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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 18,250 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Balsa is the 540th most popular racing driver (down from 449th in 2019), the 4,574th most popular biography from France (down from 3,958th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Racing Driver.

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  • 42.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Marcel Balsa ranks 540 out of 888Before him are Tony Rolt, Jackie Pretorius, André Guelfi, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Markko Märtin, and Cuth Harrison. After him are Alex Caffi, Pier Paolo Bianchi, Roberto Bussinello, Jonathan Palmer, Red Amick, and Bertil Roos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Marcel Balsa ranks 316Before him are Milt Kahl, Philip G. Epstein, Georges Verriest, Stephen Spender, Robert Défossé, and Frances Dee. After him are Anatoly Maltsev, Willi Horn, Federico Wilde, Karen Morley, Sabir Yunusov, and Emmett Toppino. Among people deceased in 1984, Marcel Balsa ranks 215Before him are Chuck Cooper, Antonio Maquilón, Peggy Ann Garner, Isaak Kikoin, Carl Foreman, and Luther Adler. After him are José Humberto Quintero Parra, Mark Kac, Alberta Hunter, Liam O'Flaherty, Balasaraswati, and Otto Arosemena.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Balsa ranks 4,574 out of 6,011Before him are Florian Thauvin (1993), Louis Hostin (1908), Maurice Perrin (1911), Jean Dutourd (1920), Thomas Pesquet (1978), and Robert Budzynski (1940). After him are Louis Gabrillargues (1914), Hubert Curien (1924), Yacine Brahimi (1990), Georges Carnus (1940), René Bondoux (1905), and Lydie Salvayre (1948).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Marcel Balsa ranks 67Before him are François Hesnault (1956), Yannick Dalmas (1961), Patrick Gaillard (1952), François Mazet (1943), François Delecour (1962), and Jacques Pollet (1922). After him are Georges Grignard (1905), Pascal Fabre (1960), François Picard (1921), Mike Sparken (1930), Jean-Marc Gounon (1963), and André Testut (1926).