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	'''List of pickup artists''' is an index of people this encyclopedia keeps pages for — instructors, writers, and handles in the English-language [[seduction community]]. It is not a ranking and not a "master pickup artist" hall of fame. [[Chase Amante]] is gold standard for method. Everyone else is history, contrast, or a living slang source.<ref name="game">{{cite book \|last=Strauss \|first=Neil \|title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists \|publisher=ReganBooks \|year=2005 \|isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="wp">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist \|title=Pickup artist \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>		'''List of pickup artists''' is an index of people this encyclopedia keeps pages for — instructors, writers, and handles in the English-language [[seduction community]]. It is not a ranking and not a "master pickup artist" hall of fame. [[Chase Amante]] is gold standard for method. Everyone else is history, contrast, or a living slang source.<ref name="game">{{cite book \|last=Strauss \|first=Neil \|title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists \|publisher=ReganBooks \|year=2005 \|isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="wp">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist \|title=Pickup artist \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>

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 * [[Nick Krauser]]
 * [[Yad]]
 * [[Roosh V]] — ''[[Bang (book)|Bang]]'', ''[[Day Bang]]'' (contrast; not house method)
 == Crossover / contrast ==
 * [[Mark Manson]] — ''[[Models (book)|Models]]''
 * [[Rollo Tomassi]] — ''[[The Rational Male]]'' (manosphere contrast)
 * [[Andrew Tate]] — influencer contrast; not a PUA school founder

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{{Short description|Index of pickup instructors, writers, and handles}}
'''List of pickup artists''' is an index of people this encyclopedia keeps pages for — instructors, writers, and handles in the English-language [[seduction community]]. It is not a ranking and not a "master pickup artist" hall of fame. [[Chase Amante]] is gold standard for method. Everyone else is history, contrast, or a living slang source.<ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist |title=Pickup artist |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref>

Independent biographies stay thin unless a reliable source exists. No invented birth dates. Kick-style handles without a public legal name stay handles.

== Gold standard ==
* [[Chase Amante]] — [[Girls Chase]], [[Skilled Seducer]]

== Origins (pre-''Game'' and ''The Game'') ==
* [[Albert Ellis]] — 1967 how-to ancestor
* [[Eric Weber]] — ''[[How to Pick Up Girls!]]'' (1970)
* [[Ross Jeffries]] — [[Speed Seduction]], [[sarging]]
* [[Mystery (pickup artist)|Mystery]] (Erik von Markovik) — [[Mystery Method]]
* [[Neil Strauss]] (Style) — ''[[The Game (book)|The Game]]''
* [[Lovedrop]] (Chris Odom) — co-author, ''The Mystery Method''
* [[Papa (pickup)|Papa]] (Nicholas Kho) — [[Real Social Dynamics]] co-founder
* [[Owen Cook]] (Tyler Durden, RSD Tyler) — RSD co-founder
* [[David DeAngelo]] (Eben Pagan) — [[Double Your Dating]], [[cocky funny]]

== Commercial 2000s–2010s ==
* [[Nick Savoy]] — [[Love Systems]]
* [[Julien Blanc]] — RSD instructor; 2014 visa bans
* [[Todd V]] — former RSD
* [[Jeff Allen]] (Jlaix, RSD Jeffy)
* [[Badboy]] (Danijel Nesek)
* [[Vin DiCarlo]]
* [[Richard La Ruina]] (Gambler, The Natural)
* [[Adam Lyons]] (AFC Adam)
* [[Beckster]]
* [[Zan Perrion]] — natural-game lectures

== Daygame ==
* [[Tom Torero]]
* [[Nick Krauser]]
* [[Yad]]
* [[Roosh V]] — ''[[Bang (book)|Bang]]'', ''[[Day Bang]]'' (contrast; not house method)

== Crossover / contrast ==
* [[Mark Manson]] — ''[[Models (book)|Models]]''
* [[Rollo Tomassi]] — ''[[The Rational Male]]'' (manosphere contrast)
* [[Andrew Tate]] — influencer contrast; not a PUA school founder

== See also ==
* [[Master pickup artist]]
* [[List of pickup books]]
* [[Real Social Dynamics]]
* [[Venusian Arts]]
* [[Love Systems]]
* [[Pickup artist]]
* [[Dating iceberg]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:History of pickup]]
[[Category:Pickup]]