MOUNTAINEER
Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Hillary has received more than 5,689,712 page views. His biography is available in 115 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). 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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5.7M
Page Views (PV)
73.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
115
Languages Editions (L)
8.06
Effective Languages (L*)
5.89
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Among MOUNTAINEERS
Among mountaineers, Edmund Hillary ranks 1 out of 45. After him are Reinhold Messner, Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, Jerzy Kukuczka, Junko Tabei, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Hermann Buhl, Edward Whymper, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi.
Most Popular Mountaineers in Wikipedia
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Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 1
Reinhold Messner
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 2
Tenzing Norgay
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 3
Heinrich Harrer
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 4
George Mallory
1886 - 1924
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 5
Jerzy Kukuczka
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 7
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 8
Hermann Buhl
1924 - 1957
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 9
Edward Whymper
1840 - 1911
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 10
Wanda Rutkiewicz
1943 - 1992
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 11
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1919, Edmund Hillary ranks 5. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Eva Perón, and J. D. Salinger. After him are Doris Lessing, Desmond Doss, Primo Levi, Zhao Ziyang, Giulio Andreotti, Margot Fonteyn, and Lino Ventura. Among people deceased in 2008, Edmund Hillary ranks 5. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Yves Saint Laurent, Bobby Fischer, and Paul Newman. After him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Arthur C. Clarke, Irena Sendler, Suharto, Samuel P. Huntington, Charlton Heston, and Albert Hofmann.
Others Born in 1919
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 1
Mikhail Kalashnikov
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
Eva Perón
1919 - 1952
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 3
J. D. Salinger
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 4
Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
Doris Lessing
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
Desmond Doss
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 7
Primo Levi
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 8
Zhao Ziyang
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 9
Giulio Andreotti
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 10
Margot Fonteyn
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 11
Lino Ventura
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 2008
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1918 - 2008
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 1
Yves Saint Laurent
1936 - 2008
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 2
Bobby Fischer
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 3
Paul Newman
1925 - 2008
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 4
Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
Chinghiz Aitmatov
1928 - 2008
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 6
Arthur C. Clarke
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 7
Irena Sendler
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 8
Suharto
1921 - 2008
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 9
Samuel P. Huntington
1927 - 2008
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 10
Charlton Heston
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 11
Albert Hofmann
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
In New Zealand
Among people born in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary ranks 2 out of 248. Before him are Ernest Rutherford (1871). After him are Russell Crowe (1964), Maurice Wilkins (1916), Bruce McLaren (1937), Peter Jackson (1961), Denny Hulme (1936), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Burt Munro (1899), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Jane Campion (1954), and Martin Campbell (1943).
Others born in New Zealand
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Ernest Rutherford
1871 - 1937
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 1
Edmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 2
Russell Crowe
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 3
Maurice Wilkins
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 4
Bruce McLaren
1937 - 1970
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 5
Peter Jackson
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 6
Denny Hulme
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 7
Katherine Mansfield
1888 - 1923
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 8
Burt Munro
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
Wallace Fard Muhammad
1893 - 1934
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 10
Jane Campion
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 11
Martin Campbell
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 12
Among MOUNTAINEERS In New Zealand
Among mountaineers born in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary ranks 1. After him are Rob Hall (1961).
