RACING DRIVER

Louis Rosier

1905 - 1956

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Louis Claude Rosier (French pronunciation: [lwi ʁozje]; 5 November 1905 – 29 October 1956) was a French racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. In endurance racing, Rosier won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1950 in a privateer Talbot-Lago T26C-GS. Rosier competed in Formula One under his own Écurie Rosier banner, making privateer entries in machinery from Talbot-Lago, Ferrari, and Maserati; he also competed for the works teams of Talbot and Maserati, the former of which he scored back-to-back podium finishes with at the Swiss and Belgian Grands Prix in 1950. Rosier competed in nine editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1938 and 1956, winning in 1950 alongside his son Jean-Louis Rosier, which remains the only father-and-son victory in Le Mans history. In October 1956, Rosier died as a result of injuries sustained whilst sportscar racing in a Ferrari 750 Monza at Montlhéry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Rosier is the 168th most popular racing driver (down from 156th in 2019), the 3,078th most popular biography from France (down from 3,002nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Louis Rosier ranks 168 out of 1,080. Before him are Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, Olivier Gendebien, Raymond Sommer, Sandro Munari, and Alan Stacey. After him are Johnny Cecotto, Manfred Winkelhock, Luigi Taveri, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Guy Edwards, and Luigi Villoresi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Louis Rosier ranks 147. Before him are László Benedek, Seni Pramoj, Frits Philips, Victor Kravchenko, Anfilogino Guarisi, and Robert Donat. After him are Henry Koster, Grigori Kozintsev, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Edwin H. Colbert, and Zdeněk Burian. Among people deceased in 1956, Louis Rosier ranks 109. Before him are Heinrich Barkhausen, Stan Ockers, Eduardo Lonardi, Jean Hersholt, Henri Callot, and Samad Vurgun. After him are Meghnad Saha, Vladimir Obruchev, Jacques Moeschal, Walther Kossel, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Mikhail Tereshchenko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Rosier ranks 3,078 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Decroux (1898), Hilaire Belloc (1870), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Julie Billiart (1751), Jean Fernel (1497), and Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786). After him are Charles Despiau (1874), Marie-José Nat (1940), Gershom ben Judah (960), Alexis Korner (1928), Lucien Gaudin (1886), and Peter Fourier (1565).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Louis Rosier ranks 26. Before him are Henri Pescarolo (1942), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Guy Ligier (1930), Thierry Sabine (1949), Olivier Panis (1966), and Raymond Sommer (1906). After him are Didier Auriol (1958), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Érik Comas (1963), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), and Jean Ragnotti (1945).

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