RACING DRIVER

Pierre Levegh

1905 - 1955

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Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin (22 December 1905 – 11 June 1955) was a French sportsman and racing driver. He took the racing name Pierre Levegh ([ləvɛk]) in memory of his uncle Alfred Velghe, a pioneering driver who died in 1904. Levegh died in the 1955 Le Mans disaster which also killed 81 spectators during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans automobile race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Levegh is the 79th most popular racing driver (up from 87th in 2019), the 1,818th most popular biography from France (up from 2,007th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Pierre Levegh ranks 79 out of 1,080. Before him are Patrick Tambay, Jacques Laffite, Jacques Villeneuve, Maurice Trintignant, Ángel Nieto, and Arturo Merzario. After him are Helmuth Koinigg, Piero Taruffi, Luigi Fagioli, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Sebastian Vettel, and José Froilán González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Pierre Levegh ranks 79. Before him are Jigme Wangchuck, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Federica Montseny, Heinz Lammerding, Banine, and Wolfram Sievers. After him are Takeo Fukuda, Pierre Gemayel, Chen Yun, Albert Pierrepoint, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Ludwig Fischer. Among people deceased in 1955, Pierre Levegh ranks 51. Before him are Léon Werth, Theda Bara, Max Pechstein, Alfréd Hajós, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, and Olga Khokhlova. After him are Manuel Ávila Camacho, Henri Delaunay, Nicolas de Staël, Erich Brandenberger, Edward Kasner, and Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Levegh ranks 1,818 out of 6,770. Before him are Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Henri Michel (1947), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Pierre Cambronne (1770), and Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (1043). After him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Marie Trintignant (1962), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), and Pierre Nora (1931).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Pierre Levegh ranks 12. Before him are Patrick Depailler (1944), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Alesi (1964), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jacques Laffite (1943), and Maurice Trintignant (1917). After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Jo Schlesser (1928), Jean Behra (1921), and Paul Frère (1917).

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