# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-smith-johannsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:43:57.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-smith-johannsen"
name: "Herman Smith-Johannsen"
slug: "herman-smith-johannsen"
description: "Herman \"Jackrabbit\" Smith-Johannsen, was a Norwegian skier and supercentenarian. He was the world's oldest verified living man from the death of 111-year-old Joe Thomas of the United States on 14 December 1986 until his own death on 5 January 1987, and is additionally the oldest verified man in Norwegian history. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1972. He is credited for building many ski jumps and blazing trails in Canada, and New York. He is known for his one-day ascent of Mount Marcy, the tallest mountain in New York. He was born in Horten, Norway, and later moved to the United States, before settling in Piedmont, Quebec."
tagline: "Canadian cross-country skier (1875–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman_Smith-Johannsen_or_Herman_Smith_Johansen_in_March_1974_by_Paul_Andreas_R%C3%B8stad_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1875-06-15"
deathDate: "1987-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4166666666666666
  historical:           11.36303333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump