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Lazare Ponticelli

1897 - 2008

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Lazare Ponticelli (born Lazzaro Ponticelli; 24 December 1897, later mistranscribed as 7 December – 12 March 2008), Knight of Vittorio Veneto, was at 110, the last surviving officially recognized veteran of the First World War from France and the last poilu of its trenches to die. Born in Italy, he travelled on his own to France at the age of eight. Aged 16, he lied about his age in order to join the French Army at the start of the war in 1914, before being transferred against his will to the Italian Army the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lazare Ponticelli has received more than 138,825 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lazare Ponticelli is the 322nd most popular businessperson (down from 290th in 2019), the 2,656th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,368th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Businessperson.

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  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 322 out of 847. Before him are David Stern, Ma Huateng, Jerry Buss, Carlos Tavares, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and George Averoff. After him are David Koch, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Serge Dassault, Chuck Feeney, Linda McMahon, and Norio Ohga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 151. Before him are Ram Prasad Bismil, Dirk Stikker, Lya De Putti, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Tan Malaka, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. After him are Karl Decker, Paul Gallico, Nicholas Poppe, Otto Struve, Lampião, and Gaspar Cassadó. Among people deceased in 2008, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 133. Before him are Šaban Bajramović, Alfred Pfaff, Marie Smith Jones, Nonna Mordyukova, Anthony Mamo, and Majel Barrett. After him are Baba Amte, Ken Naganuma, Mikel Laboa, David Foster Wallace, Edna Parker, and Bernie Mac.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 2,656 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Rossi (1919), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Francesco Manfredini (1684), Cesare Siepi (1923), Giancarlo Baghetti (1934), and Cristoforo Moro (1390). After him are Temistocle Solera (1815), Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839), Giovanni Dolfin (1303), Magda Olivero (1910), Pierino Prati (1946), and Liliana Segre (1930).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 23. Before him are Francesco Baracca (1888), Leonardo Del Vecchio (1935), Mino Raiola (1967), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Sergio Marchionne (1952), and Stefano Casiraghi (1960). After him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Nino Cerruti (1930), Andrea Agnelli (1975), Maurizio Arrivabene (1957), Piero Dusio (1899), and Marina Berlusconi (1966).

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