RACING DRIVER

Jean Todt

1946 - Today

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Jean Henri Todt (French: [ʒɑ̃ tɔd]; born 25 February 1946) is a French motor racing executive and former rally co-driver. He was previously director of Peugeot Talbot Sport and then Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team principal, before being appointed chief executive officer of Ferrari from 2004 to 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Todt has received more than 5,137,631 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jean Todt is the 42nd most popular racing driver (down from 31st in 2019), the 1,199th most popular biography from France (down from 840th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Racing Driver.

Jean Todt is most famous for being the president of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile), the international governing body for the sport of Formula One.

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  • 3.49

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jean Todt ranks 42 out of 1,080Before him are John Surtees, Jody Scheckter, Mika Häkkinen, Mike Hawthorn, Walter Röhrl, and Denny Hulme. After him are Phil Hill, Didier Pironi, Ari Vatanen, Lorenzo Bandini, René Arnoux, and Valentino Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jean Todt ranks 99Before him are Yonatan Netanyahu, Stefania Sandrelli, Semion Mogilevich, Steve Biko, Paul L. Modrich, and Ajda Pekkan. After him are Demetris Christofias, Robert Reich, Claudia Goldin, Kim Kyong-hui, Pete Postlethwaite, and Aziz Sancar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Todt ranks 1,199 out of 6,770Before him are François Cluzet (1955), Charibert II (618), Marie Laurencin (1883), René Thom (1923), Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), and Louis Jacques Thénard (1777). After him are Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Alain de Benoist (1943), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), Fromental Halévy (1799), and Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Jean Todt ranks 3Before him are Alain Prost (1955), and François Cevert (1944). After him are Didier Pironi (1952), René Arnoux (1948), Jacques Laffite (1943), Patrick Depailler (1944), Michèle Mouton (1951), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jean Alesi (1964), and Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948).