Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) - The first person, along with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. He was a legendary mountaineer and philanthropist. Kate Sheppard (1847-1934) - A pioneering suffragette who played a pivotal role in securing women's right to vote in New Zealand in 1893, making it the first self-governing country to grant women suffrage. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)...