My prefix prefix does exhilarating kicks,
My infix infix uncovered the wizard's tricks,
My suffix suffix is quieter than a tick,
Gone a century since, he made infinite picks.
Answer
I think the answer is
Cantor
My prefix prefix does exhilarating kicks,
My infix infix uncovered the wizard's tricks,
Toto pulls the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
My suffix suffix is quieter than a tick,
RR? Or possibly RR
Edit: As mentioned by Tom, this instead refers to a Rolls Royce vehicle for which the loudest noise comes from the tick of the electric clock.
Gone a century since, he made infinite picks.
Cantor.
His diagonalisation argument involves making infinite picks, plus he died in 1918.
Edit: As suggested by Bass in the comments, the infinite picks could refer to the process of generating the Cantor set
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