# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francisque-arban
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:22:20.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francisque-arban"
name: "Francisque Arban"
slug: "francisque-arban"
description: "Francisque Arban, also known as Francesco Arban di Lione, was a French balloonist. In 1849, he was the first person to cross the Alps in a balloon, a feat not repeated until 1924. He disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea in 1849."
tagline: "French balloonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisque_Arban.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1815"
deathDate: "1849"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.52
  momentum:             2.307692307692307
  historical:           5.271634666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA_%CE%91%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BD"
    title: "Φρανσίσκ Αρμπάν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسيسك عربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisque_Arban"
    title: "Francisque Arban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisque_Arban"
    title: "Francisque Arban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisque_Arban"
    title: "Francisque Arban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Arban"
    title: "Francesco Arban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751074"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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