Sir Edmund Hillary
1919 – 2008
New Zealander

Explorer. He was the first (with his sherpa companion) to climb Mt. Everest.

Contemporaries
1866–1925Sun Yixian
1861–1941Rabindranath Tagore
1883–1959Kitaoji Rosanjin
1879–1950Maharishi Ramana
1926–1998Pol Pot
1879–1949Sarojini Naidu
1895–1986Jiddu Krishnamurti
1888–1960Toyohiko Kagawa
1909–1959Errol Flynn
1872–1950Sri Aurobindo