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Bruno Ruffo

1920 - 2007

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Bruno Ruffo (9 December 1920 – 10 February 2007 ) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer born in Verona. He won three Grand Prix World Championships. In 1949, he won the inaugural 250cc World Championship riding for the Italian Moto Guzzi factory. During the 1950 season, Ruffo was annoyed that Moto Guzzi instructed him to let his teammate win the Championship that year while he finished third. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno Ruffo is the 257th most popular racing driver (up from 291st in 2019), the 3,166th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,364th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Bruno Ruffo ranks 257 out of 1,080. Before him are Philippe Alliot, Sergio Pérez, Tim Schenken, Arthur Owen, Robert Manzon, and Martin Donnelly. After him are Carlo Ubbiali, Rudi Fischer, Jim Rathmann, Umberto Maglioli, Lee Wallard, and Mick Schumacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Bruno Ruffo ranks 245. Before him are Hilmar Baunsgaard, Nikolai Grinko, Virginia Mayo, Gabrielle Wittkop, Paul Mebus, and Edmonde Charles-Roux. After him are Nilde Iotti, Werner Klemperer, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Heleno de Freitas, and Ronald Speirs. Among people deceased in 2007, Bruno Ruffo ranks 213. Before him are Robert Anton Wilson, Fons Rademakers, Milan Jelić, Bruno Mattei, Zara Dolukhanova, and Pierre Granier-Deferre. After him are Ken McGregor, Paulinho de Almeida, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Hallgeir Brenden, Vlatko Pavletić, and Ronald Speirs.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bruno Ruffo ranks 3,167 out of 5,161. Before him are Nicola Piovani (1946), Giancarlo Ferrari (1942), Ottavio Bianchi (1943), Ettore Messina (1959), Lucius Marcius Philippus (-141), and Lino Banfi (1936). After him are Nilde Iotti (1920), Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854), Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus (-300), Ercole Dembowski (1812), and Giuseppe Delfino (1921).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Bruno Ruffo ranks 42. Before him are Andrea de Adamich (1941), Ignazio Giunti (1941), Felice Bonetto (1903), Attilio Bettega (1953), Dorino Serafini (1909), and Nicola Larini (1964). After him are Carlo Ubbiali (1929), Umberto Maglioli (1928), Piercarlo Ghinzani (1952), Ernesto Brambilla (1934), Luca Badoer (1971), and Giulio Cabianca (1923).

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