Guy Ligier

Guy Ligier, French race car driver and team owner (died 2015)

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Born: July 12, 1930
Died: August 23, 2015
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1930

About Guy Ligier

Guy Camille Ligier was a French racing driver and team owner. He maintained many varied and successful careers over the course of his life, including rugby player, butcher, racing driver and Formula One team owner. Athletic and competitive, Ligier became a French rowing champion in 1947. With help from Pierre Coulon, Vichy's Mayor, Ligier founded the public works company "Ligier Travaux Publics". In 1965, Ligier won the 24th Grand Prix de Albi Sports in a GT40 for Ford. Ligier also won the 12 Hours of Reims when sharing a GT40 Mk IIB with Schlesser.

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Guy Ligier timeline

1947Athletic and competitive, Ligier became a French rowing champion in 1947.
1965In 1965, Ligier won the 24th Grand Prix de Albi Sports in a GT40 for Ford.

The world when Guy Ligier was born

Guy Ligier was born in 1930. 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.

Culture in 1930

#1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
Defining fadMiniature golf craze
Notable inventionScotch tape
World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

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

Measure	1930	2026
Gas	$0.20	$3.45/gal
Average home	$6,000	$435,000
Average income	$3,500	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	123.2M	341 million

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