# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-peissel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:04:39.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-peissel"
name: "Michel Peissel"
slug: "michel-peissel"
description: "Michel Georges Francois Peissel was a French ethnologist, explorer and author. He wrote twenty books mostly on his Himalayan and Tibetan expeditions. Peissel was an emeritus member of the Explorers Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society."
tagline: "French ethnologist, author and explorer (1937–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_Michel_Peissel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1937-02-11"
deathDate: "2011-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             3
  historical:           9.618216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E6%AD%87%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E5%A1%9E%E5%B0%94"
    title: "米歇尔·佩塞尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ميتشيل پيسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Пессель, Мишель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Мішель Пессель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Peissel"
    title: "Michel Peissel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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