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Jules Rimet

1873 - 1956

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Jules Rimet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ʁimɛ]; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942, and again from 1944 to 1949. On Rimet's initiative, the first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Rimet is the 37th most popular businessperson (down from 32nd in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from France (down from 391st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Businessperson.

Jules Rimet was a French man who was the third president of FIFA. He is most famous for being the person who created the World Cup trophy, which is named after him.

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Among businesspeople, Jules Rimet ranks 37 out of 847. Before him are Ludwig Erhard, P. T. Barnum, Guccio Gucci, Eddie Jordan, Margaret Hamilton, and Linda McMahon. After him are Colonel Sanders, Muhammad Yunus, Bertha Benz, Robert Kiyosaki, Frank Williams, and Carlos Slim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Jules Rimet ranks 10. Before him are Enrico Caruso, Johannes V. Jensen, Lee de Forest, Leon Czolgosz, Konstantin von Neurath, and Colette. After him are Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Alexis Carrel, Henri Barbusse, Otto Loewi, Luigi Lucheni, and Alfred Jarry. Among people deceased in 1956, Jules Rimet ranks 9. Before him are B. R. Ambedkar, Jackson Pollock, William Boeing, Frederick Soddy, Konstantin von Neurath, and Pietro Badoglio. After him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Emil Nolde, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, and Bela Lugosi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Rimet ranks 402 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Raymond Kopa (1931), Odilon Redon (1840), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Louis IV of France (920), and Gustave Moreau (1826). After him are Albert Fert (1938), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Charles, Count of Valois (1270), and Patrice de MacMahon (1808).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Jules Rimet ranks 3. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), and Bernard Arnault (1949). After him are Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Louis Vuitton (1821), Christophe Plantin (1520), Pierre Bergé (1930), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771).

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