RACING DRIVER

Didier Pironi

1952 - 1987

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Didier Joseph Louis Pironi (26 March 1952 – 23 August 1987) was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982. Pironi was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1982 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across five seasons. In endurance racing, Pironi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 with Renault. Born and raised in Val-de-Marne, Pironi was the half-brother of racing driver José Dolhem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Didier Pironi is the 53rd most popular racing driver (down from 44th in 2024), the 1,292nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,253rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Didier Pironi ranks 53 out of 1,080. Before him are Riccardo Patrese, Rubens Barrichello, René Arnoux, Lewis Hamilton, Lella Lombardi, and Tony Brooks. After him are Valentino Rossi, Wolfgang von Trips, Ari Vatanen, Patrick Depailler, Kimi Räikkönen, and Mark Webber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Didier Pironi ranks 75. Before him are CCH Pounder, Uli Hoeneß, Irina Bokova, Jeff Lindsay, Guillermo Vilas, and Bert van Marwijk. After him are Lee Hsien Loong, Dan Aykroyd, Umberto Tozzi, Reinhard Genzel, Ari Vatanen, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. Among people deceased in 1987, Didier Pironi ranks 34. Before him are Jean Anouilh, Nobusuke Kishi, Andrés Segovia, Joseph Campbell, Luis Federico Leloir, and Anthony de Mello. After him are André Masson, Jacqueline du Pré, Peter Tosh, Yasuo Haruyama, Jaco Pastorius, and Erskine Caldwell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Didier Pironi ranks 1,292 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Boyer (1899), Jean Mabillon (1632), François Cluzet (1955), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Lúcio Costa (1902), and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393). After him are Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), André Maginot (1877), Raymond Poulidor (1936), and Georges Prêtre (1924).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Didier Pironi ranks 5. Before him are Alain Prost (1955), François Cevert (1944), Jean Todt (1946), and René Arnoux (1948). After him are Patrick Depailler (1944), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Alesi (1964), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jacques Laffite (1943), Maurice Trintignant (1917), and Pierre Levegh (1905).

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