List of climbers

This list of climbers includes both mountaineers and rock climbers, since many (though not all) climbers engage in both types of activities.

• Jean Agassiz[?] - Alps glaciology
• Christian Almer[?] - Grindelwald[?] guide, many first ascents in Alps
• Luigi Amedeo[?], Duke of the Abruzzi - worldwide, first ascent of Mount St Elias[?] in Alaska
• Melchior Anderegg[?] - Meiringen[?] guide, many first ascents in Alps

• John Ball - Alps, first president of Alpine Club[?]
• Jacques Balmat[?] - Chamonix guide, first ascent of Mont Blanc
• George Band[?] - 1953 Everest expedition, first ascent of Kanchenjunga
• Fred Beckey - Cascades
• Chris Bonington[?]
• Thomas George Bonney[?] - Alps
• Marguerite Brevoort[?]
• Joe Brown[?] - British rock climbing pioneer, first ascent of Kanchenjunga
• Hermann Buhl[?] - first ascent (solo!) of Nanga Parbat[?], 1953

• Ramond de Carbonnières[?] - Pyrenees
• Yvon Chouinard[?]
• John Norman Collie[?] - Scotland
• Achille Compagnoni[?] - first ascent of K2, 1954
• Martin Conway[?] - worldwide, early guidebook writer
• William Coolidge[?] - 1,700 expeditions in Alps, greatest Alpine historian
• Michel Croz[?] - Chamonix guide, killed on Matterhorn[?]

• Thomas Clinton Dent[?] - Caucausus[?], Alps, first ascent of Aiguille du Dru[?] 1878
• Ardito Desio[?] - leader of K2 first ascent expedition

• Charles Evans[?] - Alps, Wales, leader of Kanchenjunga first ascent expedition

• George Ingle Finch[?] - led 1922 Everest expedition to 27,300 ft
• Scott Fischer[?] - Everest victim 1996
• Hans Florine - US Speed Climber, World Record Holder
• James David Forbes - early, first British ascent of Jungfrau[?]
• Douglas Freshfield[?] - Alps, Scotland, Himalayas, Pyrenees

• Konrad von Gesner - 16th century Alps
• William Spotswood Green[?] - New Zealand, Selkirks[?]

• Douglas Hadow[?] - killed on first ascent of Matterhorn[?]
• Rob Hall[?] - Everest victim 1996
• John Harlin[?]
• John M. Hartog[?] - first ascent of Muztagh Tower in Himalayas
• Dougal Haston[?]
• Maurice Herzog[?] - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950
• Edmund Hillary - first ascent of Mount Everest
• Charles Hudson[?] - highest point of Monte Rosa[?], 1855
• Francois-Joseph Hugi[?] - geologist, unsuccessful attempts in 1828 of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
• Alexander von Humboldt - Chimborazo[?]
• John Hunt[?] - leader of 1953 Everest expedition

• Clarence King[?] - Sierra Nevada (USA)
• Jon Krakauer[?] - writer

• Louis Lachenal[?] - first ascent of Annapurna, 1950

• Thomas Mallory[?] - Wales, Alps, lost on Everest 1924
• Charles Edward Mathews[?] - Alps, Snowdonia
• Willi Merkl[?]
• Reinhold Messner - studliest
• Johann Rudolf Meyer[?] - first ascents of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
• Hieronymus Meyer[?] - first ascents of Jungfrau[?] and Finsteraarhorn[?]
• John Muir - summits in California and Alaska
• Albert Mummery[?]

• Tenzing Norgay - Sherpa, first ascent of Mount Everest

• James Outram[?] - Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine[?]

• Maria Paradis[?] - first woman to ascend Mont Blanc, 1809
• Tom Patey[?]
• Chuck Pratt[?]

• Sherpa Ang Rita - Mount Everest
• Royal Robbins[?] - Yosemite
• John Roskelley[?]
• Galen Rowell - photographer

• Henri Benedict de Saussure[?] - third ascent of Mont Blanc, funded first ascent
• Dick Schockley[?]
• Vittorio Sella[?] - early photographs
• Pemba Dorjie Sherpa[?], fastest ascent of Mount Everest, 23 May 2003
• Eric Shipton[?] - Africa, Himalayas
• William Bradford Shockley
• William Cecil Slingsby[?] - Norway
• Frank Smythe[?]
• Leslie Stephen - Alps

• Harold Tilman[?] - Africa, Himalayas
• Francis Fox Tuckett[?] - Alps
• John Tyndall - Alps, scientist, first ascent of Weisshorn[?]

• James Ramsey Ullman[?]
• Willi Unsoeld

• Antoine de Ville[?] - climbed Mont Aiguille[?] in 1492

• Lucy Walker[?] - first woman to summit Matterhorn[?], 1871
• Don Whillans[?]
• Jim Whittaker - first American on Mount Everest
• Edward Whymper[?] - first ascent of Matterhorn[?], 1865
• Jim Wickwire
• Fritz Wiessner[?]

• Geoffrey Winthrop Young[?] - rock climbing in Wales

• Matthias Zurbriggen[?] - first ascent of Aconcagua

• Lynn Hill[?] - first free ascent of The Nose[?] on El Capitan[?], Yosemite in 1993