RACING DRIVER

François Cevert

1944 - 1973

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Albert François Cevert (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃.swa se.vɛʁ]; 25 February 1944 – 6 October 1973) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1969 to 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Cevert has received more than 953,678 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). François Cevert is the 26th most popular racing driver (up from 34th in 2019), the 880th most popular biography from France (up from 969th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Racing Driver.

François Cevert is most famous for being a Formula One driver who died in 1973, at the age of 26. He was killed in practice for the 1973 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, François Cevert ranks 26 out of 1,080. Before him are Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Clay Regazzoni, and Graham Hill. After him are Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Giacomo Agostini, Alfonso de Portago, Carlos Reutemann, and Carlos Sainz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, François Cevert ranks 56. Before him are Kunishige Kamamoto, Sylvie Vartan, Omar al-Bashir, David J. Wineland, Nebahat Çehre, and Jean-Pierre Léaud. After him are Maria João Pires, Rudy Giuliani, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Peter Weir, John Holmes, and Askar Akayev. Among people deceased in 1973, François Cevert ranks 41. Before him are Karl Ziegler, Luis Carrero Blanco, Walter Rudolf Hess, Gerard Kuiper, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Amílcar Cabral. After him are Taha Hussein, A. S. Neill, Lex Barker, Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, and W. H. Auden.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Cevert ranks 880 out of 6,770. Before him are Guntram (532), Clotilde of France (1759), Martin Schongauer (1450), Lucien Laurent (1907), Eleanor of Provence (1223), and Edmond Rostand (1868). After him are Jean Rochefort (1930), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Henriette of France (1727), Louis Vuitton (1821), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), and Georges Dumézil (1898).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, François Cevert ranks 2. Before him are Alain Prost (1955). After him are Jean Todt (1946), Didier Pironi (1952), René Arnoux (1948), Jacques Laffite (1943), Patrick Depailler (1944), Michèle Mouton (1951), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jean Alesi (1964), and Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948).

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