RACING DRIVER

Franco Rol

1908 - 1977

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Franco Rol (5 June 1908 in Turin – 18 June 1977 in Rapallo) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 21 May 1950. He scored no championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Rol has received more than 22,664 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Rol is the 355th most popular racing driver (down from 319th in 2019), the 3,555th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,237th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Franco Rol ranks 355 out of 1,080Before him are Gil de Ferran, Alexander Wurz, Bob Bondurant, Guy Mairesse, Pablo Birger, and Jorge Lorenzo. After him are Harry Blanchard, Dieter Quester, Wayne Gardner, Brian Redman, Klaus Ludwig, and Eddie Cheever.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Franco Rol ranks 271Before him are Arturo de Córdova, Louis Daquin, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Gotthard Handrick, Louis Versyp, and Vivian Fuchs. After him are Buddy Ebsen, Rostislav Plyatt, Jill Esmond, Simonne Mathieu, Hans Werner Richter, and Enrique Peralta Azurdia. Among people deceased in 1977, Franco Rol ranks 184Before him are Georges Grignard, Zero Mostel, Gary Gilmore, André Labatut, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, and Franco Albini. After him are Gummo Marx, José Planas, Wilmer Allison, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, and Toma Caragiu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Rol ranks 3,555 out of 5,161Before him are Daniele Orsato (1975), Learco Guerra (1902), Dario Mangiarotti (1915), Franco Albini (1905), Giancarlo Brusati (1910), and Eusebio Di Francesco (1969). After him are Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (1927), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (1968), Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (1967), Fausto Acke (1897), Sergio Amidei (1904), and Liberius (465).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Franco Rol ranks 66Before him are Giovanni Lavaggi (1958), Siegfried Stohr (1952), Piero Carini (1921), Miki Biasion (1958), Dorino Serafini (1909), and Max Biaggi (1971). After him are Sergio Mantovani (1929), Giorgio Francia (1947), Cesare Perdisa (1932), Emanuele Pirro (1962), Graziano Rossi (1954), and Paolo Barilla (1961).