RACING DRIVER

Giuseppe Farina

1906 - 1966

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Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈniːno faˈriːna]; 30 October 1906 – 30 June 1966) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1950 season with Alfa Romeo, and won five Grands Prix across seven seasons. Born in Turin, Farina was the son of Giovanni Farina, founder of Stabilimenti Farina. Aged nine, he started driving a two-cylinder Temperino, eventually progressing to hillclimbing in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Farina is the 11th most popular racing driver, the 569th most popular biography from Italy (up from 581st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Giuseppe Farina is most famous for being the first man to win the Formula One World Championship.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Giuseppe Farina ranks 11 out of 1,080. Before him are Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Alberto Ascari. After him are Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Ken Miles, Jackie Stewart, and Jochen Rindt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Giuseppe Farina ranks 30. Before him are Albert Hofmann, Victor Vasarely, Roberto Rossellini, Hans Bethe, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Sayyid Qutb. After him are Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, Hermann Fegelein, and Léon Degrelle. Among people deceased in 1966, Giuseppe Farina ranks 12. Before him are Peter Debye, Georges Lemaître, Alberto Giacometti, Sepp Dietrich, Jean Arp, and Sayyid Qutb. After him are Sergei Korolev, Frits Zernike, George de Hevesy, Cemal Gürsel, Felix Steiner, and Ken Miles.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Farina ranks 569 out of 5,161. Before him are Ornella Muti (1955), Alberto Ascari (1918), Petronius Maximus (396), Marcello Lippi (1948), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), and Pope Benedict V (930). After him are Pope Stephen II (715), Lambert of Italy (880), Scribonia (-70), Livius Andronicus (-280), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), and Filippino Lippi (1457).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Giuseppe Farina ranks 3. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898), and Alberto Ascari (1918). After him are Giacomo Agostini (1942), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Lella Lombardi (1941), Valentino Rossi (1979), Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), and Arturo Merzario (1943).

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