# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-grimek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:00:27.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-grimek"
name: "John Grimek"
slug: "john-grimek"
description: "John Carroll Grimek was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948. In 1949, he won his last contest, the AAU Mr. USA. Grimek retired from bodybuilding undefeated. Throughout his career he carried the nicknames \"the Monarch of Muscledom\" and \"the Glow.\""
tagline: "American weightlifter (1910-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Grimek_-_Strength_and_Health_Sep_1945.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "1910-06-17"
deathDate: "1998-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             19.57142857142857
  historical:           7.067356
  currentAttention:     25.32
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 229
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "جون جريميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Гримек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grimek"
    title: "John Grimek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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