# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-herr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:49:35.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-herr"
name: "Hugh Herr"
slug: "hugh-herr"
description: "Hugh Herr is an American rock climber, engineer, and biophysicist. When he was young, both of his legs were amputated below the knee due to an accident during an unexpected blizzard that occurred on a rock climbing trip. After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, Herr began climbing again, using specialized prostheses he designed for himself, becoming the first person with a major amputation to perform in a sport on par with elite-level, able-bodied persons. He holds the patents to the Rheo Knee, an active ankle-foot orthosis, which is the world's first powered ankle-foot prosthesis."
tagline: "American bioengineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh_Herr%2C_2013-crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1964-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.60533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hughherr"
    handle:    "hughherr"
sources:
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    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "هيو هير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "هیو هر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "هیو هر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A8"
    title: "יו הר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9C%B4_%ED%97%88"
    title: "휴 허"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr"
    title: "Hugh Herr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3738041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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