RACING DRIVER

Jean Behra

1921 - 1959

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Jean Marie Behra (16 February 1921 – 1 August 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Behra has received more than 156,708 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jean Behra is the 101st most popular racing driver (down from 82nd in 2019), the 2,279th most popular biography from France (down from 1,818th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jean Behra ranks 101 out of 1,080. Before him are Ken Block, Guy Ligier, Eugenio Castellotti, Thierry Sabine, Roger Williamson, and Pedro Rodríguez. After him are Jean-Pierre Jarier, Henri Toivonen, Jarno Saarinen, David Purley, Max Verstappen, and Tommi Mäkinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean Behra ranks 133. Before him are Maurice Yaméogo, Eugenio Coșeriu, James Whitmore, Jaroslav Drobný, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Lidia Gueiler Tejada. After him are Darío Moreno, Géza Anda, Anne Golon, Wolfgang Lotz, Arthur Grumiaux, and Malcolm Arnold. Among people deceased in 1959, Jean Behra ranks 57. Before him are Victor McLaglen, Benjamin Péret, Curt Sachs, Jose P. Laurel, George Antheil, and Imre Schlosser. After him are Enrique Guaita, Hitoshi Ashida, Werner Krauss, Dmitry Manuilsky, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, and Karl Mauss.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Behra ranks 2,279 out of 6,770. Before him are Sophie Blanchard (1778), Guy Marchand (1937), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), Hugo Lloris (1986), and Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784). After him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Philippe Leroy (1930), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Claude Cahun (1894), and François Berléand (1952).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Jean Behra ranks 17. Before him are Jean Alesi (1964), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Pierre Levegh (1905), Guy Ligier (1930), and Thierry Sabine (1949). After him are Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Robert Manzon (1917), Sébastien Loeb (1974), Jo Schlesser (1928), Paul Frère (1917), and Henri Pescarolo (1942).

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