RACING DRIVER

Maurice Trintignant

1917 - 2005

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Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis bjɛ̃v(ə)ny ʒɑ̃ pɔl tʁɛ̃tiɲɑ̃]; 30 October 1917 – 13 February 2005) was a French racing driver and winemaker, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1964. Trintignant won two Formula One Grands Prix across 15 seasons. In endurance racing, Trintignant won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1954 with Ferrari. Trintignant competed in Formula One for 11 teams, winning two Grands Prix across 15 seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Trintignant is the 76th most popular racing driver (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,763rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,694th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Maurice Trintignant ranks 76 out of 1,080Before him are Hannu Mikkola, Rudolf Caracciola, Elio de Angelis, Patrick Tambay, Jacques Laffite, and Jacques Villeneuve. After him are Ángel Nieto, Arturo Merzario, Pierre Levegh, Helmuth Koinigg, Piero Taruffi, and Luigi Fagioli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Maurice Trintignant ranks 90Before him are Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, Henry Ford II, David Tomlinson, Yigael Yadin, and Ettore Sottsass. After him are Augusto Roa Bastos, Atle Selberg, Roque Máspoli, Harold Garfinkel, Luis Carniglia, and Irving Penn. Among people deceased in 2005, Maurice Trintignant ranks 68Before him are Urie Bronfenbrenner, George Dantzig, William Westmoreland, Ba Jin, Vincent Schiavelli, and Barrington Moore Jr.. After him are John Garang, Hunter S. Thompson, Narriman Sadek, Augusto Roa Bastos, Cicely Saunders, and Robert Moog.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Trintignant ranks 1,763 out of 6,770Before him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Alphonse Allais (1854), Albert Calmette (1863), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Louis-François de Boufflers (1644). After him are Maurice Duruflé (1902), Marie-Christine Barrault (1944), Balthasar Gérard (1557), William Farel (1489), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Maurice Trintignant ranks 11Before him are Didier Pironi (1952), Patrick Depailler (1944), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Alesi (1964), Patrick Tambay (1949), and Jacques Laffite (1943). After him are Pierre Levegh (1905), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Jo Schlesser (1928), and Jean Behra (1921).