RACING DRIVER

Louis Chiron

1899 - 1979

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Louis Alexandre Chiron (French pronunciation: [lwi ʃi.ʁɔ̃]; 3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix. Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, starting in 1923, and ending at the end of the 1950s. He is still the oldest driver ever to have started a race in the Formula One World Championship, having taken 6th place in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix when he was 55. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Chiron has received more than 498,676 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Chiron is the 65th most popular racing driver (down from 45th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Monaco (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Monegasque Racing Driver.

Louis Chiron is most famous for being the oldest living Formula One driver. He was born in 1899 and died in 1999.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Louis Chiron ranks 65 out of 1,080. Before him are Damon Hill, Hannu Mikkola, Alan Jones, Chris Amon, Gerhard Berger, and Kimi Räikkönen. After him are Riccardo Patrese, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Maurice Trintignant, Colin McRae, Patrick Tambay, and Michele Alboreto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Louis Chiron ranks 64. Before him are Fritz Bayerlein, Brassaï, Ludwig Guttmann, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Philipp Bouhler, and Georges Bidault. After him are Burt Munro, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Aksel Sandemose, Yaakov Dori, Erwin Bowien, and Adam Rainer. Among people deceased in 1979, Louis Chiron ranks 51. Before him are Ali Hassan Salameh, Rudi Dutschke, Charles Mingus, Nicholas Ray, Conrad Hilton, and Feodor Lynen. After him are Heinz Reinefarth, Alfredo Ottaviani, Nicos Poulantzas, Pier Luigi Nervi, Charles W. Morris, and Nereo Rocco.

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In Monaco

Among people born in Monaco, Louis Chiron ranks 6 out of 32. Before him are Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923), Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958), Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach (1864), Caroline, Princess of Hanover (1957), and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (1965). After him are Léo Ferré (1916), Franz Schreker (1878), Louis I, Prince of Monaco (1642), Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco (1697), Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (1597), and Charles II, Lord of Monaco (1555).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Monaco

Among racing drivers born in Monaco, Louis Chiron ranks 1. After him are Charles Leclerc (1997), Olivier Beretta (1969), Arthur Leclerc (2000), and Stefano Coletti (1989).

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