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Jean-Marie Balestre

1921 - 2008

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Jean-Marie Balestre (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi balɛstʁ]; 9 April 1921 – 27 March 2008) was a French auto racing administrator, who became President of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) from 1978 to 1991 and President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) from 1985 to 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Marie Balestre has received more than 331,375 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Balestre is the 24th most popular journalist (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,867th most popular biography from France (down from 1,718th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Journalist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.15

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  • 1.61

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 24 out of 196. Before him are Lee Miller, Endre Ady, Aenne Burda, Gareth Jones, Jeremy Clarkson, and Tucker Carlson. After him are Edgar Snow, Marcelo H. del Pilar, W. T. Stead, Charles Dow, Diana Nyad, and Steve McCurry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 102. Before him are Ariel Ramírez, Jim Garrison, Raymond Goethals, Neslişah Sultan, Nino Manfredi, and Hans Albert. After him are Mary Douglas, John Money, Nobuo Matsunaga, George Roy Hill, James Clavell, and Hannah Szenes. Among people deceased in 2008, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 70. Before him are Imad Mughniyah, Mauricio Kagel, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, and Henry Molaison. After him are Eartha Kitt, Mate Parlov, Bettie Page, Anthony Minghella, Don S. Davis, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 1,867 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Amandus (600), Robert Desnos (1900), William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969), Catherine Spaak (1945), and Maurice Blondel (1861). After him are Auguste Bravais (1811), Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Jean Borotra (1898), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), and Marie de Gournay (1565).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 4. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Robert Guérin (1876), and Victor Noir (1848). After him are François Mignet (1796), Vladimir Posner (1934), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Catherine Leroy (1944), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).

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