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Gérard Larrousse

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Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse (born 23 May 1940) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, driving a Matra-Simca MS670. After the end of his career as racing car driver, he continued to be involved in Formula One as a team manager for Renault. He later founded and ran his own Formula One team, Larrousse, from 1987 to 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Larrousse is the 178th most popular engineer (down from 157th in 2019), the 3,168th most popular biography from France (down from 2,919th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Gérard Larrousse ranks 178 out of 389. Before him are Gustave Whitehead, Louis Charles Breguet, Hanns Hörbiger, Alphonse Pénaud, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, and Alexander Mozhaysky. After him are John Smeaton, Ma Jun, Kerim Kerimov, Gotthilf Hagen, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, and Pierre-Paul Riquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gérard Larrousse ranks 220. Before him are Christoph Blocher, Wim Ruska, Marcelino Martínez, Jack Nicklaus, Dallas Long, and Kunimitsu Takahashi. After him are Jana Brejchová, Silvio Marzolini, Gösta Pettersson, Tommy Lawrence, Endre Szemerédi, and Jaime Roldós Aguilera.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Larrousse ranks 3,168 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739), Yvon Douis (1935), Octave Feuillet (1821), Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), and Guillaume Rondelet (1507). After him are Albert Kahn (1860), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Michel Berger (1947), Patricia Kaas (1966), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), and Achille Richard (1794).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Gérard Larrousse ranks 24. Before him are Marc Seguin (1786), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Pierre Berthier (1782), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), and Alphonse Pénaud (1850). After him are Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Louis Dollo (1857), Jorge Chávez (1887), Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), and Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822).

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