<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>
when did the first person climb mt everest
when did the first person climb mt everest
29 May 1953
29 May 1953