# Henri Desgrange

> French racing cyclist, journalist and organiser of the first Tour de France (1865–1940)

**Wikidata**: [Q436679](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436679)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Desgrange)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/henri-desgrange


## References

1. birth certificate
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. BnF authorities
4. [Source](http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article2629)
5. International Standard Name Identifier
6. Léonore database
7. Encyclopædia Universalis
8. Roglo
9. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013