# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-gist
# Generated: 2026-09-02T12:57:43.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-gist"
name: "Christopher Gist"
slug: "christopher-gist"
description: "Christopher Gist (1706–1759) was an explorer, surveyor, and frontiersman active in Colonial America. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country. Gist is credited with providing the first detailed description of the Ohio Country to colonists in the Thirteen Colonies. At the outbreak of the French and Indian War, Gist accompanied Colonel George Washington on missions into this wilderness and saved Washington's life on two occasions."
tagline: "British explorer (1706–1759)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher_Gist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1706"
deathDate: "1759"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.218876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gist"
    title: "Christopher Gist"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "크리스토퍼 기스트"
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    title: "Christopher Gist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джист, Кристофер"
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    title: "Cristopher Gist"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112408"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump