TENNIS PLAYER

René Lacoste

1904 - 1996

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Jean René Lacoste (French pronunciation: [ʁəne lakɔst]; 2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and eventually founded the brand and its logo in 1933. Lacoste was one of the Four Musketeers with Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and Henri Cochet, French players who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles at the French, American, and British championships and was an eminent baseline player and tactician of the pre-war period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Lacoste is the 4th most popular tennis player, the 715th most popular biography from France (down from 586th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Tennis Player.

René Lacoste is most famous for inventing the tennis shirt, which he called the "tennis shirt."

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, René Lacoste ranks 4 out of 1,569. Before him are Björn Borg, Novak Djokovic, and Suzanne Lenglen. After him are Rod Laver, Martina Navratilova, Ilie Năstase, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, and Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

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Among people born in 1904, René Lacoste ranks 24. Before him are Louis Néel, Graham Greene, Alexei Kosygin, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Karl Brandt, and Odilo Globočnik. After him are John Hicks, Joan Crawford, Ernst Mayr, Hans Albert Einstein, Werner Forssmann, and Alejo Carpentier. Among people deceased in 1996, René Lacoste ranks 24. Before him are Joseph Brodsky, Babrak Karmal, Joan Clarke, Tiny Tim, Silvio Piola, and Paul Erdős. After him are Sergiu Celibidache, Adolf Galland, Odysseas Elytis, Magda Schneider, William Vickrey, and René Clément.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Lacoste ranks 715 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), François Fénelon (1651), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Alfred de Musset (1810), and Jules Grévy (1807). After him are Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), René Lesson (1794), Ausonius (310), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Léonin (1135), and Vincent Auriol (1884).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In France

Among tennis players born in France, René Lacoste ranks 2. Before him are Suzanne Lenglen (1899). After him are Jean Borotra (1898), Max Decugis (1882), Henri Cochet (1901), Yannick Noah (1960), Philippe Chatrier (1926), Jacques Brugnon (1895), André Prévost (1860), Maurice Germot (1882), André Gobert (1890), and Amélie Mauresmo (1979).

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