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  • How Famous Is Edmund Hillary?

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    According to our voters, Edmund Hillary is the...

    1292th most famous person in the world!

    Sir Edmund Hillary was a renowned New Zealand mountaineer who, along with Tenzing Norgay, became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. He was also a philanthropist, helping to build schools and hospitals in Nepal.

    This is based on winning 6 head-to-head matchups with other famous people, but also losing 20 head-to-head matchups.

    Most recently Edmund Hillary lost a matchup to Christopher Hitchens (#1777) voted by someone from Canada.

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