# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-louis-etienne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:46:03.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-louis-etienne"
name: "Jean-Louis Etienne"
slug: "jean-louis-etienne"
description: "Jean-Louis Étienne is a French doctor, explorer and scientist. He is well known for his Arctic explorations, where he was the first man to reach the North Pole alone in 1986, and his Antarctic explorations, including the famous 1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition."
tagline: "French physician and explorator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Louis_Etienne.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1946-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump