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Joe Weider

1919 - 2013

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Josef Weider (; November 29, 1919 – March 23, 2013) was a Canadian bodybuilder 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Weider has received more than 1,742,218 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Joe Weider is the 146th most popular businessperson (up from 201st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Canada (up from 95th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Businessperson.

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  • 21

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  • 5.31

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Joe Weider ranks 146 out of 847Before him are Elizabeth Arden, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Masayoshi Son, Asa Griggs Candler, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. After him are Eugène Schueller, Theodor de Bry, Lee Iacocca, Basil Zaharoff, Vincenzo Lancia, and Ron Dennis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Joe Weider ranks 61Before him are Ashraf Pahlavi, Hermine Braunsteiner, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Art Blakey, Valentino Mazzola, and René Barrientos. After him are Ian Smith, Licio Gelli, Lauri Törni, Wolfgang Wagner, Bob Paisley, and Mieczysław Weinberg. Among people deceased in 2013, Joe Weider ranks 66Before him are Pierre Mauroy, Henri Dutilleux, Antoni Ramallets, J. J. Cale, Sara Montiel, and Pedro Rocha. After him are Kenneth G. Wilson, Patrice Chéreau, David H. Hubel, Roger Ebert, Conrad Bain, and Wojciech Kilar.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joe Weider ranks 69 out of 1,622Before him are Lester B. Pearson (1897), Sidney Altman (1939), A. E. van Vogt (1912), Elizabeth Arden (1878), Mike Myers (1963), and Glenn Ford (1916). After him are Charles Taylor (1931), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Jason Priestley (1969), and David H. Hubel (1926).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Canada

Among businesspeople born in Canada, Joe Weider ranks 2Before him are Elizabeth Arden (1878). After him are Lawrence Stroll (1959), Guy Laliberté (1959), Samuel Cunard (1787), David Baszucki (1963), Stephen Elop (1963), Jade Raymond (1975), and Andrea Jung (1959).