Giorgio Rocca

Giorgio Rocca

male, 34 years old
Giorgio Rocca (born August 6,1975, Chur, Switzerland) is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and...
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...
Lionel Terray

Lionel Terray

male, deceased (1965)
Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including Makalu in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro Fitzroy...
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...
Thorleif Haug

Thorleif Haug

male, deceased (1934)
Thorleif Haug (September 28, 1894 - December 12, 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both...
Louis Lachenal

Louis Lachenal

male, deceased (1955)
Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921-25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, was one of the first to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters....
Jonathan Trigell

Jonathan Trigell

male
Jonathan Trigell (born 1974) is a British author now living in Chamonix, France. His first novel, entitled "Boy A", won the John Llewellyn Rhys...
Anders Haugen

Anders Haugen

male, deceased (1984)
Anders Haugen (1888-1984) was an American ski jumper who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix. Born in Norway, Haugen emigrated to the...
Julius Skutnabb

Julius Skutnabb

male, deceased (1965)
Julius Ferninand Skutnabb (born 12 June 1889 in Helsinki - died 26 February 1965 in Helsinki) was a Finnish speed skater. Julius Skutnabb, a...