Mountaineer

Tenzing Norgay

Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer

1914 - 1986

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Tenzing Norgay

His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2024). Tenzing Norgay is the 2nd most popular mountaineer (up from 3rd in 2024), the 4th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.

Tenzing Norgay is most famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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#1

Of the 6 Mountaineers born in Nepal, Tenzing Norgay ranks first.

93

Tenzing Norgay's biography appears in 93 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 96% of all Mountaineers.

May 29

Tenzing Norgay shares a May 29 birthday with Charles II of England, John F. Kennedy, and Abdulmejid II.

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Among Mountaineers

Among mountaineers, Tenzing Norgay ranks 2 out of 56. Before him is Edmund Hillary. After him are Reinhold Messner, Heinrich Harrer, Andrew Irvine, Junko Tabei, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, George Mallory, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, Jacques Balmat, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi.

Most Popular Mountaineers in Wikipedia

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Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 1
Tenzing Norgay
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 2
Reinhold Messner
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 3
Heinrich Harrer
1912 - 2006
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 4
Andrew Irvine
1902 - 1924
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 5
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 6
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
1740 - 1799
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 7
George Mallory
1886 - 1924
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 8
Wanda Rutkiewicz
1943 - 1992
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 9
Jerzy Kukuczka
1948 - 1989
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 10
Jacques Balmat
1762 - 1834
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 11
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Tenzing Norgay ranks 10. Before him are Hedy Lamarr, Tove Jansson, Alan Hodgkin, Thor Heyerdahl, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and Tyrone Power. After him are Marguerite Duras, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Alec Guinness, and Jiang Qing. Among people deceased in 1986, Tenzing Norgay ranks 9. Before him are Wallis Simpson, Vyacheslav Molotov, Olof Palme, Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, and Mircea Eliade. After him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, Robert S. Mulliken, Jean Genet, Frank Herbert, and Urho Kekkonen.

Others Born in 1914

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Hedy Lamarr
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 4
Tove Jansson
WRITER
1914 - 2001
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 5
Alan Hodgkin
PHYSICIAN
1914 - 1998
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 6
Thor Heyerdahl
EXPLORER
1914 - 2002
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 7
Mohammed Zahir Shah
POLITICIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 8
Tyrone Power
ACTOR
1914 - 1958
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 9
Tenzing Norgay
MOUNTAINEER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 10
Marguerite Duras
WRITER
1914 - 1996
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 11
Julio Cortázar
WRITER
1914 - 1984
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 13
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
CHEMIST
1914 - 1994
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 14
Alec Guinness
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 15
Jiang Qing
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1991
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 16