# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-petit
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:07.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-petit"
name: "Philippe Petit"
slug: "philippe-petit"
description: "Philippe Petit is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on August 7, 1974."
tagline: "French high-wire artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PhilippePetitAAFeb09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.34
  momentum:             1.969130400190946
  historical:           22.60825066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/petitwtc"
    handle:    "petitwtc"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PhilippePetitArtist"
    handle:    "PhilippePetitArtist"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677597/"
    handle:    "nm0677597"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ფილიპ პეტი"
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    title: "Philippe Petit"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пети, Филипп"
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    title: "Philippe Petit"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Philippe Petit"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump