Tenzing Norgay

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Sherpa explorer human mountaineer

Tenzing Norgay was a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer best known for being one of the first two people, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sherpa → explorer → human → mountaineer →
awardReceived	George Medal → Order of the Star of Nepal →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
child	Jamling Tenzing Norgay → Nima Tenzing → Norbu Tenzing →
coAuthor	James Ramsey Ullman →
commemoratedBy	Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award → Tenzing-Hillary Airport →
countryOfCitizenship	Nepal →
dateOfBirth	1914-05-29 →
dateOfDeath	1986-05-09 →
dateOfEvent	1953-05-29 →
ethnicGroup	Sherpa people →
expedition	1953 British Mount Everest expedition →
familyName	Norgay →
fieldOfWork	mountaineering →
founded	Himalayan Mountaineering Institute →
genre	high-altitude climbing →
givenName	Tenzing →
honorificPrefix	Sherpa Tenzing →
knownFor	First ascent of Mount Everest →
languageOfWorkOrName	Nepali → Sherpa →
mountainClimbed	Mount Everest →
notableWork	First successful ascent of Mount Everest →
occupation	guide → high-altitude porter → mountaineer →
partnerInAchievement	Edmund Hillary →
placeOfBirth	Khumbu region → Nepal → Solukhumbu District →
placeOfDeath	Darjeeling → India → West Bengal →
positionHeld	Director of field training at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute →
religion	Buddhism →
residence	Darjeeling → India →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ang Lhamu → Dakku → Dawa Phuti →
subjectOf	autobiography "Tiger of the Snows" →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tenzing Norgay ("Jamling Tenzing Norgay") → Tenzing Norgay ("Nima Tenzing") →	child
Tenzing Norgay ("Norgay") →	familyName
Mount Everest →	firstAscendedBy
Tenzing Norgay ("Tenzing") →	givenName
Tenzing Norgay ("Sherpa Tenzing") →	honorificPrefix
Hubbard Medal →	notableRecipient
Edmund Hillary →	reachedSummitWith