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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 took part in the Formula One World Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Cevert has received more than 880,036 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). François Cevert is the 34th most popular racing driver (up from 37th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,270th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 34 out of 888. Before him are Giacomo Agostini, Carlos Reutemann, Mike Hawthorn, Jean Todt, John Surtees, and Mika Häkkinen. After him are Stirling Moss, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Roland Ratzenberger, Kimi Räikkönen, and Jody Scheckter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, François Cevert ranks 55. Before him are Nebahat Çehre, Nick Mason, John Rhys-Davies, Nǃxau ǂToma, Jane Hawking, and Kunishige Kamamoto. After him are Jean-Pierre Léaud, Luigi Riva, Abdul Hamid, R. Lee Ermey, John Holmes, and Rudy Giuliani. Among people deceased in 1973, François Cevert ranks 44. Before him are A. S. Neill, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Amílcar Cabral, Lex Barker, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Ingeborg Bachmann. After him are Edward G. Robinson, Howard H. Aiken, Gerard Kuiper, Frank Costello, Taha Hussein, and Emmy Göring.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Cevert ranks 972 out of 6,011. Before him are Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Marie Duplessis (1824), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), and La Voisin (1640). After him are Armand Fallières (1841), Robert Guérin (1876), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Tetricus I (250), and Laura de Noves (1310).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, François Cevert ranks 3. Before him are Alain Prost (1955) and Jean Todt (1946). After him are René Arnoux (1948), Jacques Laffite (1943), Didier Pironi (1952), Patrick Depailler (1944), Pierre Levegh (1905), Jean Alesi (1964), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Behra (1921), and Maurice Trintignant (1917).

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