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Lazare Ponticelli

1897 - 2008

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Lazare Ponticelli (born Lazzaro Ponticelli; 24 December 1897, later mistranscribed as 7 December – 12 March 2008), Knight of Vittorio Veneto, was at 110, the last surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die. Born in Italy, he travelled on his own to France at the age of eight. Aged 16, he lied about his age in order to join the French Army at the start of the war in 1914, before being transferred against his will to the Italian Army the following year. After the war, he came back to Paris where he and his brothers founded the piping and metal work company Ponticelli Frères (Ponticelli Brothers), which produced supplies for the Second World War effort and as of August 2024, is still in business. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lazare Ponticelli is the 302nd most popular businessperson (up from 322nd in 2019), the 2,411th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,656th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 302 out of 847. Before him are Mineko Iwasaki, Kirk Kerkorian, Dietmar Hopp, John C. Bogle, Katharine Graham, and Daniel Peter. After him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, George Williams, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Larry Silverstein, Robert Nobel, and Sergio Marchionne.

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Among people born in 1897, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 136. Before him are Elisabeth Bergner, Bulbul, Georgy Shpagin, Agustín Lara, Georgios Grivas, and Wilhelm Falley. After him are Edith Head, Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, Valentin Kataev, Tan Malaka, and Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 2008, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 124. Before him are Sofiko Chiaureli, Bronisław Geremek, Maila Nurmi, Ove Andersson, Fred Sinowatz, and Joseph M. Juran. After him are Khiuaz Dospanova, Marie Smith Jones, Jürgen Ehlers, Joan Segarra, Charles Tilly, and David Ausubel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 2,411 out of 5,161. Before him are Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Francesco Pesellino (1422), Umberto Lenzi (1931), Prospero Fontana (1512), Luigi Ganna (1883), and Geminianus (312). After him are Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Luca Cambiaso (1527), Publius Decius Mus (-400), Giovanni Pascoli (1855), Andrea Falconieri (1580), and Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 20. Before him are Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947), Marcel Bich (1914), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Stefano Casiraghi (1960), Mino Raiola (1967), and Francesco Baracca (1888). After him are Leonardo Del Vecchio (1935), Sergio Marchionne (1952), Edoardo Agnelli (1892), Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Nino Cerruti (1930), and Maurizio Arrivabene (1957).

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