<P> Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE ( 20 July 1919 -- 11 January 2008 ) was a New Zealand mountaineer , explorer , and philanthropist . On 29 May 1953 , Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest . They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest , led by John Hunt . TIME magazine named Hillary one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century . </P>
<P> Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE ( 20 July 1919 -- 11 January 2008 ) was a New Zealand mountaineer , explorer , and philanthropist . On 29 May 1953 , Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest . They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest , led by John Hunt . TIME magazine named Hillary one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century . </P>
who was the first person who climbed mount everest
who was the first person who climbed mount everest
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Tenzing Norgay