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Louis Chevrolet

1878 - 1941

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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was an American racing driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Chevrolet is the 125th most popular businessperson (down from 101st in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Businessperson.

Louis Chevrolet was a French-born American automobile designer and co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Company.

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Among businesspeople, Louis Chevrolet ranks 125 out of 847. Before him are Christophe Plantin, Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Elizabeth Christ Trump, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky. After him are Thomas Cook, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Eusebi Güell, Michele Ferrero, Gianni Infantino, and Max Manus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Louis Chevrolet ranks 28. Before him are George Whipple, Shigeru Yoshida, Sergio Osmeña, Iwane Matsui, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, and Gustav Radbruch. After him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, and Frank Jarvis. Among people deceased in 1941, Louis Chevrolet ranks 38. Before him are Henri Lebesgue, Ludwig Quidde, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, Sherwood Anderson, and Günther Lütjens. After him are Günther Prien, Annie Jump Cannon, Christian Rakovsky, Mikhail Kirponos, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Sisowath Monivong.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Louis Chevrolet ranks 107 out of 1,015. Before him are Carla Del Ponte (1947), Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), and Louis Agassiz (1807). After him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Henri Guisan (1874), Gianni Infantino (1970), Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), and Alexander Agassiz (1835).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Switzerland

Among businesspeople born in Switzerland, Louis Chevrolet ranks 4. Before him are Sepp Blatter (1936), Joan Gamper (1877), and Aga Khan IV (1936). After him are Gianni Infantino (1970), César Ritz (1850), Peter Sauber (1943), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Umberto Agnelli (1934), Daniel Peter (1836), Julius Maggi (1846), and Paul Sacher (1906).

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