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Lionel Terray

1921 - 1965

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Lionel Terray (25 July 1921 – 19 September 1965) was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes (with Guido Magnone in 1952). A climbing guide and ski instructor, Terray was active in mountain combat against Germany during World War II. After the war, he became well known as one of the best Chamonix climbers and guides, noted for his speedy ascents of some of the most notorious climbs in the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps: the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses, the south face of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north-east face of Piz Badile, and the north face of the Eiger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lionel Terray is the 24th most popular mountaineer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 2,821st most popular biography from France (down from 2,726th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Lionel Terray ranks 24 out of 56. Before him are Matthias Zurbriggen, Lino Lacedelli, John Muir, Kurt Diemberger, Fanny Bullock Workman, and Alain Robert. After him are Ang Rita, Albert F. Mummery, Krzysztof Wielicki, Anatoli Boukreev, Peter Habeler, and Erhard Loretan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lionel Terray ranks 160. Before him are Alex Haley, Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, Eugenio Coșeriu, and Georges Wilson. After him are Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Jim Garrison, Carlo Furno, Jetty Paerl, Gaston Reiff, and Meir Amit. Among people deceased in 1965, Lionel Terray ranks 82. Before him are William Heard Kilpatrick, Wilhelm Worringer, Ladislao Vajda, Roberto Cherro, Tito Schipa, and Bertil Lindblad. After him are Philip Showalter Hench, George Adamski, Kurt Goldstein, Johann Kremer, Khalid al-Azm, and Lee Hoi-chuen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lionel Terray ranks 2,821 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Ozanam (1640), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Georges Wilson (1921), Richard Simon (1638), Daniel Buren (1938), and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737). After him are Françoise Dolto (1908), Andréa Ferréol (1947), Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639), Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons (1606), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), and Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate (1652).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In France

Among mountaineers born in France, Lionel Terray ranks 4. Before him are Jacques Balmat (1762), Maurice Herzog (1919), and Alain Robert (1962).

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