List of male professional bodybuilders

This is a list of male professional bodybuilders. This means the names listed that competed after 1992 will have an IFBB pro card.

Name	Country	Birth	Death	Titles	Notes
Kefalianos, MichaelMichael Kefalianos	Greece	1970
Abbew, EddieEddie Abbew	United Kingdom	1967
Abiad, FouadFouad Abiad	Canada	1978
Aholelei, TevitaTevita Aholelei	United States	1969			"Stone of Tonga"
Albrecht, AchimAchim Albrecht	Germany	1962
Allin, GarrettGarrett Allin	United States	1960
Almohsinawi, KhalidKhalid Almohsinawi	Iraq	1979
Alves, TroyTroy Alves	United States	1966
Amsterdam, Eduard vanEduard van Amsterdam
Anthony, MelvinMelvin Anthony	United States
Atwood, ArtArt Atwood	United States	1973	2011
Baccianini, FlavioFlavio Baccianini	Italy
Timmermans, GaëtanGaëtan Timmermans
Van Hellemont, VincentVincent Van Hellemont	Poland
Barbier, MaximeMaxime Barbier	Maroc
Badell, GustavoGustavo Badell	Venezuela	1972			"The Freakin' Rican"
Baker, AaronAaron Baker	United States	1960
Baldwin, RichardRichard Baldwin	United States	1947
Baloch, FidaFida Baloch	Pakistan
Bannout, MohammadMohammad Bannout	Lebanon	1976
Bannout, SamirSamir Bannout	Lebanon	1955
Bautista, Francisco 'Paco'Francisco 'Paco' Bautista	Spain	1971
Barron, PedroPedro Barron	Mexico	1974
Beckles, AlbertAlbert Beckles	United Kingdom	1930
Benaziza, MohammedMohammed Benaziza	Algeria	1959	1992
Benfatto, FrancisFrancis Benfatto	France	1957
Billings, LamontLamont Billings	United States
Birdsong, BobBob Birdsong	United States	1948
Bodell, GaryGary Bodell
Brisbois, SteveSteve Brisbois	Canada	1961
Brown, JohnJohn Brown
Bryan, CarmichaelCarmichael Bryan	Barbados	1971
Bryant, CurtisCurtis Bryant	United States
Bui, ErykEryk Bui	United States
Butt, AshfaqAshfaq Butt	Pakistan	1976
Butt, TousifTousif Butt	Pakistan
La Luz, LouLou La Luz	United States	1951
Latif, TalhaTalha Latif	Pakistan

A

• Aarun Kumar Thevar
• Ahmad Ahmad
• Jamal Ahmed "Bodybuilding Mania"
• Sean Allen "Pegasus"
• Robert Anderson, Jr.
• Jason Arntz
• Charles Atlas
• Antoine Vaillant
• Mark Alvisi
• Adil Mohamed
• Alexander Sami
• Ade Rai

B

• William Bankier
• Thomas Benagli, Italian PRO Bodybuilder
• Samir Bannout
• Mohammad Bannout, Lebanese IFBB bodybuilder, cousin to Samir Bannout
• Pedro Barron, First Mexican IFBB bodybuilder
• Emil "Curly Tops" Bautista
• Francisco "Paco" Bautista
• Mohammed Benaziza
• Sahu Bikash
• Steve Brisbois
• Orville Burke, "The Walking Eclipse" -Night of Champions Winner
• Robert Burneika
• Yahya Butt, three-time Mr. Asia and Mr. World participant

C

• Andrei Cadariu
• Andreas Cahling
• Roy Callender
• Jimmy Canyon
• Gianluca Catapano
• Evan Centopani
• Marcos Chacon
• Brian Chamberlain
• Simon Chan
• Darrem Charles
• Adorthus Cherry
• Mike Christian
• Bob Cicherillo
• Boyer Coe
• Simon Cohen
• Ronnie Coleman, "The Unbelievable," eight-time Mr. Olympia 1998-2005
• Franco Columbu, two-time Mr. Olympia, actor, close friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Chris Cook
• Chris Cormier, "The Real Deal"
• Ed Corney, "The Master Poser"
• Porter Cottrell
• Trent Cougle
• Brandon Curry
• Jay Cutler, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 Mr. Olympia and 3 time Arnold Classic Champion

