1937 - 1970
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, winning a total of 8 World Constructors' Championships and 12 World Drivers' Championships. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce McLaren has received more than 2,306,960 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bruce McLaren is the 13th most popular racing driver (up from 21st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Racing Driver.
Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand race car driver and founder of the McLaren racing team. He is most famous for being the only driver to win the Formula One world championship with a car of his own design.
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Among racing drivers, Bruce McLaren ranks 13 out of 888. Before him are Alain Prost, Giuseppe Farina, Ken Miles, Alberto Ascari, Carroll Shelby, and Emerson Fittipaldi. After him are Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Jim Clark, Keke Rosberg, Stirling Moss, and Graham Hill.
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 7
1906 - 1966
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 8
1918 - 1966
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 9
1918 - 1955
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 10
1923 - 2012
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 12
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 13
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 14
1942 - 1970
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 15
1936 - 1968
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 17
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 18
1929 - 1975
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 19
Among people born in 1937, Bruce McLaren ranks 21. Before him are Martti Ahtisaari, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Jared Diamond, Ahmed Yassin, Mengistu Haile Mariam, and Warren Beatty. After him are Bobby Charlton, Philip Glass, Egon Krenz, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bill Cosby, and Alain Badiou. Among people deceased in 1970, Bruce McLaren ranks 26. Before him are C. V. Raman, Rudolf Carnap, Semyon Timoshenko, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Peter II of Yugoslavia, and Nelly Sachs. After him are Eric Berne, Vladimir Propp, Jochen Rindt, Frances Farmer, Heinrich Brüning, and Maud Lewis.
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 16
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 17
1937 - 2004
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 20
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 21
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 22
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 24
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 25
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 27
1888 - 1970
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 20
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 21
1895 - 1970
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 22
1883 - 1970
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 23
1923 - 1970
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 24
1891 - 1970
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 25
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 26
1910 - 1970
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 27
1895 - 1970
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 28
1942 - 1970
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 29
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 30
1885 - 1970
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 31
1903 - 1970
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 32
Among people born in New Zealand, Bruce McLaren ranks 4 out of 206. Before him are Ernest Rutherford (1871), Edmund Hillary (1919), and Russell Crowe (1964). After him are Maurice Wilkins (1916), Peter Jackson (1961), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Chris Amon (1943), and Burt Munro (1899).
1871 - 1937
HPI: 84.88
Rank: 1
1919 - 2008
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 2
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 3
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 4
1916 - 2004
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 5
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 6
1888 - 1923
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 7
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 8
1927 - 2007
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 10
1943 - 2016
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 11
1899 - 1978
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 12
Among racing drivers born in New Zealand, Bruce McLaren ranks 1. After him are Denny Hulme (1936), Chris Amon (1943), Howden Ganley (1941), John Nicholson (1941), Graham McRae (1940), Brendon Hartley (1989), Mike Thackwell (1961), Tony Shelly (1937), and Mitch Evans (1994).
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 1
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 2
1943 - 2016
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 4
1941 - 2017
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 6
1989 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 8
1937 - 1998
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 9
1994 - Present
HPI: 38.90
Rank: 10