# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bertrand-piccard
# Generated: 2026-09-01T16:11:37.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bertrand-piccard"
name: "Bertrand Piccard"
slug: "bertrand-piccard"
description: "Bertrand Piccard FRSGS is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar-powered flight. In 2012 Piccard was awarded a Champions of the Earth award by the UN Environment Programme. He is the founder and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation."
tagline: "Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bertrand_Piccard_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1958-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  161
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump