RACING DRIVER

Piero Taruffi

1906 - 1988

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Piero Taruffi ("Pierino Antonio Alberto Taruffi") (12 October 1906 – 12 January 1988) was an Italian racing driver, motorcycle road racer, motorsport executive and engineer, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Taruffi won the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix with Ferrari. In endurance racing, Taruffi won the Mille Miglia in 1957, also with Ferrari. In Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Taruffi won the 1932 European Championship in the premier 500cc class with Norton. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piero Taruffi is the 81st most popular racing driver (up from 94th in 2019), the 1,700th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,957th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Piero Taruffi ranks 81 out of 1,080. Before him are Jacques Villeneuve, Maurice Trintignant, Ángel Nieto, Arturo Merzario, Pierre Levegh, and Helmuth Koinigg. After him are Luigi Fagioli, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Sebastian Vettel, José Froilán González, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and Eugenio Castellotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Piero Taruffi ranks 95. Before him are Primo Carnera, Nazim al-Qudsi, Muzafer Sherif, John Carradine, Joaquín Balaguer, and Franz Hössler. After him are Heinz Harmel, Junio Valerio Borghese, Curtis LeMay, Eleanor Hibbert, Louise Brooks, and George Sanders. Among people deceased in 1988, Piero Taruffi ranks 54. Before him are Ana Aslan, Karl August Wittfogel, Dino Grandi, Paul Grice, Muzafer Sherif, and John Carradine. After him are Isamu Noguchi, René Char, Antonín Puč, Viktors Arājs, Renato Salvatori, and Raymond Dart.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Piero Taruffi ranks 1,700 out of 5,161. Before him are Aly Khan (1911), Gaetano Mosca (1858), Antipope Benedict X (1048), Leonardo Loredan (1436), Cesare Prandelli (1957), and Laura Pausini (1974). After him are Pietro Bernini (1562), Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Alessandro Altobelli (1955), Antonio Salandra (1853), Blanche of Anjou (1280), and Vincenzo Peruggia (1881).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Piero Taruffi ranks 13. Before him are Lella Lombardi (1941), Valentino Rossi (1979), Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), and Arturo Merzario (1943). After him are Luigi Fagioli (1898), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Luigi Musso (1924), and Andrea de Cesaris (1959).

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