Mountaineer

Edmund Hillary

1919 - 2008

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Edmund Hillary

His biography is available in 120 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 119 in 2024). Edmund Hillary is the most popular mountaineer, the 2nd most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Mountaineer.

Edmund Hillary is most famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He and his Nepalese Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, reached the summit on May 29, 1953.

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Among Mountaineers

Among mountaineers, Edmund Hillary ranks 1 out of 56. After him are Tenzing Norgay, 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 1919, Edmund Hillary ranks 5. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Eva Perón, Mikhail Kalashnikov, and Siad Barre. After him are J. D. Salinger, Primo Levi, I. K. Gujral, Doris Lessing, Kim Jong-suk, Joseph Murray, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Among people deceased in 2008, Edmund Hillary ranks 7. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Paul Newman, Yves Saint Laurent, Suharto, Bobby Fischer, and Chinghiz Aitmatov. After him are Charlton Heston, Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Hua Guofeng.

Others Born in 1919

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 1
Eva Perón
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1952
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 2
Mikhail Kalashnikov
ENGINEER
1919 - 2013
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 3
Siad Barre
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1995
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 4
Edmund Hillary
MOUNTAINEER
1919 - 2008
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 5
J. D. Salinger
WRITER
1919 - 2010
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 6
Primo Levi
WRITER
1919 - 1987
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 7
I. K. Gujral
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 8
Doris Lessing
WRITER
1919 - 2013
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 9
Kim Jong-suk
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1949
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 10
Joseph Murray
PHYSICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 11
G. E. M. Anscombe
PHILOSOPHER
1919 - 2001
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 2008

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
WRITER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 1
Paul Newman
ACTOR
1925 - 2008
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 2
Yves Saint Laurent
FASHION DESIGNER
1936 - 2008
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 3
Suharto
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2008
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 4
Bobby Fischer
CHESS PLAYER
1943 - 2008
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 5
Chinghiz Aitmatov
WRITER
1928 - 2008
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 6
Edmund Hillary
MOUNTAINEER
1919 - 2008
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 7
Charlton Heston
ACTOR
1923 - 2008
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 8
Arthur C. Clarke
WRITER
1917 - 2008
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 9
Samuel P. Huntington
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1927 - 2008
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 10
Willis Lamb
PHYSICIST
1913 - 2008
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 11
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
PHYSICIAN
1923 - 2008
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 12
Hua Guofeng
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2008
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 13