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.
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Tenzing (2026)
as Related Character
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After (1997)
as self (related characters)
The Quest (1997)
as Self (related character)
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1993)
as related character
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond The Edge (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Everest (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest (1953)
as Self
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge (1936)
as Self
The Race for Everest (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Everest At Any Cost (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Himalayan Epic (1951)
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