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Colin Chapman

1928 - 1982

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Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars. Chapman founded Lotus in 1952 and initially ran Lotus in his spare time, assisted by a group of enthusiasts. His knowledge of the latest aeronautical engineering techniques would prove vital towards achieving the major automotive technical advances for which he is remembered. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Chapman has received more than 971,416 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Colin Chapman is the 56th most popular engineer (down from 48th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 806th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Engineer.

Colin Chapman was a British engineer and inventor. He is most famous for creating the Lotus cars.

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  • 970k

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  • 59.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Colin Chapman ranks 56 out of 323. Before him are Bjarne Stroustrup, Gustaf de Laval, Kurt Gerstein, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Arthur Scherbius, and Walter Dornberger. After him are Kurt Tank, Marcello Gandini, Valentin Glushko, Lu Ban, Masaru Ibuka, and Su Song.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Colin Chapman ranks 76. Before him are James Randi, Tony Richardson, Carl Woese, Erik Bruhn, Borisav Jović, and Eugene Merle Shoemaker. After him are Sara Montiel, Gustav Leonhardt, Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, Daniel Nathans, and Desmond Morris. Among people deceased in 1982, Colin Chapman ranks 58. Before him are Philip Noel-Baker, Meša Selimović, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Takashi Shimura, Sobhuza II, and Mario Del Monaco. After him are Eduardo Frei Montalva, Leopold Trepper, Leonid Kogan, Giovanni Ferrari, Jack Swigert, and Marty Feldman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Chapman ranks 919 out of 7,765. Before him are Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), Jim Broadbent (1949), and Alexander R. Todd (1907). After him are Sarah Brightman (1960), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ewan McGregor (1971), Steve Harris (1956), Isabella of England (1214), and Karl Jenkins (1944).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Colin Chapman ranks 6. Before him are Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), Charles George Gordon (1833), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806). After him are Ross Brawn (1954), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), George Cayley (1773), Patrick Head (1946), and Adrian Newey (1958).

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