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RACING DRIVER

Valentino Rossi

1979 - Today

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Valentino Rossi (; Italian: [valenˈtiːno ˈrossi]; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed The Doctor, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. Rossi has nine Grand Prix World Championships, seven of which were in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentino Rossi has received more than 9,545,302 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Valentino Rossi is the 43rd most popular racing driver (down from 41st in 2019), the 1,143rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,279th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Valentino Rossi is most famous for being a motorcycle racer. He has won nine world championships and is the only rider to have won the championship in four different classes: 125cc, 250cc, 500cc, and MotoGP.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Valentino Rossi ranks 43 out of 888. Before him are Lewis Hamilton, Roland Ratzenberger, Kimi Räikkönen, Jody Scheckter, Denny Hulme, and Phil Hill. After him are Damon Hill, Louis Chiron, Lorenzo Bandini, Wolfgang von Trips, René Arnoux, and Hannu Mikkola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Valentino Rossi ranks 3. Before him are Heath Ledger and Kimi Räikkönen. After him are Andrea Pirlo, Markus Persson, Jawed Karim, Chris Pratt, Diego Forlán, Rosamund Pike, Anders Behring Breivik, Jason Momoa, and Gong Yoo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Valentino Rossi ranks 1,143 out of 4,668. Before him are Giovanni Sartori (1924), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Alessandro Stradella (1643), Eugenia of Rome (180), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), and Antonio Negri (1933). After him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Frederick of Naples (1451), Gerard of Csanád (980), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), Lucilla (150), and Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Valentino Rossi ranks 5. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Alberto Ascari (1918), and Giacomo Agostini (1942). After him are Lella Lombardi (1941), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Michele Alboreto (1956), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), and Arturo Merzario (1943).

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