1923 - 2012
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. Shelby is best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, which he modified during the late 1960s and early 2000s. He established Shelby American in 1962 to manufacture and market performance vehicles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carroll Shelby has received more than 9,518,437 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Carroll Shelby is the 11th most popular racing driver, the 392nd most popular biography from United States (up from 447th in 2019) and the most popular American Racing Driver.
Carroll Shelby is most famous for his work in the automotive industry. He was a race car driver and team manager before he became a car designer and manufacturer. He is most famous for his work with the Ford Mustang.
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Among racing drivers, Carroll Shelby ranks 11 out of 888. Before him are Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Ken Miles, Alain Prost, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Giuseppe Farina. After him are Alberto Ascari, Nelson Piquet, Jackie Stewart, Keke Rosberg, Jochen Rindt, and Ronnie Peterson.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 5
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 6
1918 - 1966
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 7
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 9
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 10
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 11
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 13
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 15
1942 - 1970
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 16
1944 - 1978
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1923, Carroll Shelby ranks 16. Before him are Marcel Marceau, Irma Grese, Rocky Marciano, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Italo Calvino, and Peter II of Yugoslavia. After him are György Ligeti, Richard Attenborough, Franco Zeffirelli, Alan Shepard, Mas Oyama, and Nadine Gordimer. Among people deceased in 2012, Carroll Shelby ranks 9. Before him are Norodom Sihanouk, Wisława Szymborska, Ray Bradbury, Whitney Houston, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Eric Hobsbawm. After him are Michael Clarke Duncan, Theo Angelopoulos, Jon Lord, George Tupou V, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Yitzhak Shamir.
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 10
1923 - 1945
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 11
1923 - 1969
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 12
1923 - 2014
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 13
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 14
1923 - 1970
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 16
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
1923 - 2014
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 18
1923 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 19
1923 - 1998
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 20
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 21
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 22
1922 - 2012
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 3
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 5
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 6
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 9
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 13
1909 - 2012
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 14
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
Among people born in United States, Carroll Shelby ranks 392 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin Costner (1955), Jeff Bridges (1949), Charles Goodyear (1800), Sarah Vaughan (1924), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), and Jerome Bruner (1915). After him are Shirley Temple (1928), Henry Clay (1777), Jodie Foster (1962), Brian De Palma (1940), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), and Dianne Wiest (1946).
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 386
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 387
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 388
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 389
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 390
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 391
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 392
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 393
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 394
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 395
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 396
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 397
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 398
Among racing drivers born in United States, Carroll Shelby ranks 1. After him are Phil Hill (1927), Richie Ginther (1930), Dan Gurney (1931), Kenny Roberts (1951), Wayne Rainey (1960), Mark Donohue (1937), Al Unser (1939), Peter Revson (1939), Lee Wallard (1910), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and Brett Lunger (1945).
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 1
1927 - 2008
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 5
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 6
1937 - 1975
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 7
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 8
1939 - 1974
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 9
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 12