Ranulph Fiennes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ranulph Fiennes

British adventurer

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1944

Place of Birth: Paraguay

Profession: writer, biographer, athletics competitor, explorer, marathon runner

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Ranulph Fiennes (), and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is an English explorer and holder of several endurance records.
He is also a writer, poet and co-creator of 'Sir Ranulph Fiennes' Great British Rum'.
Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman.
He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot.
In May 2009, at the age of 65, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1984, he was the world's greatest living explorer.
Fiennes has written numerous books about his army service and his expeditions as well as a book defending Robert Falcon Scott from modern revisionists.