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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 312,876 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Balestre is the 22nd most popular journalist (down from 16th in 2019), the 1,724th most popular biography from France (down from 1,522nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Journalist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 22 out of 127. Before him are Beate Klarsfeld, Steve McCurry, W. T. Stead, Walker Evans, Endre Ady, and Alexander Berkman. After him are Gareth Jones, Aenne Burda, Margaret Bourke-White, Vladimir Posner, Jeremy Clarkson, and Kevin Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 101. Before him are Raymond Goethals, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Leonardo Sciascia, George Roy Hill, Stanley Ho, and Maurice Richard. After him are Donna Reed, Nino Manfredi, Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, Neslişah Sultan, and Nobuo Matsunaga. Among people deceased in 2008, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 64. Before him are Mauricio Kagel, Eartha Kitt, Paul Scofield, Chiara Lubich, Hugo Claus, and Marcial Maciel. After him are Muslim Magomayev, Bo Diddley, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Bettie Page, Henry Molaison, and Jerry Reed.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 1,724 out of 6,011. Before him are William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Caesarius of Arles (470), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Gaston Planté (1834), Beatrice of Provence (1229), and La Goulue (1866). After him are Théo Sarapo (1936), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Sébastien Érard (1752), Pierre Werner (1913), and Jean Alesi (1964).

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Among JOURNALISTS In France

Among journalists born in France, Jean-Marie Balestre ranks 3. Before him are François-Noël Babeuf (1760) and Robert Guérin (1876). After him are Vladimir Posner (1934), Victor Noir (1848), François Mignet (1796), Robbie Ross (1869), Bernard Pivot (1935), Pierre Brossolette (1903), Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855), Joseph Roffo (1879), and Daniel Schneidermann (1958).

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