man, British Army soldier, operative of the Pat O'Leary escape line, and
Harold_Cole
2000 book by Donald Trump and Dave Shiflett
example, he wrote, "A liberal policy of immigration may seem to reflect confidence and generosity. But our current laxness toward illegal immigration shows
The_America_We_Deserve
American linguist and author (1906–1981)
psychological insights, as illustrated in this excerpt about "the mark": A confidence man prospers only because of the fundamental dishonesty of his victim. First
David_W._Maurer
English actress (born 1965)
Bill 1989 ("Street Games and Board Games") - Debbie Hannay 1989 ("The Confidence Man") - Florence Peterson May to December 1989–93 (Series 1-5) - Hilary
Rebecca_Lacey
French financier and embezzler (1886–1934)
and Anny Dupérey as his wife Arlette. Paul Jankowski, Stavisky - A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue, (2002) David Clay Large, Between Two Fires:
Alexandre_Stavisky
Indian businessman (born 1963)
Retrieved 23 December 2013. Samanth Subramanian (1 March 2011). "The Confidence Man". Vineet Upadhyay (19 June 2015). "Lalit Modi wasn't one to follow rules
Lalit_Modi
1991 American film
Pizza Man is a 1991 comedy film starring Bill Maher and Annabelle Gurwitch; written and directed by J.F. Lawton, who was credited as J.D. Athens. Elmo
Pizza_Man_(1991_film)
American political advisor (born 1976)
permanent lockdowns, and close schools. According to Maggie Haberman in Confidence Man (2022), Trump played a video prepared by Scavino downplaying COVID-19
Dan_Scavino
American musician (born 1978)
pursue a solo career. The first album released under Pryor's name was Confidence Man, released later that year on Vagrant Records. After a brief tour with
Matt_Pryor_(musician)
1993 single by Orbital
Underworld, Psychick Warriors ov Gaia and CJ Bolland. In May 2025, Confidence Man re-worked the song as "Re-Lush" as part of the re-release of the 1993
Lush_3
American confidence man and swindler
Reed C. Waddell (c. 1860 – March 27, 1895) was an American swindler, confidence man and underworld figure in New York during the mid- to late 19th century
Reed_Waddell
4th episode of the 3rd season of Lost
him in check. "Every Man for Himself" was intended to show how Ben was a character that could manipulate even the best confidence man on the island, and
Every_Man_for_Himself_(Lost)
Marvel Comics superhero
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared
Spider-Man
1995 film by Bryan Singer
Retrieved July 6, 2008. Francis, Patrick (December 1, 1998). "Bryan Singer, Confidence Man". Moviemaker. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved
The_Usual_Suspects
Phrase associated with American showman P. T. Barnum
it. Early instances of its use are found among salesmen, gamblers and confidence tricksters. Barnum's biographer Arthur H. Saxon tried to track down when
There's a sucker born every minute
There's_a_sucker_born_every_minute
Building in Wichita Falls, Texas, US
area. Reportedly the result of a fraudulent investment scheme by a confidence man, the Newby–McMahon Building was a source of great embarrassment to the
World's_littlest_skyscraper
American actor (1895–1957)
1937, he appeared in 25 films). He was often cast as a smooth-talking confidence man, or swindler, as in the W.C. Fields comedy classic The Bank Dick (1940)
Russell_Hicks
Prussian nobleman (1755–1794)
as a representation of global humanity in both Moby-Dick (1851), The Confidence-Man, and later in Billy Budd. Born near Kleve, at the castle of Gnadenthal [de]
Anacharsis_Cloots
Japanese actor (born 1960)
Movie: Last Stage (2014), Detective Kenzō Yabe The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019), Ho The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (2020), Ho Godai:
Katsuhisa_Namase
1992 studio album by Common Sense
world". Arts. Chicago Tribune. p. 4. Drumming, Neil (May 30, 2005). "Confidence Man at EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May
Can_I_Borrow_a_Dollar?
