Colombian race car driver

Juan Pablo Montoya

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán is a Colombian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2001 to 2006, IndyCar between 1999 and 2022, and the NASCAR Cup Series between 2006 and 2024. Montoya won seven Formula One Grands Prix across six seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Montoya won the CART Championship Series in 1999 with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. In endurance racing, Montoya won the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2019 with Team Penske and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with CGR.

Born

1975

September 20

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Juan, in brief

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Key dates

1975 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1058 Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
1066 At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1187 Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1260 The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.

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The world in 1975

When Juan arrived

april 13 Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
april 17 The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
april 19 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
april 19 South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 20

Arthur 1486–1502 prince of Wales (born 1486) Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Colin Fraser Barron 1893– Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958) Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen 1778–1852 Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (born 1778) Gain 1987– South Korean singer George R. R. Martin 1948– American novelist and short story writer Guy Lafleur 1951–2022 Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951) Javier Marías 1951–2022 Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951) Jean-Jacques Dessalines 1758–1806 Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1975

Alanna Ubach 1975– American actress Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alicia Witt 1975– American actress and musician Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Cristobal Huet 1975– French ice hockey player David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Dulé Hill 1975– American actor Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer

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