List of The first in World:
The list of first in World (Male & Female) in various fields – Science & Technology, Architecture, Awards, Sports, Defense, and Governance etc. Persons who accomplish any achievement for the first time set a special benchmark for others to follow and as such make the whole world to feel proud of them. Since these individuals achieve what had not been previously achieved by anyone before them, it becomes indispensable to be aware of them. The list of first in World (Male & Female) in various fields – Science & Technology, Architecture, Awards, Sports, Defense, Governance The first in World’ was important category in the Static GK section for various competitive examinations like UPSC, SSC, RAIL, Bank-Clark, Bank-PO, Insurance, Defence, etc.
List of the First in World (MALE) | |||
| Incident | Person | First Achieved | Country |
| The first man to climb Mt. Everest | Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary | May 29, 1953 | Nepal, New Zealand |
| The first man to climb Mt Everest twice | Nawang Gombu | 1963 and 1965 | Nepal |
| The first blind Man to Scale Mt. Everest | Eric Weihenmayer | May 25, 2001 | United States |
| Most number of times to reach the summit | Kami Rita Sherpa | 24 times, Last May 20, 2019 | Nepal |
| The fastest ascent from Everest Base Camp (man) | Pem Dorjee | 8 hours and 10 minutes | Nepal |
| Eldest man to climb Mt. Everest | Yuichiro Miura (at the age of 80 years) | May 23, 2013 | Japan |
| The youngest person to climb Mount Everest | Jordan Romero | May 22, 2010 | United States |
| The first male swimmer crossing of the English channel (England to France) | Matthew Webb | 1875 | United Kingdom |
| The first deaf and dumb to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | Taranath Shenoy | 1983 | India |
| The first man to reach the North Pole | Robert Edwin Peary | Apr 6, 1909 | United States |
| The first man to reach the South Pole | Roland Amundsen | Dec 14, 1911 | Norway |
| The first person to sail around the World | Ferdinand Magellan | 1519 | Portuguese |
| The first European Invader of Indian Soil | Alexander, The Great | 326 BC | Babylon |
| The first European to Attack India | Alexander, The Great | 326 BC | Babylon |
| The first European to Reach China | Niccolò and Maffeo Polo | 1266 | Italy |
| The first man to set foot on the Moon | Neil Armstrong | July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 | United States |
| The first man to go into space | Major Yuri Gagarin | 1961 | Russia |
| The first human to conduct a spacewalk | Alexey Leonov | 1965 | Russia |
| The first Space Tourist | Dennis Tito | 8 days – Apr 28 – May 6, 2001 | United States |
| The first man to fly an Airplane | Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) | On December 17, 1903 | United States |
| The first man to draw the map of Earth | Anaximander, | In 6th century BC | Greek |
| The first President of the United State of America | George Washington | On April 30, 1789 | United States |
| The first President of the Republic of China | Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen | 1 Jan 1912 | China |
| The first Secretary-General of the United Nations | Trygve Halvdan Lie | October 24, 1945 | Norway |
| The first Prime minister of Great Britain | Robert Walpole | 1721 | Britain |
| The first UN Deputy Secretary-General | Louise Frechette | 2 March 1998 | Canada |
| The first Governor-General of Pakistan | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | August 15, 1947 | Pakistan |
| The first Ethnic-Indian Prime Minister of Fiji | Mahendra Choudary | 19 May 1999 | Fiji |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Literature | Sully Prudhomme | 1901 | France |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Peace | Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy | 1901 | Switzerland and France |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Physics | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen | 1901 | Germany |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Chemistry | Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff | 1901 | Holland |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Medicine | Emil Adolf von Behring | 1901 | Germany |
| The first man to win Nobel Prize for Economics | Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen | 1969 | Norway and Holland |
| The first Asian to head the International Cricket Council | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 1997 to 2000 | India |
| The first Asian to win the Wimbledon Trophy | Ramanathan Krishnan | 1954 | India |
| The First Residents of International Space Stations | Bill Shepherd and Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev | 1998 | USA and Russia |
| The first man to compile Encyclopedia | Aspheosis (Athens) | ||
[Read also: List of First in India]
List of the First in World (Female) | |||
| Achievement | Who | When | From Where |
| The first woman to climb Mt Everest | Junko Tabei | May 16, 1975 | Japan |
| The first woman to climb Mt Everest twice | Santosh Yadav | 1992 and 1993 | India |
| The first oldest Woman to climb Mt. Everest | Tamae Watanabe | 2012 | Japan |
| The fastest ascent from Everest Base Camp (woman) | Sherpa Lakpa Gelu (10 hours 56 minutes) | 21 May 2004 | Nepal |
| The first female swimmer crossing of the English Channel (England to France) | Gertrude Ederle | 1926 | United States |
| The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming | Bula Chaudhury | India | |
| The first woman in the World to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | Arti Pradhan | India | |
| The first woman to reach the North pole | Ms. Fran Phipps | 1971 | Canadian |
| The first woman to reach Antartica | Caroline Mikkelsen | 1935 | Norway |
| The first woman Cosmonaut in Space | Valentina Tereshkova | 1969 | Russia |
| The first woman to walk in space | Svetlana Savitskaya | 1984 | Russia |
| The first woman Space Tourist | Mrs. Anousheh Ansari | 2006 | Irani American |
| The first woman to Pilot an Aircraft | Therese Peltier | 1908 | France |
| The first woman in the World to Receive Pilot License | Raymonde de Laroche | 1910 | France |
| The first woman President of UN General Assembly | Smt Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1953 | India |
| The first woman President of a Country | Maria Estela Peron | 1974 to 1976 | Argentina |
| The first woman Prime Minister of England | Margaret Thatcher | 1979 to 1990 | England |
| The first woman Prime Minister of any Muslim Country | Benazir Bhutto | 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996 | Pakistan |
| The first woman Prime Minister of a Country | S Bhandarnayake | 1960–1965, 1970–1977 and 1994–2000 | Sri Lanka |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature | Selma Lagerlof | 1909 | Sweden |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Peace | Bertha von Suttner | 1905 | Austria–Hungary |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Physics | Marie Curie | 1903 | Poland and France |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Chemistry | Marie Curie | 1911 | Poland and France |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Medicine | Gerty Theresa Cori | 1947 | United States |
| The first woman to win Nobel Prize for Economics | Elinor Ostrom | 2009 | United States |
| The first woman to win the Booker Prize | Bernice Rubens | 1970 | British |
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List of the First in World (Miscellaneous) | |
| Achievement | Who |
| The first airport in the world to run completely on solar power | Cochin International Airport, India |
| The first nation in the world to reach Mars in its first attempt | India; Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan (24 September 2014) |
| The first World War (World War I or Great War) | 1914 – 1918 (Between Allied Powers and Central Powers) |
| The first City to be attacked with Atom Bomb | Hiroshima (Japan) (August 6, 1945) “Bomb name: Little Boy” |
| The first Country to launch a satellite into Space | Russia (Sputnik 1) (October 4, 1957) |