D

• Gaétan D'Amours
• Roland Dantes, "Mr. Philippines", Martial Arts instructor, Arnis master
• Bill Davey
• Steve Davis, Cleveland Ohio; Mr. USA, represented US in World Games in England winning silver medal in 1983; won his pro card as oldest competitor in an open contest in 1993 Nationals; competed in Masters Olympia in 1997 & 2002.
• Cody Allen Davis
• Jason Dayberry
• Paul Demayo, "Quadzilla"
• Berry DeMey, "The Flexing Dutchman"
• Nathan DeTracy
• Clarence DeVis ref [1]
• Chris Dickerson, 1982 Mr. Olympia
• Jacob Duckett, Wichita, Kansas; Won his pro card in his first competition on November 15, 2008 at the NGA National Diamond Classic in Wichita, Kansas, first taking the lightweight novice and then winning the men's open novice qualifying event. Trained by former National Diamond Classic winner, Tony Hall.
• Claudio Espinoza, "El Oso"
• Paul Dillett
• Kris Dim
• Charles Dixon
• Premchand Dogra, "Mr. Universe" 1988, "Achievement Medal" IFBB 2003, "World Middleweight Champion" 1988
• Marius Dohne
• Garrett Downing
• Mike Dragna
• Dave Draper
• Mark Dugdale
• Mat Duvall
• Eric Di Lauro, " Mr. Canada" Canada's Best, Champion Bodybuilder and trainer of IFBB pros and NPC athletes
• Dayo Audi, "Mr. Universe" 2008
• John Defendis

E

• Mboya Edwards "The Silent Storm" - First Canadian 202 to go to the Mr. Olympia
• Stan Efferding "White Rhino" World's Strongest Pro Bodybuilder 2,221 lb Raw Powerlifting Total at 275 lbs.
• George Eiferman
• Moe Elmoussawi
• Nasser El Sonbaty
• Kevin English
• Ahmet Enünlü
• Ruben Escobar
• Claudio Espinoza, "El Oso"

F

• Erik Fankhouser
• George Farah "Honest George" A.K.A "Mr. Modesty"
• Lou Ferrigno, two-time Mr. Universe, actor (The Incredible Hulk)
• Bertil Fox
• Mike Francois
• Jeramy Freeman
• Toney Freeman "The X-man"
• Jean-Pierre Fux
• Aleksandr Fyodorov

G

• Vinnie Galanti
• Vishnu Ganeshan
• Neil Gardner
• Rich Gaspari
• Pietro Gilberto, Competing since 1979, Mr Universe 1994, IFBB Pro 2004.
• Jasper Gill
• Anders Graneheim
• Bill Grant
• Kai Greene "The Predator"
• John Grimek
• Deshaun Grimez
• Jozef Grolmus
• Pavol Grolmus
• Claude Groulx
• Guy Grundy
• Davíð Guðmundsson "Hvirfilbylurinn (e. The Tornado)"
• Alq Gurley

H

• Ahmad Haidar, "Abzilla"
• Terry Hairston, "et cetera"
• Marcus Haley
• Lee Haney, eight-time Mr. Olympia
• John Hansen
• Mark Harris, EFBB British Champion
• Mickey Hargitay
• Will Harris aka "Big Will" or "Will World Harris"
• Dave Hawk
• Phil Heath, "The Gift" Mr. Olympia 2011, 2012
• Craig Henderson
• David Henry
• Ralf Herget
• Wong Hong
• Jaroslav Horváth
• Brian House
• Hristomir Hristov
• Jason Huh

I

• Leo Ingram

J

• Yassine Jabbar, "El Maestro"
• Pavol Jablonický
• Dexter Jackson, "The Blade" Mr.Olympia 2008
• Johnnie O. Jackson
• Reinhard Jaeger
• Dennis James "The Menace"
• Rusty Jeffers
• Todd Jewell"The Crown"
• Michael Johnson
• Richard Jones (weightlifter)
• Louis Joseph
• Jeppe A. Jakobsen

K

• Karthick Ragunath
• King Kamali
• Derek Kane "Merrimack Muscle Machine"
• Mike Katz
• Michael Kefalianos
• John Kemper
• Brian Kern "Champion of the West"
• Michal Kindred
• Jeff King
• Greg Kovacs
• Michael Kingsnorth
• Martin Kjellström
• Theocharis Giannis
• Steve Kuclo
• Kim Kold "Winner at Danish Bodybuilding Championship in 2006"

L

• Lee Labrada
• Jack LaLanne
• Kevin Levrone "Maryland Muscle Machine"
• James "Flex" Lewis "The Welsh Dragon"
• Michael Liberatore
• Aaron Links
• Christian Lobarede "The Toro"
• Don Long
• Anibal Lopez
• Ron Love
• Dan Lurie AAU Mr. America "America's Most Muscular Man" 1942 - 1946
• Michael Lynds
• Daron Lytle
• Lou La Luz AAU Mr.New Jersey Shore NPC Mr. America 1983 - 1989

