Antony Noghès (13 September 1890 in Monaco – 2 August 1978 in

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) was the founder of the

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. He also helped create the

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in 1911. He suggested the international adoption of the

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to end races. Since 1979, the last turn of the Monaco circuit (the former "Gazometer turn") just before the finish line, has been named "Virage Antony Noghès" after him. As "Agent general de la Regie des tabacs" he was the Director of the Public administration responsible for the management of the monopoly of procurement, manufacturing, and selling of tobacco in the Principality. He was the father of

Alexandre-Athenase Noghès Alexandre-Athenase "Aléco" Noghès (15 June 1916 – 16 February 1999) was an international tennis champion, best known as the first husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, whom he married as his second wife on 4 December 1951; he was previou ...

(who was the father, during his second marriage to Princess Antoinette of Monaco, of Elisabeth-Anne, Christian Louis, and Christine Alix de Massy, and during his first marriage of Lionel Noghès) and Bathilde Livieratos (mother of Marie Livieratos, Hélène Tchomlekdjoglou and Athanase "Tasso" Livieratos). His other son, Gilles, was Monaco's first ambassador to the United States"His Excellency Gilles Alexandre Noghes" ''The Washington Diplomat''
retrieved December 17, 2013 (father of journalist Yann-Antony Noghès).

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Formula One people 1890 births 1978 deaths Monegasque motorsport people {{F1-bio-stub

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