RACING DRIVER

Al Unser

1939 - 2021

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Alfred Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men (A. J. Foyt, himself, Rick Mears and Hélio Castroneves) to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), the fourth of six to have won the race in consecutive years, and the winner of the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985. The Unser family has won the Indy 500 a record nine times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Unser has received more than 681,160 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Al Unser is the 509th most popular racing driver (down from 198th in 2019), the 8,770th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,256th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Al Unser ranks 509 out of 1,080. Before him are David Brabham, Walt Ader, Heinz Schiller, Alex Barros, Ricardo Zonta, and Hans Binder. After him are Mark Blundell, Luis Pérez-Sala, Chris Craft, Gianfranco Brancatelli, Sam Tingle, and Jimmy Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Al Unser ranks 480. Before him are Boris Tishchenko, Jan Mrvík, Ted Kaufman, Erik Hansen, Gerry Goffin, and R. C. Sproul. After him are Jan-Just Bos, Alan Ayckbourn, Chris Craft, Elizabeth Ashley, Jalal Dabagh, and Koldo Aguirre. Among people deceased in 2021, Al Unser ranks 500. Before him are John Madden, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Marco Maciel, Buddy Van Horn, G. Gordon Liddy, and Ignacio Achúcarro. After him are Cyril Mango, José Manuel Caballero, Svante Thuresson, Chris Craft, Robert Bly, and Helen Murray Free.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Unser ranks 8,770 out of 20,380. Before him are Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Edward Angle (1855), Booker T. Jones (1944), William Mapother (1965), Jenna Haze (1982), and Dan Harrington (1945). After him are Jackie DeShannon (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), H. R. Haldeman (1926), G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906), Wayne Allwine (1947), and Jackie McLean (1931).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Al Unser ranks 36. Before him are Roger Penske (1937), Chet Miller (1902), Dale Earnhardt (1951), Johnnie Parsons (1918), A. J. Foyt (1935), and Walt Ader (1913). After him are Lloyd Ruby (1928), Rodger Ward (1921), Danny Sullivan (1950), Skip Barber (1936), Jim Hall (1935), and John Kocinski (1968).

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