# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fritz-wiessner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:30:17.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fritz-wiessner"
name: "Fritz Wiessner"
slug: "fritz-wiessner"
description: "Fritz Wiessner was a German American pioneer of free climbing. Born in Dresden, Germany, he immigrated to New York City in 1929 and became a U.S. citizen in 1935. In 1939, he made one of the earliest attempts to conquer K2, one of the most difficult mountains in the world to climb."
tagline: "German free climber (1900–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fritz_Wiessner_en_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1900-02-26"
deathDate: "1988-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.56
  momentum:             6.724458204334366
  historical:           6.630569333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner"
    title: "Fritz Wiessner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "فريتس فيسنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "فريتس فيسنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner"
    title: "Fritz Wiessner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner"
    title: "Fritz Wiessner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner"
    title: "Fritz Wiessner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wiessner"
    title: "Fritz Wiessner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84738"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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