Schwarzenegger Born: Bodybuilder, Star, Governor in One Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger parlayed seven Mr. Olympia titles into a Hollywood career that produced some of the highest-grossing action films of the 1980s and 1990s, from The Terminator to Total Recall. The Austrian immigrant then won California's governorship in a 2003 recall election, serving two terms as leader of the world's fifth-largest economy. No other figure has dominated bodybuilding, blockbuster cinema, and American politics in a single lifetime.
July 30, 1947
79 years ago
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