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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 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 2,914,709 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Reinhold Messner is the 2nd most popular mountaineer (up from 4th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Italy (up from 444th 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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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Reinhold Messner ranks 2 out of 45. Before him are Edmund Hillary. After him are Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, 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 1944, Reinhold Messner ranks 10. Before him are Ban Ki-moon, Miloš Zeman, George Lucas, Barry White, Jeff Beck, and Alexander Van der Bellen. After him are Rutger Hauer, Ernő Rubik, Geraldine Chaplin, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Joe Cocker, and Jimmy Page.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Reinhold Messner ranks 331 out of 4,668. Before him are Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Duccio (1255), Pope Sylvester III (1000), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), and Geta (189). After him are Pope Paul I (700), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Lucky Luciano (1897), Pope Paschal II (1050), Roger II of Sicily (1095), and Andrea Doria (1466).

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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), Ardito Desio (1897), Riccardo Cassin (1909), and Simone Moro (1967).

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