RACING DRIVER

Björn Waldegård

1943 - 2014

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Björn Waldegård (12 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Björn Waldegård has received more than 137,566 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Björn Waldegård is the 85th most popular racing driver (up from 95th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 268th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

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  • 63.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Björn Waldegård ranks 85 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Sebastian Vettel, Arturo Merzario, Vittorio Brambilla, Jo Siffert, and Tom Pryce. After him are Jacques Villeneuve, Pierre Levegh, Rubens Barrichello, Stig Blomqvist, Elio de Angelis, and Ángel Nieto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Björn Waldegård ranks 152. Before him are Arturo Merzario, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Beba Lončar, David Morrell, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and Roberto Boninsegna. After him are Tobe Hooper, Lucio Battisti, Joan Manuel Serrat, Czesława Kwoka, José Ángel Iribar, and Dragan Nikolić. Among people deceased in 2014, Björn Waldegård ranks 100. Before him are Mango, Valeri Kubasov, Yitzhak Hofi, Richard Bull, Robert Hansen, and Alexander Shulgin. After him are Mário Coluna, Johnny Winter, Huber Matos, Ramón José Velásquez, Leo Tindemans, and Manitas de Plata.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Björn Waldegård ranks 265 out of 1,879. Before him are Stig Anderson (1931), Ove Kindvall (1943), Blot-Sweyn (1001), Stefan Edberg (1966), Jan-Ove Waldner (1965), and Håkan Nesser (1950). After him are Johann Patkul (1660), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Gideon Sundback (1880), Torsten Wiesel (1924), Torbern Bergman (1735), and Harry Nyquist (1889).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Björn Waldegård ranks 3. Before him are Ronnie Peterson (1944), and Keke Rosberg (1948). After him are Stig Blomqvist (1946), Jo Bonnier (1930), Reine Wisell (1941), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Ove Andersson (1938), Slim Borgudd (1946), Stefan Johansson (1956), Kent Andersson (1942), and Conny Andersson (1939).

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