Tom Hornbein
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 6
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- September 6, 1930
- Died
- May 6, 2023
- Place of birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Also known as
- Thomas Frederic HornbeinThomas Hornbein
Biography
Thomas Frederic Hornbein was an American mountaineer and anesthesiologist who made the first ascent of Mount Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named in his honor. On top of his mountaineering achievements, Hornbein was a professor of anesthesiology and physiology at the University of Washington.
