All sports for all people.
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.
Pierre de Coubertin Historian
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: France
- Born: 1863
- Died: Sep 2, 1937
Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games. Born into a French aristocratic family, he became an academic and studied a broad range of topics, most notably education and history.