Tenzing Norgay
1914–1986
Nepali Sherpa who first summited Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary.
Tenzing Norgay (1914–1986) was a mountaineer, born in Tengboche, Nepal and died in Darjeeling, India.
- Known as
- Mountaineer
- Category
- Athletes
- Born
- 1914, Tengboche, Nepal
- Died
- 1986, Darjeeling, India
Alive at the same time as Tenzing Norgay
- Jack Dempsey 1895–1983, boxer
- Enzo Ferrari 1898–1988, automaker
- Barbara McClintock 1902–1992, geneticist
- Johnny Weissmuller 1904–1984, swimmer
- Dr. Seuss 1904–1991, writer
- Don Bradman 1908–2001, cricketer
- Estée Lauder 1908–2004, cosmetics entrepreneur
- Akira Kurosawa 1910–1998, director
- Cahit Arf 1910–1997, mathematician
- Jesse Owens 1913–1980, sprinter
- Joe DiMaggio 1914–1999, baseball player
- Joe Louis 1914–1981, boxer
Portrait: original : OeiJamling Tenzing Norgay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
