Tenzing Norgay
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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.
Also known as
Namgyal Wangdi · བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས · Tensing · Tenzing Bhotia · Tensing Norkey · Tenzing Sherpa
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Known For
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · Movie
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
1936 · Movie
Beyond the Edge
2013 · Movie
The Dark Side of Everest
2003 · Movie
The Race for Everest
2003 · Movie
The Conquest of Everest
1953 · Movie
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013 · Movie
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
1997 · Movie
Everest at Any Cost
1999 · Movie
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
2003 · Movie
Himalayan Epic
1951 · Movie