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Tenzing Norgay
Acting•Born May 20, 1914•Died May 9, 1986 (age 71)•Khumbu, Nepal
Biography
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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DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 20, 1914
Day of DeathMay 9, 1986
Place of BirthKhumbu, Nepal
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