1921 - 1965
Lionel Terray (25 July 1921 – 19 September 1965) was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes (with Guido Magnone in 1952). A climbing guide and ski instructor, Terray was active in mountain combat against Germany during World War II. After the war, he became well known as one of the best Chamonix climbers and guides, noted for his speedy ascents of some of the most notorious climbs in the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps: the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses, the south face of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north-east face of Piz Badile, and the north face of the Eiger. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Terray has received more than 112,829 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lionel Terray is the 23rd most popular mountaineer (down from 21st in 2019), the 2,469th most popular biography from France (up from 2,506th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Mountaineer.
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Among mountaineers, Lionel Terray ranks 23 out of 45. Before him are Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli, Kurt Diemberger, John Muir, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Anatoli Boukreev. After him are Alain Robert, Andrew Irvine, Krzysztof Wielicki, Jon Krakauer, Albert F. Mummery, and Peter Habeler.
1914 - 2009
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 17
1925 - 2009
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 18
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 19
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 20
1856 - 1917
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 21
1958 - 1997
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 22
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 23
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 24
1902 - 1924
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 25
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 26
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 27
1855 - 1895
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 28
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1921, Lionel Terray ranks 140. Before him are Georges Mathieu, Giovanni Benelli, Alain Mimoun, Heinz G. Konsalik, Luis García Berlanga, and Meir Amit. After him are Darío Moreno, Angelica Rozeanu, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Jim Garrison, and Anne Golon. Among people deceased in 1965, Lionel Terray ranks 69. Before him are Taimur bin Feisal, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Leopold Figl, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Wilhelm Worringer, and Jesse Douglas. After him are Bertil Lindblad, Corrado Gini, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Kōdō Sawaki, Louis Harold Gray, and Alfredo Guzzoni.
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 134
1921 - 1982
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 135
1921 - 2013
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 136
1921 - 1999
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 137
1921 - 2010
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 138
1921 - 2009
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 139
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 140
1921 - 1968
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 141
1921 - 2006
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 142
1921 - 2011
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 143
1921 - 2004
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 144
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 145
1921 - 2017
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 146
1886 - 1965
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 63
1891 - 1965
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 64
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 65
1883 - 1965
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 66
1881 - 1965
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 67
1897 - 1965
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 68
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 69
1895 - 1965
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 70
1884 - 1965
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 71
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 72
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 73
1905 - 1965
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 74
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 75
Among people born in France, Lionel Terray ranks 2,469 out of 6,011. Before him are Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889), André Cayatte (1909), François de la Chaise (1624), and Eric Abidal (1979). After him are Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Étienne Decroux (1898), Christian-Jaque (1904), Michel Barnier (1951), Julie Delpy (1969), and Antoine François Marmontel (1816).
1448 - 1473
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,463
1510 - 1571
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 2,464
1889 - 1958
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,465
1909 - 1989
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,466
1624 - 1709
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,467
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 2,468
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 2,469
1732 - 1776
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 2,470
1898 - 1991
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2,471
1904 - 1994
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2,472
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2,473
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2,474
1816 - 1898
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 2,475
Among mountaineers born in France, Lionel Terray ranks 3. Before him are Jacques Balmat (1762) and Maurice Herzog (1919). After him are Alain Robert (1962).
1762 - 1834
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1
1919 - 2012
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 2
1921 - 1965
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 4