Researching Raymond Sommer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 42 people with the Sommer surname? In that year Sommer was ranked number 3537 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Raymond means "mighty protector" and is of English origin.
Records of Raymond Sommer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Raymond Sommer and the Sommer Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Raymond Sommer
Raymond Sommer
Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950) was a French motor racing driver. He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in both and, and although he did not reach the finishing line in any subsequent appearance at the Le Mans, he did lead each event until 1938. Sommer was also competitive at the highest level in Grand Prix motor racing, but did not win a race. He won the French Grand Prix in 1936, but the event that year was run as a sports car race. After racing resumed in the late 1940s, Sommer again won a number of sports car and minor Grand Prix events, and finished in fourth place in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the second round of the newly-instituted Formula One World Drivers' Championship. He was killed toward the end of 1950, when his car overturned during a race at the Circuit de Cadours.
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Other names that sound a bit like Sommer
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