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Bernie Ecclestone

1930 - Today

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Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British former business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport. As such, he was commonly described in journalism as the 'F1 Supremo'.Ecclestone began his career as a racing driver and entered two Grand Prix races during the 1958 season, but failed to qualify for either of them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Ecclestone has received more than 5,400,163 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Bernie Ecclestone is the 70th most popular businessperson (down from 57th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 429th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Businessperson.

Bernie Ecclestone is most famous for being the founder and CEO of Formula One Group, which is the company that runs Formula One racing.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bernie Ecclestones by language

Over the past year Bernie Ecclestone has had the most page views in the with 601,597 views, followed by German (101,762), and Spanish (63,406). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (833.35%), Breton (76.80%), and Dutch (54.48%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 70 out of 847. Before him are Robert Kardashian, Helena Rubinstein, Kiichiro Toyoda, Sung Jae-gi, Lee Byung-chul, and Calouste Gulbenkian. After him are J. Bruce Ismay, Richard Branson, Stan Kroenke, Stanley Rous, Jack Ma, and Robert McNamara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 42. Before him are Zhores Alferov, Ali al-Sistani, George E. Smith, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Gary Becker. After him are Biljana Plavšić, Akira Suzuki, Derek Walcott, Félix Guattari, Lorin Maazel, and Robert Wagner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 468 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wallis (1616), Edward the Martyr (962), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Julia Gillard (1961), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), and Sid Vicious (1957). After him are Eadred (923), Saint Walpurga (710), Denis Law (1940), Brook Taylor (1685), Æthelflæd (869), and Saint Boniface (680).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Bernie Ecclestone ranks 4. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), Andrew Carnegie (1835), and Thomas Cook (1808). After him are J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Richard Branson (1950), Stanley Rous (1895), Brian Epstein (1934), John McAfee (1945), Thomas Lipton (1848), Ron Dennis (1947), and Frank Williams (1942).

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