Tenzing Norgay

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.

Other name:

Namgyal Wangdi,

བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས,

Tensing,

Tenzing Bhotia,

Tensing Norkey,

Tenzing Sherpa,

Dan Shin

Gender:

Male

Birthday:

May 20, 1914

Deathday:

9 thg 5, 1986

Place of birth:

Khumbu, Nepal