<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 to reach the summit of mount everest
who was the first to reach the summit of mount everest
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary Tenzing Norgay