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Also Known As Jonas Weissmuller • Peter John Weissmuller
Born June 2, 1904 • Romania
Died January 20, 1984 (aged 79) • Acapulco • Mexico
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Pete Desjardins (left) and Johnny Weissmuller returning to the United States after the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan stands shirtless beside Brenda Joyce in a jungle setting in a scene from Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946).
Maureen O'Sullivan and Johnny Weissmuller, as Jane and Tarzan, pose closely together in a jungle setting in a black-and-white publicity still from the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man.
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