<P> Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE OSN ( 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 . </P>
<P> Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE OSN ( 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 . </P>
who were the first two persons to scale mt.everest
who were the first two persons to scale mt.everest
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay