| Wolf Messing Russian: Во́льф Ме́ссинг | |
| Birth Name: | Wolf Grigoryevich Messing |
| Birth Date: | 1899 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Góra Kalwaria, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Nationality: | Polish and Soviet |
| Known For: | Supernatural experiments |
| Occupation: | Clairvoyant, Telepathist, Hypnotist |
Wolf Grigoryevich (Gershkovich) Messing (ru|Во́льф Григо́рьевич (Ге́ршикович) Ме́ссинг, pl|Wolf Grigoriewicz Messing, he|וולף מסינג) (10 September 1899 – 8 November 1974) was a self-proclaimed psychic, telepath and stage hypnotist.
Messing was born in the village of Góra Kalwaria, 25 km southeast of Warsaw. He claimed that his psychic abilities developed in his early life.[1]
By the time he was a teenager, he was performing for the public as a psychic entertainer.[1]
In the interview with P. Oreshkin, Messing said:
Messing died in a hospital, on 8 November 1974, two months after his 75th birthday. He had successfully undergone surgery on the Femoral and External Iliac arteries, but afterward, for some unknown reason, developed kidney failure and pulmonary edema. He was buried at the Vostryakovskoje Jewish cemetery in Moscow.
His life story is depicted in the Russian television miniseries (2009).
Wolf Messing is a major character in Steve Englehart's series of Max August novels, beginning with The Point Man in 1980, and continuing through The Long Man and The Plain Man.
In the hit video strategy game, as well as its expansion, Yuri's Revenge, the main character of Yuri was heavily influenced in the likeness of Wolf Messing.