RACING DRIVER

Paul Frère

1917 - 2008

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Paul Frère (French pronunciation: [pɔl fʁɛʁ]; 30 January 1917 – 23 February 2008) was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points. He drove in several non-Championship Formula One races, winning the 1952 Grand Prix des Frontières and 1960 VI South African Grand Prix. He also won the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for Ferrari with fellow Belgian teammate Olivier Gendebien. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Frère is the 121st most popular racing driver (down from 117th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from France (up from 2,472nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Paul Frère ranks 121 out of 1,080. Before him are Riccardo Paletti, Tommi Mäkinen, Peter Collins, Nico Hülkenberg, Pedro Rodríguez, and Lucien Bianchi. After him are Felipe Massa, Danny Sullivan, Paul Belmondo, Robert Kubica, Henri Pescarolo, and Jos Verstappen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Paul Frère ranks 122. Before him are Džemal Bijedić, Vera Lynn, June Allyson, John Connally, Carlos Puebla, and Erich Rudorffer. After him are Petar Brzica, Fulbert Youlou, Maya Deren, Mak Dizdar, Wieland Wagner, and Yakov Pavlov. Among people deceased in 2008, Paul Frère ranks 96. Before him are Manuel Marulanda, Jean Delannoy, Eva Dahlbeck, Claude Piron, Dinko Šakić, and Rubens de Falco. After him are Kon Ichikawa, Joseph Weizenbaum, Ann Savage, Edna Parker, Levy Mwanawasa, and Alfred Pfaff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Frère ranks 2,460 out of 6,770. Before him are Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885), Edgar Faure (1908), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199), and Maurice Rouvier (1842). After him are Antoine Béchamp (1816), Renée Simonot (1911), Richeza of Lotharingia (995), Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297), Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (1922), and Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Paul Frère ranks 18. Before him are Pierre Levegh (1905), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Jo Schlesser (1928), and Jean Behra (1921). After him are Paul Belmondo (1963), Henri Pescarolo (1942), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Guy Ligier (1930), Thierry Sabine (1949), and Olivier Panis (1966).

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