The Most Famous
Racing Drivers from Australia
This page contains a list of the greatest Australians Racing Drivers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,080 Racing Drivers, 28 of which were born in Australia. This makes Australia the birth place of the 12th most number of Racing Drivers behind Finland and Argentina.
Top 10 Australian Racing Drivers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Australians Racing Drivers of all time. This list of famous Australians Racing Drivers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Australians Racing Drivers.
- #1
Jack Brabham
1926 - 2014
HPI 70.8754 langsJack Brabham is most famous for being the first driver to win a Formula One world championship in a car of his own construction.
- #2
Mark Webber
b. 1976
HPI 66.6558 langsAustralian racing driver
- #3
Alan Jones
b. 1946
HPI 66.2743 langsAustralian racing driver and journalist
- #4
Mick Doohan
b. 1965
HPI 64.1125 langsAustralian motorcycle racer
- #5
Tim Schenken
b. 1943
HPI 58.5724 langsAustralian racecar driver
- #6
Paul England
1929 - 2014
HPI 57.6618 langsAustralian racing driver
- #7
Daniel Ricciardo
b. 1989
HPI 56.9957 langsAustralian racing driver
- #8
Ken Kavanagh
1923 - 2019
HPI 54.8721 langsAustralian motorcycle racer
- #9
Casey Stoner
b. 1985
HPI 54.3139 langsAustralian motorcycle racer
- #10
Wayne Gardner
b. 1959
HPI 54.2915 langsAustralian motorcycle racer
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Australians Racing Drivers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(1)
1990s(1)
1960s(2)
1950s(2)
1930s(2)
Overlapping Lives
Which Racing Drivers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 7 most globally memorable Racing Drivers since 1700.
