# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-walsh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:30.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-walsh"
name: "Don Walsh"
slug: "don-walsh"
description: "Don Walsh was an American oceanographer, U.S. Navy officer, and marine policy specialist. While aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, he and Jacques Piccard made a record maximum descent in the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, to 35,813 feet (10,916 m). Later and more accurate measurements have measured it at 35,798 feet (10,911 m)."
tagline: "American oceanographer (1931–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/428-GX-USN_1160555_Don_Walsh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-11-02"
deathDate: "2023-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.01973359644795264
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1005382"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump