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Roland Garros

1888 - 1918

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Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros (French pronunciation: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]; 6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. Garros began a career in aviation in 1909 and performed many early feats such as the first-ever airplane crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in 1913. He joined the French army and became one of the earliest fighter pilots during World War I. Garros was shot down and died on 5 October 1918. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Garros has received more than 335,448 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Roland Garros is the 3rd most popular pilot (up from 5th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Réunion (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Pilot.

The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is a tournament that is held on clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament is the second of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and is played on the red clay surface.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Roland Garros ranks 3 out of 71. Before him are Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart. After him are Sabiha Gökçen, Hanna Reitsch, Adolf Galland, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Francis Gary Powers, Ivan Kozhedub, and Hermann Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Roland Garros ranks 18. Before him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Nestor Makhno, Jean Monnet, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Raymond Chandler, and John Logie Baird. After him are C. V. Raman, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Frits Zernike, Alexander Friedmann, Eugene O'Neill, and Richard E. Byrd. Among people deceased in 1918, Roland Garros ranks 25. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Georgi Plekhanov, and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Niko Pirosmani, Fanny Kaplan, Lavr Kornilov, César Cui, Frederick Trump, and Ferdinand Hodler.

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In Réunion

Among people born in Réunion, Roland Garros ranks 2 out of 16. Before him are Michel Houellebecq (1956). After him are Ambroise Vollard (1866), Leconte de Lisle (1818), Raymond Barre (1924), Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), Dimitri Payet (1987), Évariste de Parny (1753), Edmond Albius (1829), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), and Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984).

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Among PILOTS In Réunion

Among pilots born in Réunion, Roland Garros ranks 1. 

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