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Philippe de Rothschild

Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (died 1988)

Born
April 13, 1902
Died
January 20, 1988
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1902

About Philippe de Rothschild

Philippe, Baron de Rothschild was a member of the Rothschild banking family who became a Grand Prix motor racing driver, a screenwriter and playwright, a theatrical producer, a film producer, a poet, and a wine grower. Continued improvement was finally rewarded when Georges Philippe won the Burgundy Grand Prix three weeks later, finishing ahead of Guy Bouriat in a second Rothschild T35C. Rothschild made his first competition appearance in the Paris–Nice auto race of 1928, competing in a borrowed Hispano-Suiza. In 1973, Château Mouton Rothschild became the only French vineyard to ever achieve reclassification to First Growth, thanks to decades of lobbying. In 1962 at Mouton the Rothschilds created the Museum of Wine in Art.

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Philippe de Rothschild timeline

  1. Rothschild made his first competition appearance in the Paris–Nice auto race of 1928, competing in a borrowed Hispano-Suiza.
  2. In 1962 at Mouton the Rothschilds created the Museum of Wine in Art.
  3. In 1973, Château Mouton Rothschild became the only French vineyard to ever achieve reclassification to First Growth, thanks to decades of lobbying.

The world when Philippe de Rothschild was born

Philippe de Rothschild was born in 1902. 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.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Philippe de Rothschild's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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