# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henri-desgrange
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:28:49.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henri-desgrange"
name: "Henri Desgrange"
slug: "henri-desgrange"
description: "Henri Desgrange 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. He was the first organiser of the Tour de France."
tagline: "French racing cyclist, journalist and organiser of the first Tour de France (1865–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri_Desgrange.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1865-01-31"
deathDate: "1940-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.19460533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump