List of strongmen
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Zydrunas Savickas, the winner of many world championships, competing in 2007. He has deadlifted a barbell loaded with eight Hummer tyres, weighing over 1000 pounds.[1]
This list of strongmen is a list of people who are renowned for their feats of strength.
A[edit]
Adverts by Charles Atlas were common in American pulp magazines. This one appeared in Weird Tales in 1941.
- Aleksander Aberg
- Otto Acron
- Jouko Ahola
- Bill Anderson (strongman)
- Paul Anderson
- Apollon (strongman)
- Charles Atlas — known as the "world's most perfectly developed man", his feats included bending iron bars and pulling a train with his bare hands.[2]
B[edit]
- Patrik Baboumian
- Gerrit Badenhorst
- William Bankier
- Matjaz Belsak
- Gerard Benderoth
- Raimonds Bergmanis
- Jason Bergmann
- Nick Best
- Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
- Jerry Blackwell
- Vidas Blekaitis
- Andy Bolton
- Zishe Breitbart
- Colin Bryce
- Bybon
- Berke Uğur Tekin
- Mike Burke
C[edit]
- Jean-Francois Caron
- Geoff Capes
- Cees de Vreugd
- Georges Christen
- Ed Coan
- Jon Cole
- Franco Columbu
- Jamie "Little Fifty-Fifty" Corbould
- Forbes Cowan
- Louis Cyr
D[edit]
E[edit]
F[edit]
G[edit]
- John B. Gagnon
- Karl Gillingham
- Hugo Girard
- Leo Gomide
- Hermann Görner
- Mick Gosling
- Richard Gosling
- Angus Graham (strongman)
- Superstar Billy Graham
- Great Antonio
- Mike Greenstein
- Joe Greenstein
H[edit]
- Georg Hackenschmidt
- Eddie Hall
- Jarno Hams
- Arild Haugen
- Odd Haugen
- Lars Hedlund
- Rauno Heinla
- Mark Henry
- Doug Hepburn
- Graham Hicks
- Manfred Hoeberl
- Terry Hollands
I[edit]
J[edit]
- Louis-Philippe Jean
- Mike Jenkins — Arnold Strongman champion in 2012.[1]
- Nathan Jones (wrestler)
- Milan Jovanović (Powerlifting)
K[edit]
- Svend Karlsen
- Ervin Katona
- Bill Kazmaier
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski
- Riku Kiri
- Alexander Klyushev
- Mikhail Koklyaev
L[edit]
M[edit]
- Angus MacAskill
- Magnús Ver Magnússon
- Benedikt Magnússon
- Jimmy Marku
- Benjamin Marotte
- Jesse Marunde
- John Matuszak
- Milo of Croton — ancient Greek athlete, reputed to have carried a bull on his shoulders by practicing daily since it was a calf. He saved Pythagoras by supporting the roof of a hall when a pillar collapsed.
- Tarmo Mitt
- Joseph Montferrand
- Andrus Murumets
- Tom Magee
N[edit]
- Kevin Nee
- Konstantin Nerchenko
- Oleksik Novikov
- Ilkka Nummisto
O[edit]
P[edit]
- Ted van der Parre
- Ken Patera
- Jessen Paulin
- Igor Pedan
- Johnny Perry
- Stefán Sölvi Pétursson
- Phil Pfister
- Ivan Poddubny
- Derek Poundstone
- Wayne Price
- Jerry Pritchett
- Mariusz Pudzianowski
- Ivan Putski
R[edit]
- Stanley Radwan
- Krzysztof Radzikowski
- Flemming Rasmussen (strongman)
- Jamie Reeves
- Don Reinhoudt
- Joe Rollino
- Glenn Ross
- Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
S[edit]
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- Darren Sadler
- Frank Saldo
- Monte Saldo
- Magnus Samuelsson
- Eugen Sandow
- Žydrūnas Savickas
- Arthur Saxon
- Laurence Shahlaei
- Brian Shaw (strongman)
- Mikhail Shivlyakov
- Jón Páll Sigmarsson
- Manjit Singh (strongman)
- Richard Skog
- Kumar Somesh
- Braun Strowman
T[edit]
- Gary Taylor (strongman)
- Oli Thompson
- Stojan Todorchev
- Warren Lincoln Travis
- Justin "Tsimfukis" Tsimbidis
V[edit]
W[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Randall J. Strossen (March 4, 2012), Mike Jenkins Wins the Arnold Strongman, IronMind
- ^ Meghan McCarthy (2007), Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas, A.A. Knopf, ISBN 9780375829406
