# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-merkl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:25.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-merkl"
name: "Willy Merkl"
slug: "willy-merkl"
description: "Willy Merkl was a German mountain climber who is most notable for his attempt to lead a German-American team up the Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas in 1932."
tagline: "German mountain climber (1900-1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Merkl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1900-10-06"
deathDate: "1934-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.21
  momentum:             1.229293809938971
  historical:           7.446368000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Віллі Меркль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "ويلى ميركل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Merkl"
    title: "Willy Merkl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Merkl"
    title: "Willy Merkl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "ویلی مرکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Merkl"
    title: "Willi Merkl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Merkl"
    title: "Willy Merkl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Меркль, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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