Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary

male, deceased (2008) (New Zealand)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing...
Swami Rama

Swami Rama

male, deceased (1996)
Swami Rama (1925 - 1996) was born Brij Kishore Dhasmana, to a Northern Indian Brahmin family and became lineage holder of the Sankya Yoga tradition...
Stephen Venables

Stephen Venables

male, 55 years old
Stephen Venables (born 1954) is a British mountaineer and writer, who in 1988 became the first Briton to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest...
Michael Aris

Michael Aris

male, deceased (1999)
Michael Vaillancourt Aris (March 27, 1946, Havana, Cuba - March 27, 1999, Oxford) was an academic and lecturer in Asian history at St John's...
Joe Tasker

Joe Tasker

male, deceased (1982)
Joe Tasker (May 12, 1948, Hull - May 17, 1982) was one of the most talented British climbers during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born into a...
Carlos Buhler

Carlos Buhler

male, 55 years old
Carlos Buhler (born in Harrison, New York in 1954) is one of America's leading high altitude moutanineers. Buhler's specialty is extreme...
Tom Alter

Tom Alter

male, 59 years old
Tom Alter (born 1950) is an Indian actor of American origin. As a thespian and television actor, he is most prominently known for his work in Hindi...
Larry Brilliant

Larry Brilliant

male
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Brilliant is a medical doctor, epidemiologist, technologist, author and philanthropist. Born in Detroit, Michigan (May 5,...
Lain Singh Bangdel

Lain Singh Bangdel

male, 90 years old
Lain Bangdel (1919-2002) is the former Chancellor of Nepal's Royal Nepal Academy and a renowned scholar, novelist, painter and art historian. In...
Charles Granville Bruce

Charles Granville Bruce

male, deceased (1939)
Brigadier-General Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO (7 April 1866 at London – 12 July 1939 at London) was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the se...