# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-herzog
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:18:14.732Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-herzog"
name: "Maurice Herzog"
slug: "maurice-herzog"
description: "Maurice André Raymond Herzog was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition, Annapurna."
tagline: "French mountaineer and politician (1919-2012)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1919-01-15"
deathDate: "2012-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump