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Henri Desgrange

1865 - 1940

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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

Among writers, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,332 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Henri Desgrange ranks 72Before 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 71Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 2,560 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Desgrange ranks 333Before 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).