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Amédée Gordini

Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (died 1979)

Born
June 23, 1899
Died
May 25, 1979
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1899

About Amédée Gordini

Amedeo "Amédée" Gordini was an Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France. In 1953 the government of France awarded Amédée Gordini the Legion of Honor. In 1952 Gordini founded the independent Gordini company to build a line of sports cars for racing.

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Amédée Gordini timeline

  1. In 1952 Gordini founded the independent Gordini company to build a line of sports cars for racing.
  2. In 1953 the government of France awarded Amédée Gordini the Legion of Honor.

The world when Amédée Gordini was born

Amédée Gordini was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Amédée Gordini's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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