WRITER

Henri Desgrange

1865 - 1940

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Henri Desgrange (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deɡʁɑ̃ʒ]; 31 January 1865 – 16 August 1940) was a French bicycle racer and sports journalist. He set twelve world track cycling records, including the hour record of 35.325 kilometres (21.950 mi) on 11 May 1893. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Desgrange has received more than 103,944 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Henri Desgrange is the 2,276th most popular writer (up from 2,325th in 2019), the 2,556th most popular biography from France (down from 2,552nd in 2019) and the 322nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,276 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Bunker, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Fritz Leiber, Erin Hunter, and John W. Campbell. After him are Rahul Sankrityayan, Christina Rossetti, Heinrich Glarean, Tomé Pires, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, and Robert Ressler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Henri Desgrange ranks 71. Before him are Rafael Merry del Val, Aspazija, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, John Stanley Plaskett, and Isaac Israëls. After him are J. Walter Christie, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, James Henry Breasted, Erich von Drygalski, Eduardo di Capua, and Archibald Leitch. Among people deceased in 1940, Henri Desgrange ranks 68. Before him are Marie Krøyer, Willi Münzenberg, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Phan Bội Châu, Luigi Orione, and Jehan Alain. After him are Janina Lewandowska, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Alfred Loisy, Gjergj Fishta, Robert Hichens, and Oliver Lodge.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,556 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume Dubois (1656), Pierre Fournier (1906), Gérard Oury (1919), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), Marcellin Champagnat (1789), and Eric Abidal (1979). After him are Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), Christophe Galtier (1966), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), and Simone Simon (1911).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 322. Before him are Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), Jean d'Ormesson (1925), Georges Ohnet (1848), Édouard Drumont (1844), and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802). After him are Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean Raspail (1925), Pascal Quignard (1948), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), and Marius Aventicensis (532).

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