Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest?

a) George Everest

b) Rob Hall

c) Edmund Hilary 

d) George Mallory

Sir Edmund Hilary from New Zealand was the first person to climb Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain in the world. On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hilary along with local sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first successful climber of Mount Everest.