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Burt Munro

1899 - 1978

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Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967. This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. Working from his home in Invercargill, he spent 20 years highly modifying his 1920 Indian motorcycle that he had bought that same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burt Munro has received more than 2,246,190 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Burt Munro is the 5,426th most popular politician (down from 4,428th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Burt Munro ranks 5,426 out of 19,576. Before him are D. F. Malan, Ichirō Hatoyama, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Emperor Montoku, Emperor Heizei, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz. After him are Prisca, Mikhail of Tver, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, and Ottokar Czernin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Burt Munro ranks 65. Before him are Brassaï, Ludwig Guttmann, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Philipp Bouhler, Georges Bidault, and Louis Chiron. After him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Aksel Sandemose, Yaakov Dori, Erwin Bowien, Adam Rainer, and Emma Morano. Among people deceased in 1978, Burt Munro ranks 53. Before him are Harvey Milk, Georgi Markov, Ignazio Silone, Wadie Haddad, Henry Corbin, and Sisavang Vatthana. After him are Tetsu Katayama, Pablo Dorado, Carlo Scarpa, Prince Nicholas of Romania, Fernando Peyroteo, and Robert Shaw.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Burt Munro ranks 13 out of 303. Before him are Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Thomas Williams (1930), Helen Clark (1950), and Chris Amon (1943). After him are Martin Campbell (1943), Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Lucy Lawless (1968), John Money (1921), Jane Campion (1954), and Rosé (1997).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Burt Munro ranks 2. Before him are Helen Clark (1950). After him are Jacinda Ardern (1980), Jean Batten (1909), Patsy Reddy (1954), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Michael Hardie Boys (1931), John Key (1961), John Gorton (1911), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), and David Lange (1942).

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