# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/min-bahadur-sherchan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:07:59.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/min-bahadur-sherchan"
name: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
slug: "min-bahadur-sherchan"
description: "Min Bahadur Sherchan was a Nepalese climber and former British Gurkha soldier. In 2008, the 76-year-old became the oldest person to summit Mount Everest. He lost the record in 2013 to 80-year-old Japanese climber Yūichirō Miura. Sherchan died at Everest Base Camp on 6 May 2017 while trying to reclaim his title."
tagline: "Nepalese mountaineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Min_Bahadur_Sherchan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1931-06-20"
deathDate: "2017-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.97
  momentum:             6.203365032918803
  historical:           9.27974
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "民·巴哈杜爾·舍贊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "من بهادور شرشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মিন বাহাদুর শেরচান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Min Bahádur Šerčan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Bahadur_Sherchan"
    title: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Bahadur_Sherchan"
    title: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ミン・バハドゥール・シェルチャン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Bahadur_Sherchan"
    title: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Bahadur_Sherchan"
    title: "Min Bahadur Sherchan"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Мін Бахадур Шерхан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17379609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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