# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pasang-dawa-lama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:48.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pasang-dawa-lama"
name: "Pasang Dawa Lama"
slug: "pasang-dawa-lama"
description: "Pasang Dawa Lama was a Nepalese mountaineer / sirdar and a lama. Pasang is considered to be one of the greatest Sherpa mountaineers of the 20th century. He made the first ascent of Chomolhari 7,326 m (24,035 ft) with Spencer Chapman's expedition in 1937 and the first-ascent of the eight thousander Cho Oyu 8,188 m (26,864 ft) in 1954 whilst climbing with a party of Austrian mountaineers."
tagline: "Nepalese mountaineer (1912–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pasang-Dawa-Lama2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1912"
deathDate: "1982-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             22.1043771043771
  historical:           5.788197333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "பசாங் தாவா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Пасанг Дава Лама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasang_Dawa_Lama"
    title: "Pasang Dawa Lama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasang_Dawa_Lama"
    title: "Pasang Dawa Lama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1"
    title: "Πάσανγκ Ντάγουα Λάμα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasang_Dawa_Lama"
    title: "Pasang Dawa Lama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paszang_Dava_L%C3%A1ma"
    title: "Paszang Dava Láma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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