Tenzing Norgay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1914
- Place of birth
- Khumbu, Nepal
- Died
- 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.
Movies with Tenzing Norgay
- Beyond the Edge 2013 · ★ 6.8
- The Conquest of Everest 1953 · ★ 7.2
- Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003 · ★ 8.1
- The Dark Side of Everest 2003 · ★ 9.0
- The Conquest of Everest 1953 1997 · ★ 5.5
- Himalayan Epic 1951 · ★ 10.0
- Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World 1997 · ★ 10.0
- The Race for Everest 2003 · ★ 10.0
- Everest at Any Cost 1999 · ★ 10.0
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 2013 · ★ 10.0
- National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain 2003
- Everest 1936 - Ruttledge 1936