RACING DRIVER

Ari Vatanen

1952 - Today

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Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen (pronounced [ˈɑri ˈʋɑtɑnen] ; born 27 April 1952) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times. In addition, Vatanen won the 1997 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ari Vatanen has received more than 450,092 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Ari Vatanen is the 45th most popular racing driver (up from 55th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Finland (up from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ari Vatanens by language

Over the past year Ari Vatanen has had the most page views in the with 55,659 views, followed by English (51,549), and Finnish (47,509). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (71.85%), Finnish (53.42%), and Czech (47.70%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ari Vatanen ranks 45 out of 1,080. Before him are Mike Hawthorn, Walter Röhrl, Denny Hulme, Jean Todt, Phil Hill, and Didier Pironi. After him are Lorenzo Bandini, René Arnoux, Valentino Rossi, Jacques Laffite, Stirling Moss, and Alfredo Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ari Vatanen ranks 56. Before him are Jean-Paul Gaultier, Charles Scott Sherrington, George Papandreou, Umberto Tozzi, Salam Fayyad, and Didier Pironi. After him are Mahamadou Issoufou, Ko Yong-hui, Uli Hoeneß, Maria Schneider, George Strait, and Raymond Domenech.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ari Vatanen ranks 40 out of 751. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968), Albert Edelfelt (1854), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Aino Aalto (1894), and Tom of Finland (1920). After him are Aleksis Kivi (1834), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Matti Nykänen (1963), Eliel Saarinen (1873), Hugo Simberg (1873), and Hannu Mikkola (1942).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Ari Vatanen ranks 2. Before him are Mika Häkkinen (1968). After him are Hannu Mikkola (1942), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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