# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-preuss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:47.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-preuss"
name: "Paul Preuss"
slug: "paul-preuss"
description: "Paul Preuss was an Austrian alpinist and rock climber who achieved recognition for his bold solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically \"pure\" alpinism and rock climbing. He is an important figure in the history of rock climbing and the development of free climbing as the dominant format of alpinism and rock climbing."
tagline: "Austrian mountaineer (1886-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Preuss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1886-08-19"
deathDate: "1913-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.16
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.817609333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Preuss"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بول بريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preu%C3%9F_(Alpinist)"
    title: "Paul Preuß (Alpinist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preuss_(climber)"
    title: "Paul Preuss (climber)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preuss_(grimpeur)"
    title: "Paul Preuss (grimpeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preuss"
    title: "Paul Preuss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preuss_(klimmer)"
    title: "Paul Preuss (klimmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Preu%C3%9F"
    title: "Paul Preuß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Пройс, Пауль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Пауль Пройс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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