# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-coaz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:06:24.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-coaz"
name: "Johann Coaz"
slug: "johann-coaz"
description: "Johann Wilhelm Fortunat Coaz was a Swiss forester, topographer and mountaineer from Graubünden. In 1850 he made the first ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps. He also gave Piz Bernina its name, after the eponymous pass."
tagline: "Swiss forester and mountain climber (1822-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Wilhelm_Coaz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1822-05-31"
deathDate: "1918-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.12
  momentum:             2.236024844720497
  historical:           6.140425333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Fortunat_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Wilhelm Fortunat Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Wilhelm Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2"
    title: "يوهان كواز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Wilhelm Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Coaz"
    title: "Johann Coaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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