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Josef Fischer

1865 - 1953

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Josef Fischer (20 January 1865 – 3 March 1953) was a German road bicycle racer. He is best known for winning the first edition of Paris–Roubaix in 1896 and Bordeaux–Paris in 1900. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Fischer is the 64th most popular cyclist (up from 102nd in 2019), the 3,135th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,023rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Josef Fischer ranks 64 out of 1,613. Before him are Ercole Baldini, Guido Messina, Briek Schotte, Fiorenzo Magni, Erik De Vlaeminck, and Herman Van Springel. After him are Lucien Buysse, Hennie Kuiper, Costante Girardengo, Alberto Contador, Tony Rominger, and Gösta Pettersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Josef Fischer ranks 96. Before him are Eugene Botkin, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Édouard Chavannes, Afonso, Duke of Porto, Max Heindel, and Wilson Bentley. After him are Heinrich Rubens, Tan Sitong, Emma Eckstein, Mahmud Tarzi, Lily Braun, and Maciej Sulkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1953, Josef Fischer ranks 86. Before him are Jorge Negrete, Joseph Jongen, Şükrü Saracoğlu, Hilaire Belloc, Lev Mekhlis, and Alexander Vasiliev. After him are Hans Aanrud, Albert Austin, Friedrich Wolf, Uroš Predić, Sophia Hayden, and Princess Françoise of Orléans.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Fischer ranks 3,137 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Hermann Esser (1900), Agnes Bernauer (1410), Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805), Harold Faltermeyer (1952), and Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714). After him are Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1556), George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892), Tom Tykwer (1965), Johann Niemann (1913), Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787), and Günter Wand (1912).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Josef Fischer ranks 2. Before him are Rudi Altig (1937). After him are Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Jan Ullrich (1973), Albert Richter (1912), Heinz Müller (1924), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Toni Merkens (1912), Jürgen Kissner (1942), Joseph Rosemeyer (1872), and Lothar Thoms (1956).

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