List of male professional bodybuilders explained

See also: List of female professional bodybuilders.

This is a list of male professional bodybuilders.

A

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

B

• 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

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

D

• Gaétan D'Amours
• Roland Dantes, "Mr. Philippines", Martial Arts instructor, Arnis master
• 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

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

F

• 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

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

H

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

J

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

K

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

O

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

P

• 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

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

S

• 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

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

V

• Casey Viator
• Wesley Vissers
• Mikhail Volinkin

W

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

Y

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

Z

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

Notes and References

1. News: Johnson living dream as pro bodybuilder. Vincenzo Ravina. April 14, 2012. Chronicle Herald.