Article Detail Who was first woman to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Junko Tabei (Japan) Similar Questions : 1. Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China 2. Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) 3. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) 4. Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan 5. Who was first space tourist ? Answer: Dennis Tito of USA in 2001 6. Who was First secretary general of United Nations ? Answer: Trigve Li 7. Who was First man to reach North Pole ? Answer: Robert Peary Read more from - First in World