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RACING DRIVER

Raymond Sommer

1906 - 1950

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Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950) was a French racing driver. He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both 1932 and 1933, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans, he did lead each event until 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Sommer has received more than 71,218 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Sommer is the 169th most popular racing driver (down from 159th in 2019), the 3,031st most popular biography from France (down from 2,813th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Raymond Sommer ranks 169 out of 888. Before him are Stefan Bellof, Guy Edwards, Didier Auriol, Olivier Gendebien, Johnny Cecotto, and Keiichi Tsuchiya. After him are Olivier Panis, Roy Salvadori, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Joey Dunlop, and Hans-Joachim Stuck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Raymond Sommer ranks 157. Before him are Edward Ochab, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Zinka Milanov, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, Olena Teliha, and Harry Hammond Hess. After him are Artur Lundkvist, Fred Lawrence Whipple, H. C. Hansen, Yakov Malik, Endre Kabos, and Paul Sacher. Among people deceased in 1950, Raymond Sommer ranks 86. Before him are Arturo Alessandri, Nikolai Luzin, Harold Laski, Alma Karlin, Al Jolson, and John C. Woods. After him are Ernst Wiechert, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Vasily Gordov, Edward Arthur Milne, Miklós Bánffy, and Dimitri Uznadze.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Sommer ranks 3,031 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel Lotito (1950), Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (1796), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Pierre Gringore (1475), Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845), and François Hanriot (1761). After him are Rudi Garcia (1964), Olivier Panis (1966), Charles Renouvier (1815), Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718), Robbie Ross (1869), and Georges Lefebvre (1874).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In France

Among racing drivers born in France, Raymond Sommer ranks 27. Before him are Jo Schlesser (1928), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Guy Ligier (1930), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Louis Rosier (1905), and Didier Auriol (1958). After him are Olivier Panis (1966), Johnny Servoz-Gavin (1942), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), Philippe Alliot (1954), Harry Schell (1921), and Philippe Streiff (1955).

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