- Achille Compagnoni was born on September 26, 1914 in Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Everybody Go Home! (1960), The Great War (1959) and Italia K2 (1955). He died on May 12, 2009 in Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy.
- Italian climber, who with Lino Lacedelli, became the first to reach the summit of Pakistan's K2 on 7/31/1954.
- Was a member of the first team to reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, on July 31, 1954.
- In addition to mountain climbing, he was a ski instructor and Alpine guide. After he retired from climbing, he ran an inn in Cervinia in the Italian Alps.
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