Johnny Weissmuller

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Olympic athlete actor human swimmer

Johnny Weissmuller was an Olympic gold medal–winning swimmer and iconic American actor best known for portraying Tarzan in a series of classic 1930s and 1940s films.

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Label Occurrences
Johnny Weissmuller canonical 9
Peter Johann Weissmüller 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic athlete ⓘ
actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
swimmer ⓘ
birthName Johnny Weissmuller self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peter Johann Weissmüller
burialPlace Acapulco ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary edema ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
competedFor United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
dateOfBirth 1904-06-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-01-20 ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German-American ⓘ
familyName Weissmuller ⓘ
fictionalCharacterPortrayed Tarzan ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
height 190 cm ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf International Swimming Hall of Fame ⓘ
name Johnny Weissmuller self-link ⓘ
notableFor portraying Tarzan in 1930s and 1940s films ⓘ
setting multiple world records in swimming ⓘ
notableWork Tarzan Escapes ⓘ
Tarzan Finds a Son! ⓘ
Tarzan and His Mate ⓘ
Tarzan the Ape Man ⓘ
Tarzan's New York Adventure ⓘ
Tarzan's Secret Treasure ⓘ
numberOfOlympicBronzeMedals 1 ⓘ
numberOfOlympicGoldMedals 5 ⓘ
occupation film actor ⓘ
swimmer ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
participantIn Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Banat ⓘ
Freidorf, Timișoara ⓘ
placeOfDeath Acapulco ⓘ
Guerrero ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
residence City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Los Angeles ⓘ
sport swimming ⓘ
strokeSpecialty freestyle ⓘ
wonOlympicGoldMedalIn Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ

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Lupe Vélez → spouse → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
Guadalupe → spouse → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
subject surface form: Guadalupe Vélez
Johnny Weissmuller → name → Johnny Weissmuller self-link ⓘ
Johnny Weissmuller → birthName → Johnny Weissmuller self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Johann Weissmüller
María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez → spouse → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
Tarzan films → portrayedBy → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
Tarzan films → notableActor → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
Tarzan and the Mermaids → stars → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
Tarzan and the Mermaids → leadActor → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ
International Swimming Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Johnny Weissmuller ⓘ