RACING DRIVER

José Froilán González

1922 - 2013

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José Froilán González (5 October 1922 – 15 June 2013) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1950 and 1960. Nicknamed "The Pampas Bull", González was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1954 with Ferrari, and won two Grands Prix across nine seasons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Froilán González has received more than 168,045 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). José Froilán González is the 73rd most popular racing driver (up from 79th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 84th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Argentinean Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, José Froilán González ranks 73 out of 1,080. Before him are Maria Teresa de Filippis, Maurice Trintignant, Colin McRae, Patrick Tambay, Michele Alboreto, and Jean Alesi. After him are Mike Hailwood, Carlos Pace, Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Lucien Bianchi, and Jean-Pierre Beltoise.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, José Froilán González ranks 101. Before him are Salvatore Giuliano, Sven Nykvist, Jonas Mekas, Michael Cacoyannis, Alistair MacLean, and Gianna Beretta Molla. After him are Shigeru Mizuki, Carl Reiner, Egon Bahr, Ferenc Deák, Miloš Jakeš, and Eleanor Parker. Among people deceased in 2013, José Froilán González ranks 88. Before him are Stéphane Hessel, Arthur Danto, Ken Norton, Jacques Vergès, Abdul Rahim Hatif, and Robert Fogel. After him are Otto Sander, Masao Uchino, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, James Avery, Sergei Belov, and Eleanor Parker.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, José Froilán González ranks 89 out of 1,154. Before him are Bernard Blier (1916), Juan Sebastián Verón (1975), Ariel Ramírez (1921), Mauricio Kagel (1931), Gustavo Santaolalla (1951), and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971). After him are Gaspar Noé (1963), Silvina Ocampo (1903), Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Juan Román Riquelme (1978), Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947), and Mauricio Pochettino (1972).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Argentina

Among racing drivers born in Argentina, José Froilán González ranks 3. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio (1911), and Carlos Reutemann (1942). After him are Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), Onofre Marimón (1923), Ricardo Zunino (1949), Oscar Larrauri (1954), Clemar Bucci (1920), Carlos Menditeguy (1914), Roberto Bonomi (1919), Pablo Birger (1924), and Oscar Alfredo Gálvez (1913).

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