Occupation

MOUNTAINEERS

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With 56 biographies, Mountaineers are the 85th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Snookers, American Football Players, and Youtubers.

People

Pantheon has 55 people classified as mountaineers born between 1740 and 2000. Of these 55, 20 (36.36%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living mountaineers include Reinhold Messner, Kurt Diemberger, and Alain Robert. The most famous deceased mountaineers include Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and Heinrich Harrer. As of April 2024, 3 new mountaineers have been added to Pantheon including Vittorio Sella, Yevgeniy Abalakov, and Lhakpa Sherpa.

Living Mountaineers

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Deceased Mountaineers

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Newly Added Mountaineers (2024)

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Places

Most mountaineers were born in Italy (8), United Kingdom (7), and Austria (6). By city, the most common birth places were Innsbruck (2), Bergamo (2), and Auckland (1).The most common death places of mountaineers were Italy (6), Nepal (5), and France (5). By city, these were Mount Everest (3), Geneva (2), and Rome (2).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as mountaineers in Pantheon are John Muir, Jacques Balmat, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure.  The concentration of mountaineers was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier mountaineers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Lifespans

Which Mountaineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Mountaineers since 1700.