Andrew Irvine
1902 - 1924
HPI 71.9828 languages
English mountaineer
The Most Famous
Mountaineers from United Kingdom
7 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest British Mountaineers. The pantheon dataset contains 66 Mountaineers, 7 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 2nd most number of Mountaineers.
Top 7 British Mountaineers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary British Mountaineers of all time. This list of famous British Mountaineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
#1 #2 
George Mallory
1886 - 1924
HPI 69.2239 languagesGeorge Mallory is most famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
#3 
Edward Whymper
1840 - 1911
HPI 65.8931 languagesEdward Whymper is most famous for being the first person to climb the Matterhorn.
#4 
John Muir
1838 - 1914
HPI 62.2343 languagesScottish-born American naturalist and author
#5 
Albert F. Mummery
1855 - 1895
HPI 61.2116 languagesEnglish mountaineer and author (1855–1895)
#6 
Verney Lovett Cameron
1844 - 1894
HPI 55.7717 languagestraveller from England (1844–1894)
#7 
Alison Hargreaves
1962 - 1995
HPI 45.1117 languagesBritish mountain climber (1962–1995)
Overlapping Lives
Which Mountaineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 7 most globally memorable Mountaineers since 1700.
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