RACING DRIVER

Paul Frère

1917 - 2008

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Paul Frère (French pronunciation: [pɔl fʁɛʁ]; 30 January 1917 – 23 February 2008) was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium. He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Frère has received more than 81,555 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Frère is the 117th most popular racing driver (down from 106th in 2019), the 2,472nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,170th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Frères by language

Over the past year Paul Frère has had the most page views in the with 10,599 views, followed by English (10,484), and French (4,584). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (69.25%), Catalan (69.01%), and Finnish (54.27%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Paul Frère ranks 117 out of 1,080Before him are Markku Alén, Andrea de Cesaris, Sébastien Loeb, Dan Gurney, Reine Wisell, and Jo Schlesser. After him are Peter Collins, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Gunnar Nilsson, Henri Pescarolo, Jos Verstappen, and Ludovico Scarfiotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Paul Frère ranks 122Before him are El Santo, Kirk Kerkorian, Robert Manzon, Đỗ Mười, Carlos Puebla, and Wilhelm Brasse. After him are Yakov Pavlov, Andrew Wyeth, Maya Deren, Wieland Wagner, Văn Tiến Dũng, and Samael Aun Weor. Among people deceased in 2008, Paul Frère ranks 95Before him are Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Kon Ichikawa, Dan Shomron, Boris Shakhlin, Paul Scofield, and Jean Delannoy. After him are Claude Piron, Marcial Maciel, Estelle Getty, Sofiko Chiaureli, Pak Song-chol, and Arthur Chung.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Frère ranks 2,472 out of 6,770Before him are Nicole Fontaine (1942), Gustave Boulanger (1824), Jean Dieudonné (1906), Ford Madox Brown (1821), Henri Tresca (1814), and Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838). After him are Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Guy Bonnet (1945), Marcellin Marbot (1782), André Thevet (1516), Jean-Étienne Championnet (1762), and Antoine Pinay (1891).

Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Paul Frère ranks 22Before him are Thierry Sabine (1949), Jean Behra (1921), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Robert Manzon (1917), Sébastien Loeb (1974), and Jo Schlesser (1928). After him are Henri Pescarolo (1942), Louis Rosier (1905), Didier Auriol (1958), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Olivier Panis (1966), and Raymond Sommer (1906).