RACING DRIVER

Pierre Levegh

1905 - 1955

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Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin (22 December 1905 – 11 June 1955) was a French sportsman and racing driver. He took the racing name Pierre Levegh [ləvɛk] in memory of his uncle Alfred Velghe, a pioneering driver who died in 1904. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Levegh has received more than 443,442 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pierre Levegh is the 87th most popular racing driver (down from 65th in 2019), the 2,006th most popular biography from France (down from 1,594th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Pierre Levegh ranks 87 out of 1,080. Before him are Arturo Merzario, Vittorio Brambilla, Jo Siffert, Tom Pryce, Björn Waldegård, and Jacques Villeneuve. After him are Rubens Barrichello, Stig Blomqvist, Elio de Angelis, Ángel Nieto, Luigi Fagioli, and Juha Kankkunen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Pierre Levegh ranks 87. Before him are Yen Chia-kan, James J. Braddock, Karl Rappan, Edgar Snow, Eugen Fink, and Banine. After him are Ludwig Fischer, Gerhard Klopfer, Jean-Marie Villot, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Myrna Loy, and Mikio Naruse. Among people deceased in 1955, Pierre Levegh ranks 51. Before him are Nicolas de Staël, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Archie Hahn, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, and Manuel Ávila Camacho. After him are Max Pechstein, Alfréd Hajós, Ivan Šubašić, Adolfo de la Huerta, Erich Brandenberger, and Tin Ujević.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Levegh ranks 2,006 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Papon (1910), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Antoine Busnois (1430), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), Peire Vidal (1140), and Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343). After him are Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Théodore Dubois (1837), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Édouard Séguin (1812), Robert Surcouf (1773), and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Pierre Levegh ranks 14. Before him are Michèle Mouton (1951), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Patrick Tambay (1949), Jean Alesi (1964), Jean-Louis Schlesser (1948), and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937). After him are Guy Ligier (1930), Thierry Sabine (1949), Jean Behra (1921), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Robert Manzon (1917), and Sébastien Loeb (1974).

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