1865 - 1940
Henri Desgrange (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 94,963 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Desgrange is the 2,332nd most popular writer (down from 2,260th in 2019), the 2,560th most popular biography from France (down from 2,400th in 2019) and the 333rd most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,332 out of 5,755. Before him are Zosimos of Panopolis, James Boswell, Edward Bunker, René de Obaldia, Frans G. Bengtsson, and Izumi Shikibu. After him are Salvador de Madariaga, Constantine Manasses, Waldemar Bonsels, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Antimachus, and Boris Akunin.
250 - 251
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 2,326
1740 - 1795
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 2,327
1933 - 2005
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 2,328
1918 - 2022
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 2,329
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 2,330
976 - 1033
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,331
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,332
1886 - 1978
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,333
1130 - 1187
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,334
1880 - 1952
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,335
1812 - 1887
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,336
400 BC - 348 BC
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,337
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,338
Among people born in 1865, Henri Desgrange ranks 72. Before him are Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Archibald Leitch, Lucjan Żeligowski, James Henry Breasted, J. Walter Christie, and Max Heindel. After him are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Said Halim Pasha, Max Nettlau, Max Fabiani, Johannes Franz Hartmann, and Olga Boznańska. Among people deceased in 1940, Henri Desgrange ranks 71. Before him are Jan Kubelík, Gjergj Fishta, Willi Münzenberg, Phan Bội Châu, Arthur Rostron, and Oliver Lodge. After him are Nedo Nadi, Madeleine Astor, John A. Hobson, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Albert Kahn, and Abdelhamid Ben Badis.
1865 - 1945
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 66
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 67
1865 - 1947
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 68
1865 - 1935
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 69
1865 - 1944
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 70
1865 - 1919
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 71
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 72
1865 - 1946
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 73
1865 - 1921
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 74
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 75
1865 - 1962
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 76
1865 - 1936
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 77
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 78
1880 - 1940
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 65
1871 - 1940
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 66
1889 - 1940
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 67
1867 - 1940
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 68
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 69
1851 - 1940
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 70
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 71
1894 - 1940
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 72
1893 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 73
1858 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 74
1883 - 1940
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 75
1860 - 1940
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 76
1889 - 1940
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 77
Among people born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,560 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715), Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux (1767), Pierre d'Aubusson (1423), Colette of Corbie (1381), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), and Amaury de Montfort (1192). After him are Theobald I, Count of Blois (910), Antoine III de Gramont (1604), André Beauneveu (1330), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Dany Boon (1966), and Charles Friedel (1822).
1715 - 1787
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 2,554
1767 - 1794
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 2,555
1423 - 1503
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 2,556
1381 - 1447
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 2,557
1735 - 1796
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 2,558
1192 - 1241
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,559
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,560
910 - 975
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,561
1604 - 1678
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 2,562
1330 - 1400
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,563
1809 - 1864
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 2,564
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,565
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 2,566
Among writers born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 333. Before him are Varro Atacinus (-82), Paul Hazard (1878), André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), François Hotman (1524), Jean Bruller (1902), and Joseph Joffo (1931). After him are Théophile de Viau (1590), Albert Robida (1848), Anne Golon (1921), Jean Astruc (1684), Champfleury (1821), and Savitri Devi (1905).
82 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 327
1878 - 1944
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 328
1909 - 1991
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 329
1524 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 330
1902 - 1991
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 331
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 332
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 333
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 334
1848 - 1926
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 335
1921 - 2017
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 336
1684 - 1766
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 337
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 338
1905 - 1982
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 339