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François Faber

1887 - 1915

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François Faber (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa fa.bɛʁ]; 26 January 1887 – 9 May 1915) was a Luxembourgian racing cyclist. He was born in France. He was the first foreigner to win the Tour de France in 1909, and his record of winning 5 consecutive stages still stands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Faber has received more than 75,631 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. François Faber is the 32nd most popular cyclist (down from 14th in 2019), the 2,312th most popular biography from France (down from 1,899th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, François Faber ranks 32 out of 1,613Before him are Laurent Fignon, Octave Lapize, Jan Janssen, Lucien Van Impe, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Nicolas Frantz. After him are Louison Bobet, Patrick Sercu, Francisco Gabica, Ottavio Bottecchia, Odile Defraye, and Louis Trousselier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, François Faber ranks 96Before him are Friedrich Zander, Jack Phillips, Hanns Kerrl, Hitoshi Ashida, Annette Kellermann, and Roscoe Arbuckle. After him are Walter Ruttmann, Samuil Marshak, Johann Radon, Miklós Kállay, Kurt Atterberg, and James Finlayson. Among people deceased in 1915, François Faber ranks 40Before him are Ankō Itosu, Hans Gross, Theodor Leschetizky, Vazha-Pshavela, Mubarak Al-Sabah, and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild. After him are Sandford Fleming, Anatoly Stessel, Friedrich Loeffler, Nagakura Shinpachi, Danilo Ilić, and Akaki Tsereteli.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Faber ranks 2,312 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), François Certain de Canrobert (1809), François Hotman (1524), Félix Ziem (1821), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), and Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905). After him are Petronilla of Aquitaine (1125), Henri Duparc (1848), Catherine Breillat (1948), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Henry Beaufort (1374), and Honoré d'Urfé (1567).

Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, François Faber ranks 9Before him are Bernard Hinault (1954), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Henri Cornet (1884), Roger Pingeon (1940), Laurent Fignon (1960), and Octave Lapize (1887). After him are Louison Bobet (1925), Louis Trousselier (1881), Roger Walkowiak (1927), Antonin Magne (1904), Henri Pélissier (1889), and André Leducq (1904).