Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay, 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 people confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.

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Who was born first?

• Tenzing Norgay and Thor Heyerdahl were born the same year
• Tenzing Norgay and Achille Compagnoni were born the same year
• Tenzing Norgay was born 1 year after Cyril Toumanoff
• Tenzing Norgay was born 1 year after Peter Cushing
• Tenzing Norgay was born 2 years after Tibor Sekelj

Timeline

1. Tibor SekeljFebruary 14, 1912 – September 20, 1988
2. Cyril ToumanoffOctober 13, 1913 – February 4, 1997
3. Peter CushingMay 26, 1913 – August 11, 1994
4. Achille CompagnoniSeptember 26, 1914 – May 13, 2009
5. Tenzing Norgay (this page)May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986
6. Thor HeyerdahlOctober 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002

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