RACING DRIVER

Tazio Nuvolari

1892 - 1953

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Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (Italian: [ˈtattsjo ˈdʒordʒo nuvoˈlaːri]; 16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver. He first raced motorcycles and then concentrated on sports cars and Grand Prix racing. Originally of Mantua, he was nicknamed il Mantovano Volante ("the Flying Mantuan") and Nuvola ("Cloud"). His victories—72 major races, 150 in all—included 24 Grands Prix, five Coppa Cianos, two Mille Miglias, two Targa Florios, two RAC Tourist Trophies, a Le Mans 24-hour race, and a European Championship in Grand Prix racing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tazio Nuvolari is the 66th most popular racing driver (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,452nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,389th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tazio Nuvolari ranks 66 out of 1,080. Before him are Michèle Mouton, Michele Alboreto, Lorenzo Bandini, Walter Röhrl, Louis Chiron, and Alan Jones. After him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Jo Bonnier, Jean Alesi, Hannu Mikkola, Rudolf Caracciola, and Elio de Angelis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Tazio Nuvolari ranks 69. Before him are Tamon Yamaguchi, Eiji Yoshikawa, Germaine Tailleferre, Harry Stack Sullivan, Manuel Roxas, and Mikhail Gurevich. After him are Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Alfonsina Storni, Marcel Dassault, Günther Blumentritt, and César Vallejo. Among people deceased in 1953, Tazio Nuvolari ranks 38. Before him are Lionel Logue, Otto Meissner, Ludwig Prandtl, Ernst Zermelo, Dylan Thomas, and Wilhelm Stuckart. After him are Richard von Mises, Johan Laidoner, Margaret Bondfield, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Bill Tilden, and Jean Epstein.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tazio Nuvolari ranks 1,452 out of 5,161. Before him are Musa of Parthia (-40), Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467), Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819), Bianca Cappello (1548), Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), and Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315). After him are Gnaeus Octavius (-200), Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936), Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610), Gabriele Ferzetti (1925), Gaius Marius the Younger (-109), and Carlo Dolci (1616).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Tazio Nuvolari ranks 10. Before him are Giacomo Agostini (1942), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Lella Lombardi (1941), Valentino Rossi (1979), and Michele Alboreto (1956). After him are Elio de Angelis (1958), Arturo Merzario (1943), Piero Taruffi (1906), Luigi Fagioli (1898), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), and Eugenio Castellotti (1930).

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