MOUNTAINEER

Reinhold Messner

1944 - Today

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Reinhold Andreas Messner (German: [ˈʁaɪnhɔlt ˈmɛsnɐ]; born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen. He was the first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, doing so without supplementary oxygen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhold Messner has received more than 3,117,141 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Reinhold Messner is the 2nd most popular mountaineer, the 340th most popular biography from Italy (down from 330th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Mountaineer.

Reinhold Messner is most famous for being the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Reinhold Messner ranks 2 out of 56. Before him are Edmund Hillary. After him are Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Junko Tabei, Jerzy Kukuczka, Edward Whymper, Hermann Buhl, Jacques Balmat, and Walter Bonatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Reinhold Messner ranks 11. Before him are Michael Douglas, George Lucas, Alexander Van der Bellen, Jairzinho, Rutger Hauer, and Barry White. After him are Ban Ki-moon, Ernő Rubik, Carlos Alberto Torres, Joe Cocker, Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Miloš Zeman.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Reinhold Messner ranks 340 out of 5,161. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Pope Agatho (574), Tinto Brass (1933), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Pope Sergius III (860), and Albano Carrisi (1943). After him are Pope Gregory VI (1000), Filippo Lippi (1406), Sallust (-86), Pope Nicholas I (800), Giulietta Masina (1921), and Sofonisba Anguissola (1535).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Italy

Among mountaineers born in Italy, Reinhold Messner ranks 1. After him are Walter Bonatti (1930), Achille Compagnoni (1914), Lino Lacedelli (1925), Riccardo Cassin (1909), Ardito Desio (1897), Vittorio Sella (1859), and Simone Moro (1967).

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