RACING DRIVER

Roger Laurent

1913 - 1997

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Roger Laurent (French pronunciation: [ʁɔ.ʒe lɔ.ʁɑ̃]; 21 February 1913 – 6 February 1997) was a racing driver and motorcycle racer from Belgium. He was born in Liège and died in Uccle. Laurent competed aboard a Moto Guzzi in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, entering the Belgian Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Laurent has received more than 19,855 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roger Laurent is the 701st most popular racing driver (down from 490th in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 649th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Racing Driver.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roger Laurents by language

Over the past year Roger Laurent has had the most page views in the with 2,786 views, followed by German (528), and French (505). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (82.65%), Egyptian Arabic (77.50%), and Croatian (31.49%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Roger Laurent ranks 701 out of 1,080Before him are Patrick Friesacher, Antonio Giovinazzi, Alexander Albon, Oswald Karch, Aleix Espargaró, and Robert La Caze. After him are Helmut Niedermayr, Hap Sharp, Johann Zarco, Mauri Rose, Robert O'Brien, and Johnny Thomson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Roger Laurent ranks 389Before him are Noah Beery Jr., Barbara Pym, Eleanor Holm, Odd Frantzen, Jack Fairman, and Julie Gibson. After him are Norman Dello Joio, Patrick Steptoe, Charlie Barnet, Franz Berghammer, Coral Browne, and Sid James. Among people deceased in 1997, Roger Laurent ranks 303Before him are Robert Herman, Rawya Ateya, Derek Taylor, Max Bloesch, Don Messick, and Gulshan Kumar. After him are Rod Milburn, Mario Velarde, Božena Srncová, Yevgeni Mayorov, Jimmy Witherspoon, and P. H. Newby.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Roger Laurent ranks 833 out of 1,190Before him are Gerard Plessers (1959), Patrick Vervoort (1965), Léon Rosenfeld (1904), Etienne De Wilde (1958), Remco Evenepoel (2000), and Gaston Salmon (1878). After him are Axelle Red (1968), Adnan Januzaj (1995), Edwig Van Hooydonck (1966), Bart Goor (1973), Felix van Groeningen (1977), and Sven Nys (1976).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Belgium

Among racing drivers born in Belgium, Roger Laurent ranks 16Before him are Patrick Nève (1949), Eric van de Poele (1961), Jacques Swaters (1926), Alain de Changy (1922), Bernard de Dryver (1952), and Philippe Adams (1969). After him are André Milhoux (1928), Thierry Neuville (1988), Jérôme d'Ambrosio (1985), Stoffel Vandoorne (1992), Freddy Loix (1970), and François Duval (1980).