Ed Viesturs

American mountain climber

Person human Q645965

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: June 22, 1959, July 22, 1959^[4]
Place of birth: Rockford
Country of citizenship: United States^[5]
Occupation: mountaineer
Educated at: Washington State University, University of Washington, Rockford East High School^[6]^[7]^[8]
Official website: www.edviesturs.com^[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[14]
Family name: Viesturs^[11]
Given name: Ed^[12]
Number of children: +4^[15]
Sport: mountaineering^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en Edmund Viesturs en Ed Viesturs ar اد فيستوس es Edmund Viesturs he אד ויסטורס ja エド・ヴィエスチャーズ ja エド・ベスターズ ru Вистурс, Эд ru Эд Вистурс uk Ед Вістурс zh 埃德·維斯圖爾斯 zh 埃德·維斯特斯 zh 尹愛迪 zh 艾德·維斯特斯

🔖 Identifiers · 25

ISNI: 0000000038290286
VIAF cluster ID: 38726501
Library of Congress authority ID: n2001103190
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ed Viesturs - 2008 (crop).jpg ↗
CBDB.cz author ID: 40708
CineMagia person ID: 46812
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 58076
FAST ID: 463630
Film.ru person ID: ed-viesturs
Freebase ID: /m/04mhnm
IMDb ID: nm0896853
IdRef ID: 152172807

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Kinobox person ID: 84487
NL CR AUT ID: xx0176848
National Library of Latvia ID: 000174985
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810678982605606
National Virtual Library of India ID: 583306
Open Library ID: OL2783073A
Peakbagger climber ID: 558
SBN author ID: RAVV518150
SNAC ARK ID: w64x9wt9
SVKKL authority ID: 0329215-Viesturs-Ed-1959
TMDB person ID: 135673
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJht9VGWXTygmJrHPC4g8C
ČSFD person ID: 125547

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Educated at 2

University of Washington, Washington State University

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Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

mountaineer

Place of birth 1

Rockford

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

mountaineering

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Summary

Ed Viesturs was born on June 22, 1959^[1], in Rockford^[2]. He has worked as a mountaineer^[3].

FAQs

Where was Ed Viesturs born?

Ed Viesturs's place of birth was Rockford^[2].

What did Ed Viesturs do for work?

Ed Viesturs worked as a mountaineer^[3].

Where did Ed Viesturs go to school?

Ed Viesturs was educated at Washington State University^[6], University of Washington^[7], and Rockford East High School^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ed Viesturs — place of birth (P19): Rockford. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ed Viesturs — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ed Viesturs — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ed Viesturs — educated at (P69): Washington State University. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ed Viesturs — educated at (P69): University of Washington. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ed Viesturs — educated at (P69): Rockford East High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ed Viesturs — occupation (P106): mountaineer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ed Viesturs — date of birth (P569): June 22, 1959. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-20. edviesturs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ed Viesturs — date of birth (P569): July 22, 1959. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ed Viesturs — sport (P641): mountaineering. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ed Viesturs — family name (P734): Viesturs. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ed Viesturs — given name (P735): Ed. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ed Viesturs — official website (P856): http://www.edviesturs.com/. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ed Viesturs — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ed Viesturs — number of children (P1971): 4. wikidata.org.

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4d ago · ערן · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Number of children → {'amount': '+4'}

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"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Number of children: 4, Added Number of children: +4 from hewiki ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/f56e7eaaee4b|details]])"
20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Open Library ID → OL2783073A

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Place of birth → Rockford

Website → —

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