1937 American short film by Del Lord
Moe Howard as Moe Sonny Bupp as Jimmy Nick Copeland as Confidence Man 1 Lew Davis as Confidence Man 2 Lester Dorr as President's Secretary John Ince as Vault
Cash_and_Carry_(film)
Financial scandal in France
collapse of the First Portuguese Republic. Paul F. Jankowski, Stavisky: A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue (2002) Janet Flanner, Paris was Yesterday
Stavisky_affair
Topics referred to by the same term
The Con Artists (2014 film), a South Korean heist film Confidence man (disambiguation) Con man (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles
Con_artist_(disambiguation)
American literary theorist (1919–1983)
de Man's undergraduate student at Harvard, and later became his friend and colleague at Yale, wrote that rather than brand de Man as a confidence man, as
Paul_de_Man
English independent record label
Preachers. Current Heavenly artists include Mattiel, The Orielles, Confidence Man, audiobooks, Pip Blom, H. Hawkline, Gwenno Saunders, Amber Arcades,
Heavenly_Recordings
2019 Marvel Studios film
Forbes's Scott Mendelson felt the trailer showed "the sheer confidence" of Sony in its Spider-Man films, especially after the successes of Homecoming, Venom
Spider-Man:_Far_From_Home
2018 book by Michael Wolff
the 2016 election, was implausible. Robinson also expressed a lack of confidence in Wolff's trustworthiness based on his refusal to share his recordings
Fire_and_Fury
1981 fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander
after an altercation with the police. He takes up with a charismatic confidence man named Count Las Bombas and a mysterious girl named Mickle. Mickle is
Westmark_(novel)
Fictional character of the TV series Lost
Entertainment. September 6, 2005. Featurette, disc 7. Lost on Location – "Confidence Man". Lost: The Complete First Season – The Extended Experience, Buena Vista
James_"Sawyer"_Ford
Fictional conman
centuries. Diddler is discussed in some detail in Herman Melville's The Confidence Man: His Masquerade. He appears in Thomas Haynes Bayly's novel David Dumps
Jeremy_Diddler
Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
novels Moby-Dick, Pierre (dedicated to nearby Mount Greylock), The Confidence-Man, and Israel Potter; The Piazza Tales (a short story collection named
Arrowhead (Herman Melville House)
Arrowhead_(Herman_Melville_House)
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list
List_of_scams
Annual music festival in Australia
(USA) The Amity Affliction Baker Boy Ball Park Music Claptone (GER) Confidence Man Cosmo's Midnight Dean Lewis Duckwrth (USA) (Bunbury only) Duke Dumont
Groovin'_the_Moo
British singer
Remarkably Potent". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-03. "Finn Askew: Confidence Man". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2021-02-03. "Polydor 2021: Finn Askew"
Finn_Askew
English bushranger and writer in Australia
(born 4 April 1829) was an English-born Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author of Days of Crime and Years of Suffering (1867). Owen Henry
Owen_Suffolk
New Zealand music festival
Dizzie Rascal, Hermitude, Chase & Status (DJ Set), Primal Scream, L.A.B, Confidence Man, Sneaky Sound System, The D4, My Baby, Katchafire, Too Many Zooz, Chronixx
Electric_Avenue_(festival)
American writer (born 1970)
Help Us Out by McSweeney's (Introduction and Unfinished story) The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville (preface), Dalkey Archive Press (2007)
Daniel_Handler
Fictional portrayals of confidence tricks
supposedly a con man. Tommy Boy (1995) – Rob Lowe and Bo Derek as two con artists. Traveller (1997) – Bokky (Bill Paxton) is a confidence man. Shooting Fish
Confidence tricks in film and television
Confidence_tricks_in_film_and_television
American comedian (1961–1994)
ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-2994-9. Kaufman, Will (1997). Comedian As Confidence Man: Studies in Irony Fatigue. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University
Bill_Hicks
English DJ, music producer and singer (born 1991)
Retrieved 26 December 2024. Pilley, Max (28 February 2025). "Listen to Confidence Man's poptastic new single 'I Heart You' with Eliza Rose". NME. Retrieved
Eliza_Rose
Annual Australian music industry award
The Presets 4 nominations Infusion Sneaky Sound System 3 nominations Confidence Man Cut Copy Ivan Gough Itch-E and Scratch-E The Potbelleez Wicked Beat
ARIA Award for Best Dance Release
ARIA_Award_for_Best_Dance_Release
Opera by Ernst Krenek
a preface; it owes something to Melville as well (specifically "The Confidence-Man"), as do his next two operas. Composed during the winter of 1944–45
What_Price_Confidence?
British oriental scholar, linguist, and confidence man (1873–1944)
himself. His biographer, Hugh Trevor-Roper, unmasked Backhouse as "a confidence man with few equals", who had also duped the British government, Oxford
Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet
Sir_Edmund_Backhouse,_2nd_Baronet
Three novels by Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)
career of the anti-hero Ernest Ralph Gorse, a skilled professional confidence man, whose heartlessness and lack of scruple are matched only by the inventiveness
Gorse_Trilogy
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