Edmund Hillary, New Zealander, died Jan '08.

But you do all know that Hillary Clinton was named after Sir Edmund Hillary of Mt Everest Fame, right?

For more than a decade, Sen. Clinton’s informal biography repeated the story, and it was recounted in Bill Clinton’s 2004 autobiography, My Life.

The problem with the story, however, is one of timing. Sir Edmund became known to the world only in 1953, after becoming the first men to reach Everest’s summit. Sen. Clinton was born in 1947.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52477 (World Net Daily)

Senator Clinton finally issued a correction on the matter on March 17th.