1889 - 1971
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 60,329 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Thys is the 21st most popular cyclist (down from 16th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Philippe Thys ranks 21 out of 1,214. Before him are Charly Gaul, Roger De Vlaeminck, Henri Cornet, Joop Zoetemelk, Federico Bahamontes, and Rik Van Steenbergen. After him are Hugo Koblet, Nicolas Frantz, Lucien Petit-Breton, Jan Janssen, Louis Trousselier, and Luis Ocaña.
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 16
1884 - 1941
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 18
1928 - 2023
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 19
1924 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 20
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 21
1925 - 1964
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 22
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 23
1882 - 1917
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 24
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 25
1881 - 1939
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 26
1945 - 1994
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1889, Philippe Thys ranks 75. Before him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, R. G. Collingwood, Pierre Reverdy, Léon Brillouin, Pavel Dybenko, and Frans Masereel. After him are John B. Kelly Sr., Erhard Raus, Kenwa Mabuni, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Emil Brunner, and Mile Budak. Among people deceased in 1971, Philippe Thys ranks 60. Before him are Helene Weigel, Van Heflin, Dean Acheson, J. D. Bernal, Dita Parlo, and Leslie White. After him are Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Hermann Ehrhardt, Paul Lukas, Erich Abraham, and August Derleth.
1889 - 1918
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 69
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 70
1889 - 1960
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 71
1889 - 1969
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 72
1889 - 1938
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 73
1889 - 1972
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 74
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 75
1889 - 1960
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 76
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 77
1889 - 1952
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 78
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 79
1889 - 1966
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 80
1889 - 1945
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 81
1900 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 54
1908 - 1971
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 55
1893 - 1971
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 56
1901 - 1971
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 57
1906 - 1971
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 58
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 60
1896 - 1971
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 61
1902 - 1971
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1881 - 1971
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 64
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 65
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 66
Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 241 out of 1,019. Before him are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), and Frans Masereel (1889). After him are Robert Cailliau (1947), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Emile Vandervelde (1866), and Leo Tindemans (1922).
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 235
1924 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 236
1851 - 1926
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 237
1370 - 1412
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 238
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 239
1889 - 1972
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 240
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 241
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 242
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 243
1231 - 1261
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 244
1293 - 1381
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 245
1866 - 1938
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 246
1922 - 2014
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 247
Among cyclists born in Belgium, Philippe Thys ranks 5. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), and Rik Van Steenbergen (1924). After him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Odile Defraye (1888), and Stan Ockers (1920).
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 3
1924 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 4
1889 - 1971
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 6
1944 - 2019
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 7
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 8
1909 - 1966
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 10
1888 - 1965
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 11
1920 - 1956
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 12