# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleksandrs-laime
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:52:15.841Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aleksandrs-laime"
name: "Aleksandrs Laime"
slug: "aleksandrs-laime"
description: "Aleksandrs Laime was a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls, located in Venezuela, by foot. He also established, together with Charles Baughan, the tourist camp of Canaima, created solely for the purpose of bringing tourists to Angel Falls."
tagline: "Latvian explorer (1911–1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Laime_expedition_1949.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1911-07-09"
deathDate: "1994-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.58
  momentum:             0.4508196721311475
  historical:           5.475846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandrs_Laime"
    title: "Aleksandrs Laime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandrs_Laime"
    title: "Aleksandrs Laime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandrs_Laime"
    title: "Aleksandrs Laime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B5%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80"
    title: "Лайме, Александр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandrs_Laime"
    title: "Aleksandrs Laime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandrs_Laime"
    title: "Aleksandrs Laime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4715656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump