RACING DRIVER

Marcel Balsa

1909 - 1984

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Emanuel Marcel Lucien Balsa (January 1, 1909 in Creuse – August 11, 1984 in Maisons-Alfort) was a French racing driver. Balsa started in racing after World War II, when he acquired a Bugatti Type 51 and became quite competitive in the French national events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Balsa has received more than 21,476 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Marcel Balsa is the 247th most popular racing driver (up from 540th in 2019), the 3,800th most popular biography from France (up from 4,556th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Marcel Balsa ranks 247 out of 1,080. Before him are Jules Bianchi, Philippe Étancelin, Gimax, Richard Petty, Carlo Ubbiali, and Hans Klenk. After him are Bertrand Gachot, Tony Brise, John Taylor, Nanni Galli, Adolf Brudes, and Kevin Schwantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Marcel Balsa ranks 213. Before him are Guillermo León Valencia, Eva Justin, Phoumi Vongvichit, Christophe Soglo, Eric Ambler, and Riccardo Cassin. After him are Ștefan Dobay, Adalbert Deșu, Ferenc Fejtő, Irakli Abashidze, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, and Sven Jonasson. Among people deceased in 1984, Marcel Balsa ranks 144. Before him are Sam Jaffe, Jackie Wilson, Hovhannes Shiraz, Eulogio Martínez, Arkhip Lyulka, and Rambai Barni. After him are Aldo Donati, Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Merman, Vincent J. McMahon, Sven Jonasson, and Ralph Kirkpatrick.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Balsa ranks 3,800 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaston Tissandier (1843), Jean Decoux (1884), Pierre Weiss (1865), Jacques Dupont (1928), Maurice Godelier (1934), and Michèle Arnaud (1919). After him are Antonin Mercié (1845), Jean-François Rewbell (1747), Jacques Simon (1941), Maurice Schumann (1911), Henri Dentz (1881), and Paul Fort (1872).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Marcel Balsa ranks 39. Before him are Jean Ragnotti (1945), Érik Comas (1963), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Philippe Alliot (1954), Jules Bianchi (1989), and Philippe Étancelin (1896). After him are André Simon (1920), Patrick Gaillard (1952), Sébastien Ogier (1983), François Migault (1944), Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), and José Dolhem (1944).

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