RACING DRIVER

Harry Schell

1921 - 1960

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Harry Lawrence O'Reilly Schell (June 29, 1921 – May 13, 1960) was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1960. Born and raised in Paris, Schell was the son of American motorsport executive and heiress Lucy O'Reilly Schell. With his Formula One debut at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, Schell became the first American driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Schell has received more than 122,263 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Harry Schell is the 209th most popular racing driver (up from 221st in 2019), the 3,440th most popular biography from France (down from 3,437th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Harry Schell ranks 209 out of 1,080. Before him are Phil Read, Ignazio Giunti, Derek Warwick, Kenny Roberts, Andrea de Adamich, and Pedro de la Rosa. After him are Lee Wallard, Olivier Gendebien, Felice Bonetto, Satoru Nakajima, Richard Robarts, and Kurt Adolff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Harry Schell ranks 199. Before him are Violette Szabo, Harry Carey Jr., Piero Piccioni, Carlo Furno, Willem Frederik Hermans, and Augusto Monterroso. After him are Viktor Chukarin, Carmen Laforet, Joseph A. Walker, Jacques Lecoq, Rashid Karami, and Judy Holliday. Among people deceased in 1960, Harry Schell ranks 105. Before him are Erich Neumann, Henny Porten, Sigurd Hoel, Knud Enemark Jensen, Catherine Desnitski, and Joseph Vendryes. After him are Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Maud Menten, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Semyon Lavochkin, Pavel Peter Gojdič, and Móric Esterházy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Harry Schell ranks 3,440 out of 6,770. Before him are Diana Vreeland (1903), Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766), Evgeny Paton (1870), Tignous (1957), Joseph Canteloube (1879), and Isaac René Guy le Chapelier (1754). After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Albinus of Angers (470), Isaac de Benserade (1613), Henry Becque (1837), Henri Tomasi (1901), and Henri Le Fauconnier (1881).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Harry Schell ranks 32. Before him are Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Olivier Panis (1966), Raymond Sommer (1906), Paul Belmondo (1963), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), and Philippe Streiff (1955). After him are Jean Ragnotti (1945), Érik Comas (1963), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Philippe Alliot (1954), Jules Bianchi (1989), and Philippe Étancelin (1896).

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