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Gérard Larrousse

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Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse (born 23 May 1940) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, driving a Matra-Simca MS670. After the end of his career as racing car driver, he continued to be involved in Formula One as a team manager for Renault. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Larrousse has received more than 73,004 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Larrousse is the 157th most popular engineer (up from 159th in 2019), the 2,919th most popular biography from France (down from 2,841st in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Gérard Larrousse ranks 157 out of 389. Before him are Mikhail Yangel, Alexei Tupolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Adolphe Alphand, Léon Charles Thévenin, and Henryk Dembiński. After him are Philippe LeBon, Anton Flettner, Hanns Hörbiger, Marc Seguin, John Loudon McAdam, and John Smeaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gérard Larrousse ranks 197. Before him are Manfred Mann, Haing S. Ngor, Jon Elster, Agostino Vallini, José van Dam, and Anatoliy Bondarchuk. After him are Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, Christoph Blocher, Kipchoge Keino, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Marie-José Nat, and Nasser Al-Sabah.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Larrousse ranks 2,919 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas de Grigny (1672), Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320), Marie Alfred Cornu (1841), François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), Othon Friesz (1879), and Victor de Broglie (1785). After him are Michel Marcel Navratil (1908), Rainulf Drengot (1000), Philip I of Namur (1174), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jacques Brugnon (1895), and Bertha of Kent (550).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Gérard Larrousse ranks 21. Before him are Georges Leclanché (1836), Pierre Berthier (1782), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Adolphe Alphand (1817), and Léon Charles Thévenin (1857). After him are Philippe LeBon (1767), Marc Seguin (1786), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), and Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822).

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