CYCLIST

Philippe Thys

1889 - 1971

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Philippe Thys (pronounced [fi.lip tis]; Dutch: Philippe Thijs; 8 October 1889 – 16 January 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Thys is the 22nd most popular cyclist (up from 24th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 225th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Philippe Thys ranks 22 out of 1,613. Before him are Lance Armstrong, Alfredo Binda, Luis Ocaña, Henri Cornet, Frederick Keeping, and François Faber. After him are Charly Gaul, Rik Van Steenbergen, Louis Trousselier, Nicolas Frantz, Rudolph Lewis, and Lucien Van Impe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Philippe Thys ranks 76. Before him are Stanislav Kosior, R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Takeo Kurita, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, and Tom Naudé. After him are Léon Brillouin, Pierre Reverdy, Erle Stanley Gardner, Karel Doorman, Imre Schlosser, and Warner Baxter. Among people deceased in 1971, Philippe Thys ranks 57. Before him are Helene Weigel, Dean Acheson, Carlos P. Garcia, Edie Sedgwick, Ub Iwerks, and Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa. After him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Vladislav Volkov, Jo Siffert, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Shunryū Suzuki.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 253 out of 1,190. Before him are J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Jacques Feyder (1885), John Langenus (1891), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), and Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000). After him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), and Jean Absil (1893).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 4. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), and Roger De Vlaeminck (1947). After him are Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), and Sylvère Maes (1909).

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