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RACING DRIVER

Jacques Villeneuve

1971 - Today

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Jacques Villeneuve (French: [ʒɑk vilnœv]; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One, he has competed in various other forms of motor racing, winning the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series. He is the son of former Ferrari racing driver Gilles Villeneuve. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Villeneuve has received more than 3,366,067 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Jacques Villeneuve is the 87th most popular racing driver (down from 81st in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Canada (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Racing Driver.

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  • 51

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jacques Villeneuve ranks 87 out of 888Before him are Chris Amon, Jean Behra, Maurice Trintignant, Walter Röhrl, Jochen Mass, and Sébastien Loeb. After him are Luigi Musso, Luigi Fagioli, Tom Pryce, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Elio de Angelis, and Patrick Tambay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Jacques Villeneuve ranks 34Before him are Andy Whitfield, Fabien Barthez, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Hakan Şükür, Denise Richards, and Jeff Kinney. After him are Claire Forlani, Thalía, Selena, Paul Bettany, Martin Freeman, and Sofia Coppola.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jacques Villeneuve ranks 94 out of 1,350Before him are Graham Greene (1952), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Brian Tracy (1944), Norma Shearer (1902), Lester B. Pearson (1897), and Rocky Johnson (1944). After him are Joe Weider (1919), Donna Strickland (1959), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Denny Doherty (1940), Ian Stevenson (1918), and Steven Pinker (1954).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Canada

Among racing drivers born in Canada, Jacques Villeneuve ranks 2Before him are Gilles Villeneuve (1950). After him are Jacques Villeneuve (1953), Nicholas Latifi (1995), Lance Stroll (1998), Bill Brack (1935), Allen Berg (1961), George Eaton (1945), Alex Tagliani (1973), Robert Wickens (1989), and James Hinchcliffe (1986).