Yasuko Namba

Yasuko Namba was the second Japanese woman to climb the Seven Summits. Namba worked as a businesswoman for Federal Express in Japan, but her hobby of mountaineering took her all over the world. She first summited Kilimanjaro on New Year's Day in 1982, and summited Aconcagua exactly two years later. She reached the summit of Denali on July 1, 1985, and the summit of Mount Elbrus on August 1, 1992. After summiting Vinson Massif on December 29, 1993, and Carstensz Pyramid on November 12, 1994, Namba's final summit to reach was Mount Everest. She signed on with Rob Hall's guiding company, Adventure Consultants, and reached the summit in May 1996, but died during her descent in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.

2 February 1949

Born on the same birth date (2 February 1949): Brent Spiner • Duncan Bannatyne • Jack McGee (actor) • Ross Valory

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Harrison Smith • Jean-Baptiste Boussingault • John Cornyn • Remak Ramsay • Sheila Matthews Allen • Silvestre Varela • Teddy Hart

Born in the same month (February 1949): Danielle Bunten Berry • Eddie Hardin • Eddie Hemmings (cricketer) • Elizabeth George • Frank Brunner • Jack McGee (actor) • Jim Sheridan • Jim Thorpe (golfer) • John Duncan (footballer) • Manuel Orantes • Marc Garneau • Mike Anderson (linebacker) • Nigel Olsson • Olga Morozova • Ross Valory