RACING DRIVER

Ayrton Senna

1960 - 1994

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Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈiʁtõ ˈsẽnɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994. Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Born and raised in São Paulo, Senna began competitive kart racing aged 13; his first go-kart was built by his father using a lawnmower engine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ayrton Senna has received more than 14,732,514 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 87 in 2019). Ayrton Senna is the 4th most popular racing driver, the 9th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Racing Driver.

Ayrton Senna is most famous for being a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships. He was killed in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ayrton Senna ranks 4 out of 1,080. Before him are Enzo Ferrari, Niki Lauda, and Michael Schumacher. After him are Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Alain Prost, Ken Miles, Alberto Ascari, Emerson Fittipaldi, Giuseppe Farina, and Nelson Piquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Ayrton Senna ranks 3. Before him are Diego Maradona, and Naruhito. After him are Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tim Cook, Jeffrey Dahmer, Philippe of Belgium, Antonio Banderas, Yulia Tymoshenko, Jo Nesbø, Isaac Herzog, and Joachim Löw. Among people deceased in 1994, Ayrton Senna ranks 10. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Erich Honecker, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, and Erik Erikson. After him are Linus Pauling, Giulietta Masina, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Burt Lancaster, and Andrei Chikatilo.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Ayrton Senna ranks 9 out of 2,236. Before him are Paulo Coelho (1947), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Mário Zagallo (1931), Ronaldo (1976), Oscar Niemeyer (1907), and Zico (1953). After him are Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Jairzinho (1944), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Rivellino (1946), and Carlos Alberto Torres (1944).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Brazil

Among racing drivers born in Brazil, Ayrton Senna ranks 1. After him are Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Nelson Piquet (1952), Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943), Carlos Pace (1944), Rubens Barrichello (1972), Felipe Massa (1981), Roberto Moreno (1959), Chico Landi (1907), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Bruno Senna (1983), and Christian Fittipaldi (1971).

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