Ludwig Purtscheller

Ludwig Purtscheller

male, deceased (1900)
innsbruck, Austrian, bern, mont blanc, mountaineering, dru…Kilimanjaro
Ludwig Purtscheller (October 6 1849 in Innsbruck - March 3 1900 in Bern, Switzerland) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher. In the late 19th...
Johannes Rebmann

Johannes Rebmann

male, deceased (1876)
German, missionary, explorer, Christian missionary in Africa, Indian Ocean, Kilimanjaro
Johannes Rebmann was a German missionary and explorer credited with feats including being the first European, along with his accomplice Johann...

Johann Ludwig Krapf

male, deceased (1881)
Articles lacking sources from May 2007, Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, east africa, linguistics, explorer
Johann Ludwig Krapf was a German missionary in East Africa, as well as an explorer, linguist, and traveler. Krapf played an important role in...
Augustine Mrema

Augustine Mrema

male, 64 years old
tanzania, chaga, politician, Tanzanian, Kilimanjaro, Augustine Lyatonga Mrema
Augustine Lyatonga Mrema (born 1945) is a Tanzanian politician and chairman of the Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) party. Mrema is a member of the...
Bill Tilman

Bill Tilman

male, deceased (1977)
From wallasey, explorer, east africa, second world war, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, World War I…Kilimanjaro
Major Harold William "Bill" Tilman, CBE, DSO, MC and Bar (14 February 1898-1977) was an English mountaineer and explorer, famous for his Himalayan...

Alan Gill

male
guitarist, Kilimanjaro, Dalek I Love You, The Teardrop Explodes, Letter to Brezhnev, Drug Dealer
Alan Gill was the guitarist/songwriter for the synth pop band Dalek I Love You. He also played guitar in The Teardrop Explodes and co-wrote their...
Simon Thomas

Simon Thomas

male, 36 years old
Matt Baker, Aberdour School, Old Johnians, Alumni of the University of Birmingham, From Norfolk, BBC…Kilimanjaro, mount kilimanjaro
Simon Thomas (born January 26, 1973 in Cromer, Norfolk) is a British television presenter. Thomas started life in Norfolk and then moved to Surrey,...
Jake Meyer

Jake Meyer

male, 25 years old
mount everest, Alumni of the University of Bristol, mount kilimanjaro, Old Marlburian, British, Summiter of Mount Everest…Kilimanjaro
Jake Meyer At the age of 14, Jake Meyer set himself the challenge of becoming the youngest person to climb the 7 Summits; the highest mountain on...
Yasuko Namba

Yasuko Namba

female, deceased (1996)
mount everest, Anna Czerwiñska, Carstensz Pyramid, South Col, Vinson Massif, Aconcagua…Kilimanjaro
Yasuko Namba (February 2 1949-May 10 1996) was famous in her native Japan for becoming only the second Japanese woman (after Junko Tabei) to summit...

Marek Kamiński

male, 45 years old
south pole, polish, guatemala, north pole, greenland, antarctica…Kilimanjaro
Marek Kamiński is a Polish traveller. In 1995 he was the first person to reach both poles: the North Pole on 23 may 1995 and the South Pole on 27 D...