Eugen Sandow

Known for: Actor
Date of birth: 1867. April 2.
Place of birth: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia

Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. After a spell in the circus, Sandow studied under strongman Ludwig Durlacher in the late 1880s. On...