Birth Name: Edmund Percival Hillary
Date of Birth: 20 July 1919
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Death: 11 January 2008
Place of Death: Auckland, New Zealand
Ethnicity:
*75% English
*25% Irish
Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. He was the son of Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Clark. He was married to Louise Mary Rose and June Mulgrew.
Edmund’s ancestry included English and Irish (from his paternal grandmother).
Edmund’s paternal grandparents were Edmund Raymond Hillary (the son of John Hillary and Anne Ingham) and Annie Clementia Fleming (the daughter of John Fleming and Emma Margaret Hampton).
Edmund’s maternal grandparents were George Clark (the son of Charles Clark and Dinah Jowett) and Harriet Wooderson (the daughter of Henry Wooderson and Susannah Hopkins).
Source: Genealogy of Edmund Hillary – http://www.geni.com