Throughout history, men and women have broken barriers and achieved remarkable milestones that have shaped the world we live in today. From science and sports to politics and exploration, these achievements inspire generation and remind us the limitless potential of humanity. In this blog, we ‘ll explore some of the first achievements by men and women across various field in our world.
List of First Male Achievers In World :
First in World | Name | Nationality |
First man to go into space | Yuri Gagarin | Russian |
First man to walk in space | Aleksey Lenovo | Russian |
First American man in space | Alan Shepard | American |
First man to walk on the moon | Nile Armstrong | American |
First man as a space tourist | Dennis Tito | American |
First Indian in Space | Rakesh Sharma | Indian |
First person to climb Mt. Everest | Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgay | Edmund Hillary from New Zealand Tenzing Norgay from Nepal |
First man to climb Mount Everest twice | Nawang Gombu | Indian |
First man to climb all 14 of the world’s peak that are above 8,000 meters | Reinhold Messner | Italian |
First man to reach North Pole | Robert Edwin Peary | USA |
First man to reach South Pole | Roald Amundsen | Norwegian |
First person to sail around the world | Ferdinand Megellan | Portuguese |
First European to visit India by sea | Vasco da Gama | Portuguese |
First European to visit America by sea | Christopher Columbus | Italian |
First European to visit China by sea | Marco Polo | Italian |
First person to swim across the English Channel | Matthew Webb | British |
First secretary general of UN | Trygve Lie | Norwegian |
First UN deputy secretary general | Louise Frechette | Canadian |
First man to fly an airplane | Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright | American |
First Prime Minister of Great Britain | Robert Walpole | British |
First president of Indian Republic | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Indian |
First president of America | George Washington | American |
First person to travel world by foot | Dave Kunst | American |
First person to travel world by bicycle | Thomas Stevens | British |
First Nobel Prize winners in Physics | Wilhelm Rontgen | German |
First Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry | Jacobus H. van’t Hoff | Dutch |
First Nobel Prize winners in Literature | Sully Prudhomme | French |
First Nobel Prize winners in Economic Science | Ragnar Frisch Jan Tinbergen | Ragnar Frisch was a Norwegian Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch |
First Nobel Prize winners in Peace | Jean Henry Dunant Frederic Passy | Jean Henry Dunant was a Swiss man Frederic Passy was a French |
List of First Female Achievers In World :
First in World | Name | Nationality |
First woman to go into space | Valentina Tereshkova | Russian |
First woman to walk in space | Svetlana Savitskaya | Russian |
First woman as a space tourist | Anousheh Ansari | Iranian-born American businesswomen |
First women to climb Mt. Everest | Junko Tabei | Japanese |
First woman to reach North Pole | Ann Bancroft | American |
First women to swim across the English Channel | Gertrude Ederle | American |
First woman president in the world | Isabel Peron | Argentine |
First woman Prime Minister in the world | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Sri Lankan |
First woman Nobel Prize winners in Physics | Marie Curie | French & Polish |
First Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry | Marie Curie | French & Polish |
First Nobel Prize winners in literature | Selma Lagerlof | Swedish |
First woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize | Bertha von Suttner | Czech & Hungarian |
First Woman Doctor in the world | Elizabeth Blackwell | Anglo-American |