People associated with physical culture

The list People associated with physical culture includes Peter Lupus, Steve Reeves, Mickey Hargitay, Buster Crabbe and Annette Kellerman. The list consists of 319 members.

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Peter Lupus

actor/bodybuilder

Overview: Peter Lupus (born June 17, 1932) is an American bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his role as Willy Armitage on the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973).

Date of birth: 17 June 1932

Age: 92

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Male actors from Indianapolis, Indiana 47T

Male actors of Greek descent 153T

Male actors from Indiana 194T
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Steve Reeves

American bodybuilder and actor (1926–2000)

Overview: Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword and sandal ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1926

Date of death: 1 May 2000

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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People from Glasgow, Montana 15T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,612T

Expatriate male actors in Italy 2T
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Mickey Hargitay

American actor

Overview: Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was a Hungarian-American actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe. Born in Budapest, Hargitay moved to the United States in 1947, where he eventually ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1926

Date of death: 14 September 2006

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 759T

Jayne Mansfield 10T
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Gordon Scott

actor

Overview: Gordon Scott (August 3, 1926 – April 30, 2007) was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three mad ...

Date of birth: 3 August 1926

Date of death: 30 April 2007

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Male actors from Portland, Oregon 84T

Male actors from Baltimore, Maryland 105T

Male actors from Maryland 97T
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Buster Crabbe

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908–1983)

Overview: Clarence Linden Crabbe II (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold ...

Date of birth: 7 February 1908

Date of death: 23 April 1983

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming 158T

Swimmers from Hawaii 13T

Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming 324T
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Annette Kellerman

Australian synchronized swimmer

Overview: Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer.

Date of birth: 6 July 1887

Date of death: 5 November 1975

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century Australian women 533T

Women in Film (pioneers) 168T

19th-century Australian women 435T
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Charles Atlas

American bodybuilder

Overview: Charles Atlas (born Angelo Siciliano; October 30, 1892 – December 24, 1972) was an Italian-American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program ...

Date of birth: 30 October 1893

Date of death: 24 December 1972

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

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American people of Calabrian descent 88T

People of Calabrian descent 153T

Italian emigrants to the United States 843T
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Joe Weider

Canadian bodybuilder and businessman (1919–2013)

Overview: Joseph Weider (November 29, 1919 – March 23, 2013) was a Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1919

Date of death: 23 March 2013

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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2013 deaths 9,394T

Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent 120T

Businesspeople from Montreal 301T
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Dan Vadis

American actor

Overview: Dan Vadis (born Constantine Daniel Vafiadis, 3 January 1938 – 11 June 1987) was an American actor famous for his lead roles in many Italian films made in the 1960s.

Date of birth: 3 January 1938

Date of death: 11 June 1987

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Male actors of Greek descent 153T

Male Spaghetti Western actors 171T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
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Gene Tunney

United States Marine

Overview: James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1897

Date of death: 7 November 1978

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Boxing

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Boxers from New York City 138T

Lauder Greenway Family 16T

Catholics from Connecticut 91T
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Ruth St. Denis

American modern dancer (1879–1968)

Overview: Ruth St. Denis (born Ruth Denis; January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was the co-founder of the American Denishawn School ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1878

Date of death: 28 July 1968

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

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Dancers from New Jersey 20T

Dancers from New York (state) 172T

American women choreographers 87T
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Ed Fury

American bodybuilder, actor, and model (1928–2023)

Overview: Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik; June 6, 1928 – February 24, 2023) was an American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of "sword-and-sandal" films in the 1950s ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1928

Date of death: 24 February 2023

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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2023 deaths 1,404T

Male actors from California 808T

20th-century American male actors 9,378T
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Mark Forest

American actor and bodybuilder (1933–2022)

Overview: Lou Degni (January 6, 1933 – January 7, 2022), better known as Mark Forest, was an American actor and bodybuilder best known for playing the lead in a series of peplum movies in the 1960s, including the ...

Date of birth: 16 January 1933

Date of death: 7 January 2022

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors from New York City 1,960T

20th-century American male actors 8,928T

American male film actors 12,270T
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Gordon Mitchell

American actor (1923–2003)

Overview: Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton; July 29, 1923 – September 20, 2003) was an American actor and bodybuilder who made about 200 B movies.

Date of birth: 29 July 1923

Date of death: 20 September 2003

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Schoolteachers from California 81T

United States Army personnel of the Korean War 719T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T
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Serge Nubret

Guadeloupean bodybuilder

Overview: Serge Nubret (October 6, 1938 – April 19, 2011) was a French professional bodybuilder, actor and self published author. He won numerous bodybuilding competitions, including 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe ...

Date of birth: 6 October 1938

Date of death: 19 April 2011

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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Guadeloupean male bodybuilders 2T

French bodybuilders 6T

2011 deaths 8,708T
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Jack LaLanne

American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker (1914–2011)

Overview: Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne (pronounced /lə'leɪn/ "luh-layn" French /lalan/ "lah-lahn"; 26 September 1914 – 23 January 2011) was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1914

Date of death: 23 January 2011

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fitness Guru

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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People from Morro Bay, California 8T

Writers from San Francisco, California 456T

Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni 100T
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Bruce Bennett

Actor

Overview: Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix, May 19, 1906—February 24, 2007), was an American film and television actor who prior to his screen career was a highly successful college athlete in football and ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1906

Date of death: 24 February 2007

Age: 100 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Men centenarians 263T

University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni 253T

Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field 283T
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Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton

American bodybuilder

Overview: Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton (August 11, 1917 – June 26, 2006) was a professional strongwoman and forerunner of present-day female bodybuilders, who became famous through her involvement with Muscle Beach in ...

Date of birth: 11 August 1917

Date of death: 26 June 2006

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women 4,137T

American female bodybuilders 103T

Strongwomen 27T
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Vic Seipke

American bodybuilder (1932–2023)

Overview: Victor Herbert Seipke (born 23 April 1932) August 20 2023 was an American bodybuilder. His titles includedMr. Michigan (1951), Junior Mr. America (1955) and Mr. America-Masters (1976).

Date of birth: 23 April 1932

Date of death: 20 August 2023

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

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2023 deaths 5,667T

1932 births 10,135T

Professional bodybuilders 328T
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Mike Mentzer

American bodybuilder

Overview: Mike Mentzer (November 15, 1951 – June 10, 2001) was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, businessman and author.

Date of birth: 15 November 1951

Date of death: 20 June 2001

Age: 49 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

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American atheist writers 19T

Atheist writers 49T

Sportspeople from Lancaster, Pennsylvania 69T