FAMOUS NEPALESE

SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA
Gautama Buddha or Siddh?rtha Gautama Buddha was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. samm?sambuddha, S. samyaksa?buddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." Gautama Buddha may also be referred to as ??kyamuni ("Sage of the ??kyas"). The Buddha found a Middle Way that ameliorated the extreme asceticism found in the Sramana religions.

TENZING NORGAY
Tenzing Norgay, GM (late May 1914 ? 9 May 1986) born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali Sherpa mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was one of the first two individuals known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.