Tenzing Norgay (; tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi,<!--need Sherpa language text--> and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian<!-- Please do not change -- (see source at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Racerx11/Archive_1#Tenzing_Noray.27s_citizenship)--> Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to certainly reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Wikipedia
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