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Born Jul 20, 1919 · Auckland, Dominion of New Zealand
Active 1958–2008 · Awards: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Garter, Polar Medal, Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, Patron’s Medal, Padma Vibhushan, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, he and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.