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Tenzing Norgay
(1914-1986)
Nepalese mountain climber
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Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

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Born Tenzing Norgay
29 May 1914
Khumbu, Nepal
Died
9 April 1986 (aged 71)
Darjeeling, India
Zodiac Gemini
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