Tenzing Norgay

Acting20th May 1914(died at 71)Khumbu, Nepal14 titles

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.

Born

20th May 1914 · Khumbu, Nepal

Died

9th May 1986

Known for

Acting

Also known as

Namgyal Wangdi, བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས, Tensing, Tenzing Bhotia

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