1983 - Today
Nirmal Purja (known as Nims or Nimsdai) (Nepali: निर्मल पुर्जा; born 25 July 1983) is a Nepal-born naturalised British mountaineer. Prior to taking on a career in mountaineering, he served in the British Army with the Brigade of Gurkhas followed by the Special Boat Service (SBS), the special forces unit of the Royal Navy. Purja is notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres or 26,000 feet) in a time of six months and six days with the aid of bottled oxygen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmal Purja has received more than 2,347,657 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmal Purja is the 45th most popular mountaineer, the 37th most popular biography from Nepal and the 4th most popular Nepalese Mountaineer.
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Among mountaineers, Nirmal Purja ranks 45 out of 45. Before him are Ueli Steck, Joe Simpson, Apa Sherpa, Denis Urubko, Edurne Pasaban, and Oh Eun-sun. After him are Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Dean Potter, David Lama, Alison Hargreaves, Arunima Sinha, and Erik Weihenmayer.
1976 - 2017
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 39
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 40
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 41
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 42
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 43
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 44
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 45
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 46
1972 - 2015
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 47
1990 - 2019
HPI: 33.53
Rank: 48
1962 - 1995
HPI: 31.84
Rank: 49
1989 - Present
HPI: 30.62
Rank: 50
1968 - Present
HPI: 30.48
Rank: 51
Among people born in 1983, Nirmal Purja ranks 121. Before him are Liu Xiang, Jung Yu-mi, Sebastian Ingrosso, Greta Gerwig, Yuri Zhirkov, and José Fonte. After him are Eivør Pálsdóttir, Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Jun Matsumoto, Jorge Valdivia, Alexander Dreymon, and Michael Krohn-Dehli.
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 115
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 116
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 117
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 118
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 119
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 120
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 121
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 122
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 123
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 124
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 125
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 126
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 127
Among people born in Nepal, Nirmal Purja ranks 37 out of 55. Before him are Dipendra of Nepal (1971), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Jhala Nath Khanal (1950), Rana Bahadur Shah (1775), Man Mohan Adhikari (1920), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875). After him are Lokendra Bahadur Chand (1940), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Sahana Pradhan (1927), Tulsi Giri (1926), and Manisha Koirala (1970).
1971 - 2001
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 31
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 32
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 33
1775 - 1806
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 34
1920 - 1999
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 35
1875 - 1911
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 36
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 37
1940 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 38
1928 - 2015
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 39
1949 - 2001
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 40
1927 - 2014
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 41
1926 - 2018
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 42
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.14
Rank: 43
Among mountaineers born in Nepal, Nirmal Purja ranks 4. Before him are Tenzing Norgay (1914), Ang Rita (1948), and Apa Sherpa (1960).
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 1
1948 - 2020
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 4