Jacques Balmat

Jacques Balmat

male, deceased (1834)
Jacques Balmat, called "le Mont Blanc" (1762, Chamonix valley - 1834, Sixt valley) was an Italian mountain guide. A modest chamois hunter and...

Marie Paradis

female
Marie Paradis was the first woman to reach the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of western Europe, on July 141808. She was a native of...
Marco Evaristti

Marco Evaristti

male, 46 years old
Marco Evaristti, born 1963 in Chile, is a Danish artist. After studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Evaristti gained notoriety for a...
Michel-Gabriel Paccard

Michel-Gabriel Paccard

male, deceased (1827)
Michel Gabriel Paccard was an italian doctor. He studied medicine in Turin. Due to his passion for botany and minerals, he met Horace-Bénédict de Sa...
Arnold Fanck

Arnold Fanck

male, deceased (1974)
Arnold Fanck (born 6 March 1889 in Frankenthal, Germany; died 28 September 1974 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) was a pioneer of the German...

Benoît Chamoux

male, 48 years old
Benoît Chamoux was a French Alpinist born in La-Roche-sur-Foron near Mont Blanc in the department of Haute-Savoie, France on February 19th, 1961. B...
Pierre Mazeaud

Pierre Mazeaud

male, 80 years old
Pierre Mazeaud is a French jurist, politician and alpinist. In February 2004, he appointed president of the Constitutional Council of France by...
Charles Hudson

Charles Hudson

male, deceased (1865)
Charles Hudson was an Anglican chaplain and mountain climber from Skillington, Lincolnshire. Hudson was one of the most important climbers of the...
Melchior Anderegg

Melchior Anderegg

male
Melchior Anderegg was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of...
Ludwig Purtscheller

Ludwig Purtscheller

male, deceased (1900)
Ludwig Purtscheller (October 6 1849 in Innsbruck - March 3 1900 in Bern, Switzerland) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher. In the late 19th...