Tenzing Norgay
May 20, 1914 (112 years old) in Khumbu, Nepal
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · Beyond The Edge as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Race for Everest as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni as Himself
- 2003 · Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World as Himself
- 2003 · The Dark Side of Everest as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Everest At Any Cost as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears as related character
- 1953 · The Conquest of Everest as Himself
- 1951 · Himalayan Epic as