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Philippe Thys

1889 - 1971

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Philippe Thys (pronounced [fi.lip tis]; Dutch: Philippe Thijs; 8 October 1889 – 16 January 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Thys has received more than 61,247 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Philippe Thys is the 24th most popular cyclist (down from 21st in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 241st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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  • 57.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Philippe Thys ranks 24 out of 1,613. Before him are Roger De Vlaeminck, Marco Pantani, Luis Ocaña, Alfredo Binda, Sante Gaiardoni, and Tom Simpson. After him are Roger Pingeon, Laurent Fignon, Octave Lapize, Jan Janssen, Lucien Van Impe, and Rik Van Steenbergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Philippe Thys ranks 69. Before him are Takeo Kurita, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Alma Karlin, and Khudiram Bose. After him are Harry Nyquist, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Pavel Dybenko, Frans Masereel, Ernst Niekisch, and Reşat Nuri Güntekin. Among people deceased in 1971, Philippe Thys ranks 53. Before him are Gene Vincent, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ralph Bunche, Vladislav Volkov, T. V. Soong, and Jo Siffert. After him are J. D. Bernal, Viktor Patsayev, Dean Acheson, Royal Rife, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Dita Parlo.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 225 out of 1,190. Before him are Pierre de la Rue (1460), Lutgardis (1182), Frans Hogenberg (1535), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Ida of Lorraine (1040), and Jean Absil (1893). After him are Clemens August of Bavaria (1700), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Adalard of Corbie (751), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), and Georges Leekens (1949).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 4. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), and Roger De Vlaeminck (1947). After him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Patrick Sercu (1944), Odile Defraye (1888), Firmin Lambot (1886), Léon Scieur (1888), Freddy Maertens (1952), and Briek Schotte (1919).

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