Article Detail Who was First man to reach South Pole ? Answer: Ronald Amundsen Similar Questions : 1. Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia 2. Who was First secretary general of United Nations ? Answer: Trigve Li 3. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) 4. Who was first man to set foot on moon ? Answer: Neil Armstrong (USA) 5. Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China 6. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington 7. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis Read more from - First in World