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Vincenzo Lancia

1881 - 1937

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Vincenzo Lancia (24 August 1881 – 15 February 1937) was an Italian racing driver, engineer and founder of Lancia. Vincenzo Lancia was born in the small village of Fobello on 24 August 1881, close to Turin; his family tree starts in Fabello around 1550. He was the youngest of four children (one sister and two brothers), his father being a soup canner who made his money in Argentina before returning to Turin to start his business. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincenzo Lancia has received more than 102,773 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincenzo Lancia is the 151st most popular businessperson (up from 156th in 2019), the 1,515th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,472nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Businessperson.

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  • 1.94

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Vincenzo Lancia ranks 151 out of 847. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Joe Weider, Eugène Schueller, Theodor de Bry, Lee Iacocca, and Basil Zaharoff. After him are Ron Dennis, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, John Langenus, Melitta Bentz, and Henry Ford II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Vincenzo Lancia ranks 56. Before him are Victor Klemperer, Hugo Meisl, P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Cornu, Eugène Schueller, and L. E. J. Brouwer. After him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Vincenzo Peruggia, Cecil B. DeMille, H. H. Kung, Günther Quandt, and Muhammad VIII al-Amin. Among people deceased in 1937, Vincenzo Lancia ranks 47. Before him are Bessie Smith, Yeghishe Charents, Chūya Nakahara, Louis Vierne, Hugo Meisl, and Georgy Pyatakov. After him are Andrés Nin Pérez, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Takeo Wakabayashi, Diana Abgar, Max Adler, and Attila József.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vincenzo Lancia ranks 1,515 out of 5,161. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans (1813), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Laura Pausini (1974), John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834), Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792), and Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427). After him are Bettino Ricasoli (1809), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Leonardo Sciascia (1921), and Antipope Victor IV (1010).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Vincenzo Lancia ranks 10. Before him are Ettore Bugatti (1881), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Flavio Briatore (1950), Michele Ferrero (1925), Piero Ferrari (1945), and Massimo Moratti (1945). After him are Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947), Adriano Galliani (1944), Edoardo Agnelli (1892), Marcel Bich (1914), and Giulia Tofana (1581).

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