Tenzing Norgay GM OSN /ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/ (Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.