1897 - 2008
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. After the war, he came back to Paris where he and his brothers founded the piping and metal work company Ponticelli Frères (Ponticelli Brothers), which produced supplies for the Second World War effort and as of 2023 is still in business. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lazare Ponticelli has received more than 129,441 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Lazare Ponticelli is the 290th most popular businessperson (down from 229th in 2019), the 2,373rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,107th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 290 out of 601. Before him are Paul Rusesabagina, Arnold Rothstein, Robert Monroe, David Stern, François-Henri Pinault, and Chuck Feeney. After him are B. C. Forbes, Edward Colston, Jimmy Lai, Colonel Tom Parker, Ken Aston, and Serge Dassault.
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 284
1882 - 1928
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 285
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 286
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 287
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 288
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 289
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 290
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 291
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 292
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 293
1909 - 1997
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 294
1915 - 2001
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 295
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 296
Among people born in 1897, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 137. Before him are Ram Prasad Bismil, Edith Head, Marian Anderson, Xu Zhimo, Horace McCoy, and Traicho Kostov. After him are Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, John Bagot Glubb, Natacha Rambova, Lepke Buchalter, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Husni al-Za'im. Among people deceased in 2008, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 114. Before him are Bronisław Geremek, Albert Cossery, Anthony Mamo, Joseph Weizenbaum, Boris Shakhlin, and Šaban Bajramović. After him are Tommy Lapid, Rubens de Falco, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Sofiko Chiaureli, Josef Tal, and Andrew Bertie.
1897 - 1927
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 131
1897 - 1981
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 132
1897 - 1993
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 133
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 134
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 135
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 136
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 137
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 138
1897 - 1986
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 139
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 140
1897 - 1944
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 141
1897 - 1981
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 142
1897 - 1949
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 143
1932 - 2008
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 108
1913 - 2008
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 109
1909 - 2008
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 110
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 111
1932 - 2008
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 112
1936 - 2008
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 113
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 114
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 115
1931 - 2008
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 116
1926 - 2008
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 117
1937 - 2008
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 118
1910 - 2008
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 119
1929 - 2008
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 120
Among people born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 2,373 out of 4,668. Before him are Giuseppe Colombo (1920), Guido Crepax (1933), Aldo Fabrizi (1905), Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (1880), Isabella Andreini (1562), and Adriana Asti (1931). After him are Giovanni Morone (1509), Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225), John Italus (1025), Tiridates III of Parthia (-50), Sophron (-500), and Pietro Aldobrandini (1571).
1920 - 1984
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 2,367
1933 - 2003
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 2,368
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 2,369
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 2,370
1562 - 1604
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 2,371
1931 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 2,372
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 2,373
1509 - 1580
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 2,374
1225 - 1276
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 2,375
1025 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,376
50 BC - 100
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,377
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,378
1571 - 1621
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,379
Among businesspeople born in Italy, Lazare Ponticelli ranks 18. Before him are Mino Raiola (1967), Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Francesco Baracca (1888), Stefano Casiraghi (1960), and Adriano Galliani (1944). After him are Sergio Marchionne (1952), Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926), Andrea Agnelli (1975), Maurizio Arrivabene (1957), Piero Dusio (1899), and Marco Mattiacci (1970).
1967 - 2022
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 12
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 13
1908 - 1984
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 14
1888 - 1918
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 15
1960 - 1990
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 16
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 17
1897 - 2008
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 18
1952 - 2018
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 19
1926 - 1972
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 20
1975 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 21
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 22
1899 - 1975
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 23
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 24