# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-stanko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:12.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-stanko"
name: "Steve Stanko"
slug: "steve-stanko"
description: "Steve Stanko was an American heavyweight weightlifter and bodybuilder. In weightlifting he won a silver medal at the 1938 World Championships and set three unofficial world records in 1941: in the snatch, clean and jerk and in the total. In bodybuilding he was crowned Mr. America in 1944, Most Muscular Man in America in 1946, and Mr. Universe in 1947."
tagline: "American weightlifter and bodybuilder (1917–1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Steve_Stanko.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1917-09-05"
deathDate: "1978-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stanko"
    title: "Steve Stanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ستيف ستانكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ستيف ستانكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "استیو استانکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stanko"
    title: "Steve Stanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stanko"
    title: "Steve Stanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2347304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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