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Achille Compagnoni

1914 - 2009

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Achille Compagnoni (26 September 1914 – 13 May 2009) was an Italian mountaineer and skier. Together with Lino Lacedelli on 31 July 1954 he was in the first party to reach the summit of K2. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Achille Compagnoni is the 17th most popular mountaineer (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,719th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,507th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Achille Compagnoni ranks 17 out of 56. Before him are Jacques Balmat, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Edward Whymper, Hermann Buhl, Maurice Herzog, and Walter Bonatti. After him are Matthias Zurbriggen, Lino Lacedelli, John Muir, Kurt Diemberger, Fanny Bullock Workman, and Alain Robert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Achille Compagnoni ranks 86. Before him are Shapour Bakhtiar, Larbi Benbarek, Asger Jorn, Taizo Kawamoto, Woody Strode, and Edmund Conen. After him are David Goodall, Lina Bo Bardi, Adriaan Blaauw, Lazar Koliševski, Nicolas de Staël, and Pietro Germi. Among people deceased in 2009, Achille Compagnoni ranks 73. Before him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Samak Sundaravej, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, G. A. Cohen, and Feroz Khan. After him are Irving Penn, Pat Hingle, Ryuzo Hiraki, John Hughes, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, and Stephen Kim Sou-hwan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Achille Compagnoni ranks 1,719 out of 5,161. Before him are Alberic I of Spoleto (900), Saint Silvia (515), Ubertino of Casale (1259), Amadeus III, Count of Savoy (1095), Benvenuto Tisi (1481), and John Parricida (1290). After him are Luigi Fagioli (1898), Lucius Licinius Crassus (-140), Saint Sabina (100), Enrico Letta (1966), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), and Peter II of Sicily (1305).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Italy

Among mountaineers born in Italy, Achille Compagnoni ranks 3. Before him are Reinhold Messner (1944), and Walter Bonatti (1930). After him are Lino Lacedelli (1925), Ardito Desio (1897), Vittorio Sella (1859), Riccardo Cassin (1909), and Simone Moro (1967).

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