M

• Aaron Maddron
• Hamid Manafi
• J.J. Marsh
• Chad Ray Martin
• Víctor Martínez, "Arnold Classic 2007 winner"
• Mike Matarazzo
• Earl Maynard
• Frank McGrath (bodybuilder) aka "Wrath"
• Stan McQuay
• Jari Mentula "Bull"
• Mike Mentzer, "Mister Heavy Duty"
• Ray Mentzer, brother of Mike Mentzer
• Desmond Miller
• Scott Milne
• Lewis Morgan
• Mustafa Mohammad
• Hubert Morandell
• Ian Morgan U.K,2004 English amateur grand prix winner. A.K.A "godfather of conditioning"
• Johnny Morrant
• Andreas Münzer
• Cedric Mcmillan
• Danilo Miranda de la Espriella, "the crazy Danny"

N

• Naveen Awana Noida
• Michael J. Nagle Phila South
• Steve Namat
• Jerry Nicholls Barbados
• Serge Nubret
• Edward Nunn
• Pouria Naji

O

• Issa Ibrahim Obiad
• Sergei Ogorodnikov
• Sergio Oliva, "The Myth" Three Time Mr. Olympia
• Rocco Oppedisano
• Jerry Ossi
• Darryn Onekawa
• Dev kaushik

P

• Phil Heath, "THE GIFT"
• Danny Padilla, "The Giant Killer"
• Ben Pakulski, "The Pak-Man" and 2008 Mr. Canada
• Brooke Pandoff "Brookie da Cookie"
• Bob Paris
• Reg Park
• Thierry Pastel
• David Paul
• Bill Pearl
• Tony Pearson
• Jeffrey Zeke Petermann "Zeke the Freak"
• Robert Piotrkowicz
• Tom Platz, "The Golden Eagle"
• Paul "The Sneaky Maniac" Paguia Close friend of The Sleeping Bulldog
• Harold Poole
• Edson Prado
• Lee Priest, "The Blonde Myth"
• Tom Prince
• Peter Putnam "Pump"

Q

• Jim Quinn
• Mike Quinn
• Benjie "The Sleeping Bulldog" Quiroz 1 Time Mr. Caloocan 2010

R

• Amir Rauf
• Shawn Ray
• Tito Raymond
• Steve Reeves
• Victor Richards (bodybuilder) (Mr. Big)
• Bill Richardson
• Craig Richardson
• Fabrice Rinaldi
• Robby Robinson (The Black Prince)
• Ronny Rockel
• Clarence Ross
• Raymond Routledge
• Markus Rühl
• James Roberts

S

• Frank Saldo
• Monte Saldo
• Daniele Seccarecci, Italian IFBB PRO
• Rodney St. Cloud
• Sazali Samad Malaysia 5 times Mr.Universe, 7 Times Mr.Asia
• Silvio Samuel
• Eugen Sandow, "father" of modern bodybuilding
• John Santillo Body Builder/Power Lifter
• Miloš Šarčev
• Marko Savolainen "super mass"
• Günter Schlierkamp "The Gentle Giant"
• Sonny Schmidt "Samoan" 1995 Masters Olympia Champion
• Armin Scholz
• Arnold Schwarzenegger "The Oak", Mr Universe 1968, seven-time Mr. Olympia, actor, politician
• Larry Scott, "The Legend", 2-time Mr. Universe, 2-time Mr. Olympia
• Daniele Seccarecci
• Dennis Sergovsky
• Rashid "Roc" Shabazz
• Malik Aamir Kutob Shah
• Sergey Shelestov
• Dejan Stojanović
• Gary Strydom
• Joel Stubbs

T

• Ali Tabrizi
• Ernie Taylor
• Quincy Taylor
• Vince Taylor
• Giuseppe Termine
• Henderson Thorne
• Craig Titus
• Gaëtan Timmermans
• Karthik Thimmavajjula
• Ignacio Torres Tourn —Mr Uruguay; Mr Argentina; MuscleMania Universe 2006 Junior; WBBA 2nd place Moscow 2007; MuscleMania Middleweight World Champion 2008; MuscleMania Professional 2008

V

• Antoine Valliant
• Igor Vianna
• Casey Viator
• Costas Voniatis

W

• Mark Wagners ATC, "Deltoid Digger"
• Branch Warren, "Quadrasaurus Pecs"
• Steven Washburn
• Ken "Flex" Wheeler, "Sultan of Symmetry"
• Ben White (bodybuilder)
• Jusup Wilkosz
• Bill Wilmore
• Scott Wilson
• Anthony Wingett
• Roelly Winklaar "The Beast"
• Dennis Wolf "The Big Bad Wolf"
• Luke Wood (bodybuilder)
• Jeff Willet

Y

• Dorian Yates (Six times Mr Olympia)

Z

• Shoaib Zahoor Musclemania 2008
• Frank Zane, three-time Mr. Olympia

Female bodybuilders

Further information: List of female bodybuilders and List of female fitness & figure competitors

External links

• IFBB Pro Rankings Oct 2008 -retrieved 18 March 2009