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Heinrich Harrer

1912 - 2006

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Heinrich Harrer (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaʁɐ]; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps. While on expedition in the Indian Himalayas, Harrer and his group were arrested by British forces because of the outbreak of World War II and he escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951 and never seeing active combat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Harrer has received more than 2,256,582 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Heinrich Harrer is the 4th most popular mountaineer (down from 2nd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Austria (down from 72nd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Mountaineer.

Heinrich Harrer is most famous for being the author of Seven Years in Tibet, which was published in 1953. In the book, Harrer tells the story of his escape from a British prisoner-of-war camp in India during World War II and his subsequent journey to Tibet.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Heinrich Harrer ranks 4 out of 45. Before him are Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, and Tenzing Norgay. After him are George Mallory, Jerzy Kukuczka, Junko Tabei, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Hermann Buhl, Edward Whymper, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Green Boots.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Heinrich Harrer ranks 11. Before him are Milton Friedman, Wernher von Braun, Jackson Pollock, Erich Honecker, Otto von Habsburg, and Michelangelo Antonioni. After him are John Cage, Carlo Ponti, Clara Petacci, János Kádár, Alfredo Stroessner, and Raoul Wallenberg. Among people deceased in 2006, Heinrich Harrer ranks 12. Before him are Gerald Ford, Naguib Mahfouz, Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, James Brown, and Desmond Doss. After him are Alfredo Stroessner, Philippe Noiret, Oriana Fallaci, Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, and Owen Chamberlain.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Heinrich Harrer ranks 78 out of 1,237. Before him are Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), Anna Freud (1895), Oskar Kokoschka (1886), Alban Berg (1885), and Christoph Waltz (1956). After him are Robert Musil (1880), Otto Wagner (1841), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), and Geli Raubal (1908).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Austria

Among mountaineers born in Austria, Heinrich Harrer ranks 1. After him are Hermann Buhl (1924), Kurt Diemberger (1932), Peter Habeler (1942), Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (1970), and David Lama (1990).

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