RACING DRIVER

Ben Pon

1936 - 2019

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Bernardus Marinus "Ben" Pon (9 December 1936 – 30 September 2019) was a Dutch vintner and Olympian and motor racing driver. He competed in one Formula One race, the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, but had a far longer career in sports car racing, before turning his back on the track to concentrate on the wine trade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Pon has received more than 81,685 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Pon is the 487th most popular racing driver (down from 368th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ben Pon ranks 487 out of 1,080. Before him are Claudio Langes, Pierre Gasly, Eugenio Lazzarini, Sete Gibernau, Ettore Chimeri, and Herbert MacKay-Fraser. After him are Mikko Kozarowitzky, Alfredo Pián, Jo Vonlanthen, Alberto Crespo, Alan Rees, and Derek Daly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ben Pon ranks 451. Before him are Giuliana Calandra, Delio Gamboa, Teatao Teannaki, Clive Swift, Larry McMurtry, and Rubén Héctor Sosa. After him are Žarko Nikolić, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Barbara Sobotta, David Hess, Nikolay Rubtsov, and John Madden. Among people deceased in 2019, Ben Pon ranks 405. Before him are Kálmán Ihász, Josef Feistmantl, Kurt Armbruster, Lol Mahamat Choua, Aleksey Buldakov, and Arturo Fernández Rodríguez. After him are Frans Andriessen, D. M. Jayaratne, Raymond Bellot, Sara Danius, Judith Krantz, and Yvette Williams.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ben Pon ranks 866 out of 1,646. Before him are Annemiek van Vleuten (1982), Guus Kuijer (1942), John Heitinga (1983), Caius Welcker (1885), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), and J. Slauerhoff (1898). After him are Joris Mathijsen (1980), Frans Andriessen (1929), Joan Röell (1844), Conny Vandenbos (1937), Johannes van Dijk (1868), and Jan Poortvliet (1955).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Netherlands

Among racing drivers born in Netherlands, Ben Pon ranks 9. Before him are Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Jan Lammers (1956), Dries van der Lof (1919), Huub Rothengatter (1954), Michael Bleekemolen (1949), and Jan Flinterman (1919). After him are Eppie Wietzes (1938), Christijan Albers (1979), Roelof Wunderink (1948), Boy Hayje (1949), Giedo van der Garde (1985), and Nyck de Vries (1995).

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