# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samir-bannout
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:56:42.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samir-bannout"
name: "Samir Bannout"
slug: "samir-bannout"
description: "Samir Bannout is a Lebanese former professional bodybuilder and commentator. Nicknamed 'The Lion of Lebanon', he won the 1983 Mr. Olympia, defeating Mohamed Makkawy and Lee Haney. He is the first Middle Eastern bodybuilder to win a Mr. Olympia title."
tagline: "Lebanese bodybuilder"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/23-9-1990_Samir_Bannout_Mr._Olympya_1983.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1955-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             0.74281061062401
  historical:           12.902328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.samirbannout.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Самір Баннут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "سمير بنوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "سمیر بنوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC"
    title: "サミア・バヌー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EB%AF%B8%EB%A5%B4_%EB%B0%B0%EB%85%B8%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "사미르 배노트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Bannout"
    title: "Samir Bannout"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Баннут, Самир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1320986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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