# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-croz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:52.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-croz"
name: "Michel Croz"
slug: "michel-croz"
description: "Michel Auguste Croz was a Chamoniard mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism. He is chiefly remembered for his death on the first ascent of the Matterhorn and for his climbing partnership with Edward Whymper."
tagline: "French mountain climber and guide (1830–1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Page_222_-_Scrambles_amongst_the_Alps_-_Whymper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1830-04-22"
deathDate: "1865-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.93
  momentum:             4.397707727046702
  historical:           12.91674266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "米歇尔·克罗"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C5%9Fel_Kro"
    title: "Mişel Kro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechi%C3%A9l_Crox"
    title: "Mechiél Crox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D4%BF%D6%80%D5%B8"
    title: "Միշել Կրո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Croz"
    title: "Michel Croz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Кро, Мишель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Мішель Кро"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1167038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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