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Henri Desgrange

1865 - 1940

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Henri Desgrange (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deɡʁɑ̃ʒ]; 31 January 1865 – 16 August 1940) was a French bicycle racer and sports journalist. He set twelve world track cycling records, including the hour record of 35.325 kilometres (21.950 mi) on 11 May 1893. He was the first organiser of the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Desgrange is the 2,648th most popular writer (down from 2,275th in 2019), the 2,885th most popular biography from France (down from 2,556th in 2019) and the 366th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,648 out of 7,302. Before him are Andy Weir, Frigyes Karinthy, Petar Preradović, John of Ephesus, Antimachus, and Artur Lundkvist. After him are Ernst Weiss, Marcel Prévost, S. S. Van Dine, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Terry Brooks, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

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Among people born in 1865, Henri Desgrange ranks 89. Before him are Archibald Leitch, Max Nettlau, J. Walter Christie, Anandi Gopal Joshi, James Henry Breasted, and Epitácio Pessoa. After him are Eugene Botkin, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Édouard Chavannes, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Max Heindel, and Wilson Bentley. Among people deceased in 1940, Henri Desgrange ranks 88. Before him are Cai Yuanpei, Arthur Rostron, Édouard Branly, Yevhen Petrushevych, Gaston Billotte, and Ben Turpin. After him are Ernst Weiss, Gjergj Fishta, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Raymond Smith Dugan, Umberto Caligaris, and Jaan Teemant.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,885 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Gondry (1963), Jean-François Rewbell (1747), Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (1000), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Michael Baius (1513), and John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638). After him are Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), Yann LeCun (1960), Marcel Prévost (1862), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 366. Before him are Sophie de Condorcet (1764), André Salmon (1881), Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), Georges Ohnet (1848), and Sylvain Maréchal (1750). After him are Marcel Prévost (1862), Louise Colet (1810), Violette Leduc (1907), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Hildebert (1056), and Pierre Grimal (1912).

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