Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (d. 1992)
Wanda Rutkiewicz (née Błaszkiewicz) (Polish pronunciation: [/ˈvanda rutˈkʲevitʂ/] 4 February 1943 – 12–13 May 1992) was a Polish mountain climber and computer engineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of K2 and the third woman (first European woman) to climb Mount Everest.