Tenzing Norgay
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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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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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1914 births1986 deaths20th-century Indian Buddhists20th-century Nepalese Buddhists20th-century Nepalese peopleEdmund HillaryIndian summiteers of Mount EverestNaturalised citizens of IndiaNepalese emigrants to IndiaNepalese mountain climbersNepalese recipients of the George MedalNepalese summiteers of Mount Everest