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name: "Henri de Baillet-Latour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henri-de-baillet-latour"
fi1m_id: "henri-de-baillet-latour"
imdb_id: "nm0207214"
tmdb_id: 10276
wikidata_id: "Q314193"
roles: []
born: "1 March 1876"
died: "6 January 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:47:18.861934+00:00"
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# Henri de Baillet-Latour

## Identity

Henri de Baillet-Latour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henri-de-baillet-latour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henri-de-baillet-latour
- **IMDb ID:** nm0207214
- **TMDB ID:** 10276
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314193
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Baillet-Latour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10276

Actor. Born 1 March 1876 in Brussels. Died 6 January 1942.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 March 1876, Brussels
- **Died:** 6 January 1942
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Baillet-Latour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10276

## Biography

Henri de Baillet-Latour was a Belgian aristocrat and sports administrator. He served as the third president of the International Olympic Committee from 1925 until his death.

Born on 1 March 1876 and died on 6 January 1942, both in Brussels, he helped organise the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp as president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and succeeded Pierre de Coubertin in the IOC role.

He appeared as himself, uncredited, in Leni Riefenstahl's documentary *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), standing with Adolf Hitler and hurdlers at the 1936 Games, and is seen in archive footage in *Sunshine* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, olympedia.org, cinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Fi1m 75, as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)

## Gallery

- ![Henri de Baillet-Latour. Fotografia portretowa.](https://film.one/media/person/3857561/gallery-f1fe93371dc8.jpg) Henri de Baillet-Latour. Fotografia portretowa. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/De_Baillet-Latour_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg/1280px-De_Baillet-Latour_%283x4_cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Book by Pierre de Coubertin (1909)](https://film.one/media/person/3857561/gallery-7a3ed04e1eda.jpg) Book by Pierre de Coubertin (1909) — Pierre de Coubertin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Coubertin_-_Une_campagne_de_vingt-et-un_ans%2C_1909_%28page_179_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: Franz Ferd[inand] of Austria and wife; Countess Baillet de Latour Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913)](https://film.one/media/person/3857561/gallery-5b7e0391abb5.jpg) Title: Franz Ferd[inand] of Austria and wife; Countess Baillet de Latour Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1913) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Franz_Ferd%28inand%29_of_Austria_and_wife%3B_Countess_Baillet_de_Latour_LCCN2014694954.jpg/1280px-Franz_Ferd%28inand%29_of_Austria_and_wife%3B_Countess_Baillet_de_Latour_LCCN2014694954.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Also known for

- *Sunshine* (1999), Self - with Hitler and Diem (archive footage) (uncredited)

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