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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Tenzing Norgay canonical 22
Jamling Tenzing Norgay 1
Nima Tenzing 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherpa ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
awardReceived George Medal ⓘ
Order of the Star of Nepal ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
child Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jamling Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Norgay
fieldOfWork mountaineering ⓘ
founded Himalayan Mountaineering Institute ⓘ
genre high-altitude climbing ⓘ
givenName Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tenzing
honorificPrefix Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sherpa Tenzing
knownFor First ascent of Mount Everest ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Nepali ⓘ
Sherpa people ⓘ
surface form: Sherpa
mountainClimbed Mount Everest ⓘ
notableWork First successful ascent of Mount Everest ⓘ
occupation guide ⓘ
high-altitude porter ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
partnerInAchievement Edmund Hillary ⓘ
placeOfBirth Khumbu ⓘ
surface form: Khumbu region

Nepal ⓘ
Solukhumbu District, Nepal ⓘ
surface form: 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 (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hubbard Medal → notableRecipient → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Mount Everest → firstAscendedBy → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Edmund Hillary → reachedSummitWith → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay → givenName → Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenzing
Tenzing Norgay → familyName → Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norgay
Tenzing Norgay → child → Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay → child → Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nima Tenzing
Tenzing Norgay → honorificPrefix → Tenzing Norgay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherpa Tenzing
South Col route → firstSummitedBy → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Sagarmatha – Nepali → firstAscentBy → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
subject surface form: Sagarmatha
this entity surface form: TenzingNorgay
Hillary Step → firstAscentBy → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute → foundedToHonor → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute → hasNotablePrincipal → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Dawa Phuti → spouse → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Dawa Phuti → supported → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Ang Lhamu → spouse → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Dakku → spouseOf → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Dakku → marriedTo → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Tenzing-Hillary Airport → namedAfter → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award → namedAfter → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Explorers Club → notableMember → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
1953 British Mount Everest expedition → achievedBy → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
1953 British Mount Everest expedition → includedClimber → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
1953 British Mount Everest expedition → includedSupportStaff → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Belinda Hillary → relative → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Norbu Tenzing → childOf → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Norbu Tenzing → notableFamilyMember → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ
Norbu Tenzing → hasNotableParent → Tenzing Norgay ⓘ