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Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall won the World's Strongest Man competition in 2017, and his 2016 deadlift of 500 kilograms, becoming the first person in recorded history to lift half a metric ton, remains one of the most celebrated individual feats in the history of strength sports. His record-setting deadlift reportedly required such extreme physical exertion that Hall suffered a brain hemorrhage and burst blood vessels in his eyes during the successful attempt, reflecting the genuine physical risk involved in pursuing that specific milestone. Hall's rivalry with fellow British strongman Thor Björnsson (born Hafthor Björnsson) became one of the sport's most significant storylines, eventually leading to a nontraditional boxing match between the two strongmen that drew significant mainstream sports media attention beyond typical strongman competition coverage. His combination of a genuinely historic 500-kilogram deadlift and his World's Strongest Man championship has made Hall one of the most publicly recognizable strongman competitors of his generation, particularly within the United Kingdom.
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Bill Kazmaier
Bill Kazmaier won the World's Strongest Man competition three consecutive times in the early 1980s, establishing himself as the dominant strongman of the sport's earliest television era and helping build the competition's initial mainstream visibility during its formative years. His combination of exceptional raw power, particularly in pressing and carrying events, made Kazmaier one of the most physically dominant strength athletes of his generation, and his imposing physical presence helped define the visual template of what a "world's strongest man" was expected to look like for the American television audience discovering the sport. Kazmaier's earlier competitive powerlifting career, including significant national championship success, gave him a foundational strength base that he successfully translated into strongman's more varied and unconventional event formats once he transitioned to that competition. His combined three World's Strongest Man titles during the competition's earliest years have made Kazmaier one of the most historically foundational figures in the sport's development, establishing much of the competitive template and public visibility that later generations of strongman competitors built upon.
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