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. Who was First man to reach North Pole ? Answer: Robert Peary 3. Name of first Men to climb Mt. Everest ? Answer: Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (29th May, 1953) 4. Name of first country to launch satellite into space ? Answer: Russia 5. Who won first Nobel prize for physics ? Answer: W.K. Roentgen (Germany) 6. Who was First secretary general of United Nations ? Answer: Trigve Li 7. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington Read more from - First in World