# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mensen-ernst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:31.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mensen-ernst"
name: "Mensen Ernst"
slug: "mensen-ernst"
description: "Mensen Ernst was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals and employed as a courier. He made his living running, mainly through placing bets on himself being able to run a certain distance within a period of time."
tagline: "Norwegian distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mensen_Ernst.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1795"
deathDate: "1843-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.26
  momentum:             12.04545454545455
  historical:           5.942153333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Mensen"
    title: "Ernst Mensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensen_Ernst"
    title: "Mensen Ernst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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