death_date children nationality birth_date signature partnerships start_discipline main_discipline death_place spouse image name notable_ascents occupation caption start_age birth_place article_title birth_name
9 may 1986 nima , norbu , deki and dhamey dorje , pem pem , nima , jamling nepalese 29 may 1914 tenzing norgay signature.svg edmund hillary porter mountaineer darjeeling , west bengal , india dawa ang lahmu -lrb- m. ? - ? -rrb- , dakku phuti -lrb- m. ? - ? -rrb- -lrb- m. ? - 1944 -rrb- , center = 200 image1 = tenzing norgay -lrb- cropped -rrb- . center jpg image2 = tenzing norgay signature.svg align = center direction = vertical width tenzing norgay '' first ascent mount everest − 1953 '' mountaineer , tour guide , seducer tenzing norgay in sweden -lrb- 1967 -rrb- 19 years khumbu , solukhumbu district , sagarmatha zone , nepal tenzing norgay
 namgyal wangdi
tenzing norgay

tenzing norgay osn gm -lrb- ; 29 may 1914 -- 9 may 1986 -rrb- , born namgyal wangdi and often referred to as sherpa tenzing , was an indian and nepalese sherpa mountaineer .
among the most famous mountain climbers in history , he was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of mount everest , which he accomplished with edmund hillary on 29 may 1953 .
he was named by `` time '' as one of the people of the 20th century .
