# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-menn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:01:32.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-menn"
name: "Christian Menn"
slug: "christian-menn"
description: "Christian Menn was a renowned Swiss civil engineer and bridge designer. He was involved in the construction of around 100 bridges worldwide, but the focus of his work was in eastern Switzerland, especially in canton Graubünden. He continued the tradition of and had a decisive influence on Swiss bridge building. The technical and aesthetic possibilities of prestressed concrete were most fully realized with his bridges in Switzerland."
tagline: "Swiss structural engineer and bridge designer (1927-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Menn%2C_Christian_(1927-2018)-Portr_07742_(cropped).tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1927-03-03"
deathDate: "2018-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             3.753755006675567
  historical:           7.017208
  currentAttention:     17.13395638629283
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
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    title: "رجال مسيحيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Menn"
    title: "Christian Menn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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