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Born May 20, 1914 · Khumbu, Nepal
Active 1951–1986 · Awards: George Medal, Padma Bhushan, Order of the Star of Nepal, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.