Tenzing Norgay
- Acting
- May 20, 1914 · Khumbu, Nepal
- May 9, 1986
Biography
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
Filmography
- Beyond the Edge · Self
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 · Self
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King · Self
- The Race for Everest · Self
- National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain · Self
- The Dark Side of Everest · Self
- Everest at Any Cost · Self
- Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World · Self
- The Conquest of Everest 1953 · Self
- The Conquest of Everest · Self
- Himalayan Epic
- Everest 1936 - Ruttledge · Self