RACING DRIVER

Charles de Tornaco

1927 - 1953

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Baron Charles Victor Raymond André Evance de Tornaco (pronounced [ʃaʁl də tor.naˈko]; 7 June 1927 – 18 September 1953) was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 22 June 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles de Tornaco has received more than 55,266 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Charles de Tornaco is the 259th most popular racing driver (up from 262nd in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 493rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Charles de Tornaco ranks 259 out of 1,080Before him are Kevin Schwantz, Ian Ashley, JJ Lehto, Joe Fry, Sergio Pérez, and Paul Pietsch. After him are Giulio Cabianca, Johnny Claes, Jenson Button, Nicola Larini, Peter Walker, and George Constantine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Charles de Tornaco ranks 245Before him are Robert Spaemann, Luis Rijo, Shoji Nishio, Eugene Parker, Charles Pasqua, and William Hickey. After him are Michael Gielen, Dimitar Iliev Popov, Hamed Karoui, Eva Bartok, Piero Tosi, and William Daniels. Among people deceased in 1953, Charles de Tornaco ranks 109Before him are Maude Adams, Nigel Bruce, Dumarsais Estimé, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Trần Trọng Kim, and Hrachia Acharian. After him are Ralph Linton, Tamar Abakelia, Josef Fischer, Jean Becquerel, August Emil Fieldorf, and Albert Meyer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Charles de Tornaco ranks 519 out of 1,190Before him are David Ruelle (1935), Ludo Martens (1946), Kate Ryan (1980), Julien Ries (1920), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), and Ulu Grosbard (1929). After him are Jules Malou (1810), Cécile de France (1975), Sandra Kim (1972), Jean Bourgain (1954), Henri Coppens (1930), and Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Belgium

Among racing drivers born in Belgium, Charles de Tornaco ranks 7Before him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Max Verstappen (1997), Thierry Boutsen (1957), Camille Jenatzy (1868), Willy Mairesse (1928), and Olivier Gendebien (1924). After him are Arthur Legat (1898), Georges Berger (1918), Patrick Nève (1949), Eric van de Poele (1961), Jacques Swaters (1926), and Alain de Changy (1922).