Sir Edmund Hillary full name Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was born to Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Hillary on 20th July 1919, in Auckland, New Zealand. He died on January 11, 2008 at the age of 88. On 29th May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who was accompanying him, were successfully able to conquer the Mount Everest summit stood at 29,028 feet above sea level.