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RACING DRIVER

Bruno Ruffo

1920 - 2007

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Bruno Ruffo (9 December 1920 – 10 February 2007 ) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer born in Verona. He won three Grand Prix World Championships.In 1949 he won the inaugural 250cc World Championship riding for the Italian Moto Guzzi factory. During the 1950 season, Ruffo was annoyed that Moto Guzzi instructed him to let his teammate win the Championship that year while he finished third. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruno Ruffo has received more than 20,590 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bruno Ruffo is the 285th most popular racing driver (up from 287th in 2019), the 3,154th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,963rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Bruno Ruffo ranks 285 out of 888Before him are Tim Schenken, Attilio Bettega, Nicola Larini, Brian Hart, Martin Donnelly, and André Pilette. After him are Bob Bondurant, Graziano Rossi, Vic Elford, Reg Parnell, Dave Charlton, and David Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Bruno Ruffo ranks 263Before him are Rosemary Sutcliff, Robert Leckie, Heleno de Freitas, I. A. L. Diamond, Franjo Mihalić, and Henry Eriksson. After him are Richard N. Frye, Gordon Gould, Georges Balandier, Ted Fujita, Frances Ames, and Julian Jaynes. Among people deceased in 2007, Bruno Ruffo ranks 218Before him are Huang Ju, Teoctist Arăpașu, Lloyd Alexander, Carlo Clerici, Néstor Rossi, and Zara Dolukhanova. After him are Antonio Puerta, Frankie Laine, Ellen Preis, Miyoshi Umeki, Maurice Boitel, and Betty Hutton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bruno Ruffo ranks 3,154 out of 4,668Before him are Massimo Pallottino (1909), Nicola Larini (1964), Titus Aebutius Elva (-600), Pino Puglisi (1937), Carlo Di Palma (1925), and Giuliano Bonfante (1904). After him are Dino Compagni (1255), Raoul Bova (1971), Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany (820), Max Valier (1895), Mario Pizziolo (1909), and Italo De Zan (1925).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Bruno Ruffo ranks 48Before him are Gino Bianco (1916), Gimax (1938), Max Biaggi (1971), Dorino Serafini (1909), Attilio Bettega (1953), and Nicola Larini (1964). After him are Graziano Rossi (1954), Piero Carini (1921), Gabriele Tarquini (1962), Consalvo Sanesi (1911), Carlo Maria Abate (1932), and Franco Rol (1908).