# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-mentzer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:36.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-mentzer"
name: "Mike Mentzer"
slug: "mike-mentzer"
description: "Michael John Mentzer was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, Objectivist philosopher, businessman, and author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mentzer started bodybuilding when he was eleven years old. He won several amateur bodybuilding competitions before turning professional in 1979, including the 1976 Mr. America title and the heavyweight division of the 1978 IFBB Mr. Universe."
tagline: "American bodybuilder (1951–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Mentzer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-11-15"
deathDate: "2001-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.120285925560759
  historical:           16.49683866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153493/"
    handle:    "nm2153493"
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    title: "Mike Mentzer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35707"
    title: "Mike Mentzer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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