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Jean Borotra

Jean Borotra, French tennis player (died 1994)

Born
August 13, 1898
Died
July 17, 1994
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1898

About Jean Borotra

Jean Laurent Robert Borotra was a French tennis champion. He was one of the "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won four Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and All England championships. He also made the final of the World Covered Court Championships in 1922, losing to Henri Cochet, but won the doubles and mixed doubles.

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The world when Jean Borotra was born

Jean Borotra was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean Borotra's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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