RACING DRIVER

Guy Ligier

1930 - 2015

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Guy Camille Ligier (French pronunciation: [ɡi ka.mij li.ʒje]; 12 July 1930 – 23 August 2015) was a French racing driver and team owner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Ligier has received more than 145,403 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Guy Ligier is the 96th most popular racing driver (up from 131st in 2019), the 2,217th most popular biography from France (up from 2,601st in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Racing Driver.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Guy Ligier ranks 96 out of 1,080Before him are Elio de Angelis, Ángel Nieto, Luigi Fagioli, Juha Kankkunen, Piero Taruffi, and Ken Block. After him are Eugenio Castellotti, Thierry Sabine, Roger Williamson, Pedro Rodríguez, Jean Behra, and Jean-Pierre Jarier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Guy Ligier ranks 140Before him are Fritz Wunderlich, Kinji Fukasaku, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frank Lucas, and Dündar Ali Osman. After him are James Baker, Eugenio Castellotti, Bernard Collomb, Tanya Savicheva, Stephen Sondheim, and Philippe Leroy. Among people deceased in 2015, Guy Ligier ranks 108Before him are Franzl Lang, Jaakko Hintikka, Halldór Ásgrímsson, André Brink, Adrian Frutiger, and Hyon Yong-chol. After him are Chea Sim, John Guillermin, Kirk Kerkorian, Robert Manzon, E. L. Doctorow, and Carl Djerassi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guy Ligier ranks 2,217 out of 6,770Before him are François-Marie Raoult (1830), Thomas Merton (1915), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Edgard Varèse (1883), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), and Oronce Finé (1494). After him are Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Dominique Pinon (1955), Géraud Duroc (1772), Hincmar (806), and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Guy Ligier ranks 15Before him are Maurice Trintignant (1917), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jean Alesi (1964), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), and Pierre Levegh (1905). After him are Thierry Sabine (1949), Jean Behra (1921), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Robert Manzon (1917), Sébastien Loeb (1974), and Jo Schlesser (1928).