







Occupation
MOUNTAINEERS
With 56 biographies, Mountaineers are the 85th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Snookers, American Football Players, and Youtubers.
People
Pantheon has 55 people classified as mountaineers born between 1740 and 2000. Of these 55, 20 (36.36%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living mountaineers include Alain Robert, Lhakpa Sherpa, and Jon Krakauer. The most famous deceased mountaineers include Rob Hall, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Riccardo Cassin.
Living Mountaineers
Go to all RankingsReinhold Messner
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.14
Kurt Diemberger
1932 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Alain Robert
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Krzysztof Wielicki
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Peter Habeler
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Jon Krakauer
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.73
Apa Sherpa
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Simone Moro
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Oh Eun-sun
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Bachendri Pal
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Denis Urubko
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.04
Edurne Pasaban
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Deceased Mountaineers
Go to all RankingsEdmund Hillary
1919 - 2008
HPI: 77.53
Tenzing Norgay
1914 - 1986
HPI: 75.50
Heinrich Harrer
1912 - 2006
HPI: 72.11
Andrew Irvine
1902 - 1924
HPI: 71.98
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.97
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
1740 - 1799
HPI: 70.44
George Mallory
1886 - 1924
HPI: 69.22
Wanda Rutkiewicz
1943 - 1992
HPI: 67.19
Jerzy Kukuczka
1948 - 1989
HPI: 66.89
Jacques Balmat
1762 - 1834
HPI: 66.17
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 66.12
Edward Whymper
1840 - 1911
HPI: 65.89
Places
Most mountaineers were born in Italy (8), United Kingdom (7), and Austria (6). By city, the most common birth places were Bergamo (2), Innsbruck (2), and Digoin (1).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as mountaineers in Pantheon are John Muir, Jacques Balmat, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure. The concentration of mountaineers was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier mountaineers are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Mountaineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Mountaineers since 1700.