Tenzing Norgay

Also known as Namgyal Wangdi, Sherpa Tenzing

Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)

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Tenzing Norgay was a Sherpa mountaineer from Nepal and India who lived from 1914 to 1986. He is historically significant as one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, making him a pioneering figure in mountaineering history.

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Commons category: Tenzing Norgay
date of death: 1986-05-09
date of birth: 1914-05-29
birth name: Namgyal Wangdi
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Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

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