RACING DRIVER

Luigi Fagioli

1898 - 1952

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Luigi Cristiano Fagioli (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi faˈdʒɔːli]; 9 June 1898 – 20 June 1952) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing from 1928 to 1949, and Formula One from 1950 to 1951. Nicknamed "The Abruzzi Robber", Fagioli won the 1951 French Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo aged 53, and remains the oldest driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Fagioli has received more than 202,559 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Luigi Fagioli is the 92nd most popular racing driver (down from 89th in 2019), the 1,895th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,752nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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  • 2.79

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Luigi Fagioli ranks 92 out of 1,080. Before him are Jacques Villeneuve, Pierre Levegh, Rubens Barrichello, Stig Blomqvist, Elio de Angelis, and Ángel Nieto. After him are Juha Kankkunen, Piero Taruffi, Ken Block, Guy Ligier, Eugenio Castellotti, and Thierry Sabine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Luigi Fagioli ranks 82. Before him are Salvatore Ferragamo, Emil Artin, Leo McCarey, Hastings Banda, Fyodor Kuznetsov, and Desanka Maksimović. After him are Helmuth von Pannwitz, Piero Sraffa, Berenice Abbott, Michel de Ghelderode, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and Hans Globke. Among people deceased in 1952, Luigi Fagioli ranks 49. Before him are Carlo Sforza, Michael Rostovtzeff, Emilie Louise Flöge, Viktor Chernov, Hiranuma Kiichirō, and William Fox. After him are Solomiya Krushelnytska, Henri Winkelman, Sameera Moussa, Efim Bogoljubov, Jigme Wangchuck, and Kenwa Mabuni.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Fagioli ranks 1,895 out of 5,161. Before him are Sandro Puppo (1918), Eleanor of Anjou (1289), Lucius Aemilius Paullus (-300), Elio de Angelis (1958), Junio Valerio Borghese (1906), and Giuseppe Pella (1902). After him are Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Rodoald (626), Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Baldus de Ubaldis (1327), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), and Iva Zanicchi (1940).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Luigi Fagioli ranks 16. Before him are Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Michele Alboreto (1956), Lucien Bianchi (1934), Arturo Merzario (1943), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), and Elio de Angelis (1958). After him are Piero Taruffi (1906), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933), Luigi Musso (1924), and Alberto Colombo (1946).

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