# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-zass
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:51:31.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-zass"
name: "Alexander Zass"
slug: "alexander-zass"
description: "Alexander Ivanovich Zass was a Russian strongman, professional wrestler, and animal trainer. He was better known by his stage names, The Amazing Samson, Iron Samson, or simply Samson, Zass has been credited as the \"first Russian champion in weightlifting in the pre-Revolutionary era\"."
tagline: "Russian strongman and professional wrestler (1888–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_Zass.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1888-02-23"
deathDate: "1962-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             0.6396588486140723
  historical:           5.354938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Александр Иванович Засс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "الكسندر زاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zass"
    title: "Alexander Zass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Олександр Іванович Засс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Засс, Александр Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA"
    title: "อเล็กซานเดอร์ ซาส"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4188195"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump