# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-weider
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:03:55.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-weider"
name: "Joe Weider"
slug: "joe-weider"
description: "Josef Weider was a Canadian publisher and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, and the Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests. He was the publisher of various bodybuilding and fitness-related magazines, most notably Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Men's Fitness, and Shape, and the manufacturer of a line of fitness equipment and fitness supplements. In 2014, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Canadian bodybuilder and businessman (1919–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Venice_beach_Joe_Weider_in_LA_(22062193639).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1919-11-29"
deathDate: "2013-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.038012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917755/"
    handle:    "nm0917755"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.weider.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump