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Lynn Hill

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Carolynn Marie Hill (born January 3, 1961) is an American rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competition climbers, traditional climbers (and particularly big wall climbers), sport climbers, and boulderers in the world during the late 1980s and early 1990s, she is famous for making the first free ascent of the difficult sheer rock face of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, and for repeating it the next year in less than 24 hours. She has been described as both one of the best female climbers in the world and one of the best climbers in the history of the sport. Hill was the first-ever female in history to redpoint a 5.12d (7c), 5.13a (7c+) and 5.14a (8b+) graded sport climbing route. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Lynn Hill is the 703rd most popular businessperson (down from 692nd in 2024), the 11,799th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,531st in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lynn Hill ranks 703 out of 847. Before her are Andrey Melnichenko, Alan Eustace, Meng Wanzhou, Hiroshi Mikitani, Irwin M. Jacobs, and Lamar Hunt. After her are Christy Walton, Leonard Chess, Cindy McCain, Paul Stoddart, Chris Hughes, and John Peter Zenger.

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Among people born in 1961, Lynn Hill ranks 556. Before her are George Lopez, Tatiana de Rosnay, Alan Pardew, Justin Fashanu, Peter Thomsen, and Alberto Vaquina. After her are Miguel Tendillo, Acácio da Silva, Dirk Bach, Sam Bowie, Joe Walsh, and Irene Sáez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lynn Hill ranks 11,801 out of 20,380. Before her are Liza Weil (1977), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (1977), June Christy (1925), Chad Lowe (1968), Marc Vann (1954), and Dave Cutler (1942). After her are Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), Christy Walton (1949), Rob Morrow (1962), William D'Amico (1910), Steve Walsh (1951), and B-Real (1970).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Lynn Hill ranks 245. Before her are Michael Burry (1971), Amy Pascal (1958), Barry Diller (1942), Alan Eustace (1957), Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), and Lamar Hunt (1932). After her are Christy Walton (1949), Cindy McCain (1954), Chris Hughes (1983), Samuel Brannan (1819), Michael Durant (1961), and Horace Elgin Dodge (1868).

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