RACING DRIVER

Raymond Sommer

1906 - 1950

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Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950) was a French racing driver. He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both 1932 and 1933, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans, he did lead each event until 1938. Sommer was also competitive at the highest level in Grand Prix motor racing, but did not win a race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Sommer is the 165th most popular racing driver (up from 175th in 2019), the 3,060th most popular biography from France (up from 3,141st in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Raymond Sommer ranks 165 out of 1,080. Before him are Conny Andersson, Richie Ginther, Olivier Panis, Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, and Olivier Gendebien. After him are Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Louis Rosier, Johnny Cecotto, Manfred Winkelhock, and Luigi Taveri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Raymond Sommer ranks 155. Before him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Alec Issigonis, William Joyce, Joan Hickson, Tribhuvan of Nepal, and Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov. After him are Marian Spychalski, Endre Kabos, Samad Vurgun, Thomas S. Gates Jr., T. H. White, and Bob King. Among people deceased in 1950, Raymond Sommer ranks 91. Before him are Nikolai Luzin, Yi Kwang-su, Aliya bint Ali, Ulrich Graf, Alan Hale Sr., and Joanni Perronet. After him are Edwin Sutherland, Edgar Lee Masters, Santiago Casares Quiroga, Théodore Steeg, John C. Woods, and Joseph, Duke of Parma.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Sommer ranks 3,060 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Laurens (1885), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Charles Percier (1764), Jean-Louis Forain (1852), Nasreddine Dinet (1861), and Pierre Vernier (1580). After him are Louis Buffet (1818), Charles Tournemire (1870), Mathieu Amalric (1965), Félix Bracquemond (1833), Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), and Salomon de Brosse (1571).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Raymond Sommer ranks 25. Before him are Paul Belmondo (1963), Henri Pescarolo (1942), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Guy Ligier (1930), Thierry Sabine (1949), and Olivier Panis (1966). After him are Louis Rosier (1905), Didier Auriol (1958), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Érik Comas (1963), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), and Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942).

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