RACING DRIVER

Bill Ivy

1942 - 1969

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William David Ivy (27 August 1942 – 12 July 1969) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Maidstone, Kent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Ivy has received more than 98,249 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Ivy is the 235th most popular racing driver (down from 200th in 2019), the 2,617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,413th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Bill Ivy ranks 235 out of 1,080. Before him are Alex Soler-Roig, Nick Heidfeld, Carlo Maria Abate, Philippe Alliot, Hans Heyer, and Mark Webber. After him are Gordon Murray, Peter Revson, Marcus Grönholm, Joey Dunlop, Ricardo Zunino, and Jules Bianchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bill Ivy ranks 326. Before him are Al Jardine, Eduard Markarov, Ghada al-Samman, Shukri Ghanem, Irm Hermann, and Toyohiro Akiyama. After him are Erika Blanc, Chantal Goya, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Adolf Ogi, Dick Parry, and Huey P. Newton. Among people deceased in 1969, Bill Ivy ranks 127. Before him are Simon Vratsian, Al Taliaferro, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Gunnar Andersson, Aleksandr Deyneka, and Karl Freund. After him are Friedrich von Huene, Harry Hammond Hess, Giovanni Urbani, Gabriel Chevallier, Silvestre Igoa, and Filipp Oktyabrsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Ivy ranks 2,617 out of 8,785. Before him are Ashley Cole (1980), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Dominic West (1969), Thomas Arnold (1795), and C. P. Snow (1905). After him are Quentin Blake (1932), Kit Harington (1986), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), Billy Meredith (1874), William Robertson Smith (1846), and Steve Perryman (1951).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Bill Ivy ranks 35. Before him are Roy Salvadori (1922), Guy Edwards (1942), Phil Read (1939), Derek Warwick (1954), Richard Robarts (1944), and Divina Galica (1944). After him are Joey Dunlop (1952), Tony Brise (1952), John Taylor (1933), Joe Fry (1915), Johnny Claes (1916), and Jenson Button (1980).

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