List of male professional bodybuilders

See also: List of female professional bodybuilders

This is a list of male professional bodybuilders.

Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2025)

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## A

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Troy Alves at the 2008 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII

* Fouad Abiad
* Manohar Aich, "Pocket Hercules"
* Abdulhadi Al-Khayat
* Achim Albrecht
* Troy Alves
* Charles Atlas
* Art Atwood
* Dayo Audi

## B

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* Jim Badra
* William Bankier
* Mohammad Bannout
* Samir Bannout
* Gustavo Badell
* Clarence Bass
* Mohammed Benaziza
* Francisco 'Paco' Bautista
* Albert Beckles
* Bob Birdsong
* Troy Brown
* Jeremy Buendia
* Chris Bumstead, "CBum"

## C

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* Evan Centopani
* Marcos Chacon
* Darrem Charles
* Hadi Choopan, "The Persian Wolf"
* Sangram Chougule
* Bob Cicherillo
* Ronnie Coleman "The King", "Big Ron", "Muscle Coleman"
* Franco Columbu
* Chris Cook
* Chris Cormier
* Ed Corney
* Porter Cottrell
* Brandon Curry
* Jay Cutler

## D

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* Gaétan D'Amours
* Roland Dantes, "Mr. Philippines", Martial Arts instructor, Arnis master
* Samson Dauda
* Premchand Degra
* Paul Demayo, "Quadzilla"
* Nathan DeTracy
* Chris Dickerson
* Paul Dillett
* Ramon Dino, "O Dinossauro do Acre" (Dinosaur from Acre)
* Dave Draper
* Mark Dugdale
* Carlos G. Duque

## E

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George Eiferman, March 1950

* Mboya Edwards
* Stan Efferding
* George Eiferman
* Nasser El Sonbaty, "The Professor"
* Mamdouh Elssbiay, "Big Ramy"
* Ahmet Enünlü

## F

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* Erik Fankhouser
* Lou Ferrigno, actor and fitness trainer best known for the title role in The Incredible Hulk television series
* Bertil Fox
* Felipe Franco
* Toney Freeman
* Alexandr Fedorov

## G

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* Rich Gaspari
* Nazar Ghazali
* Varinder Singh Ghuman
* Anders Graneheim
* Kai Greene
* John Grimek
* Guy Grundy

## H

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* Ahmad Haidar
* Marcus Haley
* Lee Haney, "Total-Lee Awesome", eight-time Mr. Olympia
* Mark Harris
* Mickey Hargitay
* Phil Heath, "The Gift", seven-time Mr. Olympia
* David Henry
* Roy Hilligenn

## I

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## J

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Dexter Jackson at the 2008 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII

* Dexter Jackson, "The Blade"
* Johnnie O. Jackson
* Dennis James
* Rusty Jeffers
* Michael Johnson[1]

## K

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* Shahriar Kamali, "King Kamali"
* Mike Katz
* Edward Kawak
* Michael Kefalianos
* Suhas Khamkar, nine-time Mr. India, Mr. Asia 2010
* Kim Kold, "Winner at Danish Bodybuilding Championship in 2006"
* Greg Kovacs

## L

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* Lee Labrada
* Jack LaLanne
* Kevin Levrone "Maryland Muscle Machine", "The Uncrowned King of Mr. Olympia"
* James "Flex" Lewis
* Aaron Links
* Anibal Lopez
* Dan Lurie, AAU Mr. America "America's Most Muscular Man" 1942-1946

## M

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* Víctor Martínez, "Dominican Dominator"
* Mike Matarazzo
* Earl Maynard
* Frank McGrath, "Bryn"
* Tim McGuire
* Stan McQuay
* Mike Mentzer, "Mister Heavy Duty"
* Ray Mentzer, brother of Mike Mentzer
* Mustafa Mohammad
* Andreas Münzer

## N

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* Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
* Jamo Nezzar
* Konstantin Nerchenko
* Serge Nubret
* Tony Nicholson

## O

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* Sergei Ogorodnikov
* Mike O'Hearn
* Sergio Oliva, "The Myth", three-time Mr. Olympia

## P

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Tony Pearson

* Danny Padilla, "The Giant Killer"
* Ben Pakulski
* Bob Paris
* Reg Park
* David Paul (of the Barbarian Twins)
* Peter Paul (of the Barbarian Twins)
* Bill Pearl
* Tony Pearson
* Rich Piana
* Robert Piotrkowicz
* Tom Platz, "The Quadfather", "The Golden Eagle"
* Harold Poole
* Edson Prado
* Lee Priest
* Tom Prince
* Lucion Pushparaj, "Black Lion of Asia"
* Peter Putnam

## R

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* Ade Rai
* Shawn Ray
* Tito Raymond
* Steve Reeves
* Arthur Robin
* Robby Robinson, "The Black Prince"
* Ronny Rockel
* Clarence Ross
* Raymond Routledge
* Markus Rühl

## S

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1974

* Feras Saied
* Frank Saldo
* Monte Saldo
* Silvio Samuel
* Eugen Sandow, "father" of modern bodybuilding
* Miloš Šarčev
* Marko Savolainen, "Supermass"
* Günter Schlierkamp, "The Gentle Giant"
* Sonny Schmidt, "Samoan", Masters Olympia Champion 1995
* Armin Scholz
* Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Austrian Oak", Mr. Universe 1968, seven-time Mr. Olympia, actor, politician
* Larry Scott, "The Legend", two-time Mr. Universe, two-time Mr. Olympia
* Vic Seipke
* Sergey Shelestov
* Radosław Słodkiewicz
* Gary Strydom
* Joel Stubbs

## T

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* Vince Taylor
* Craig Titus
* Ramesses Tlyakodugov
* Al Treloar, winner of the first international bodybuilding contest in the United States, 1904

## V

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* Casey Viator
* Wesley Vissers
* Mikhail Volinkin

## W

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Branch Warren

* Ken Waller
* Branch Warren, "Quadrasaurus Pecs"
* Rick Wayne
* Ken "Flex" Wheeler, "Sultan of Symmetry"
* Jusup Wilkosz
* Bill Wilmore
* Scott Wilson
* Dennis Wolf, "Big Bad Wolf"

## Y

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* Hidetada Yamagishi, "The Dragon"
* Dorian Yates, "The Shadow", six-time Mr. Olympia

## Z

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* Frank Zane, "The Chemist", three-time Mr. Olympia

## References

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1. ^ Vincenzo Ravina (April 14, 2012). "Johnson living dream as pro bodybuilder". Chronicle Herald.