Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay. He was a mountaineer, a beekeeper and an Air Force navigator World War II. Sir Edmund Hillary Married in 21 December 1989 to June Mulgrew, but before that he married Liouse Mary rose in September 3 1953. His achievements were being one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, leading the first land expedition to the South Pole in 1958, and undertaking philanthropic work by establishing schools, hospitals, and airstrips for the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed his first mountain, Mount Ollivier in 1939. Sir Edmund Hillary sadly died in 1975 due to a plane crash. Sir Edmund Hillary Was knighted in 1953 and had kids in 1954. Sir Edmund Hillary Sadly died in 11 January 2008 in Auckland.