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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. Chapman's design philosophy focused on cars with light weight and fine handling instead of bulking up on horsepower and spring rates, which he famously summarised as "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Colin Chapman has received more than 959,357 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Chapman is the 70th most popular engineer (down from 55th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 918th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Engineer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Colin Chapmen by language

Over the past year Colin Chapman has had the most page views in the with 120,646 views, followed by Italian (19,785), and German (16,151). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (63.81%), Ukrainian (58.16%), and Breton (55.37%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Colin Chapman ranks 70 out of 389. Before him are Nikolay Zhukovsky, Hans Kammler, Walter Dornberger, Paul Cornu, Jimmy Doolittle, and Marcel Dassault. After him are Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Su Song, Adam Czerniaków, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mikhail Gurevich, and Marcel Renault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Colin Chapman ranks 96. Before him are Walter Mondale, Wolfgang von Trips, Sara Montiel, Burt Bacharach, Gustav Leonhardt, and James Ivory. After him are Michel Serrault, Vladimir Beara, Arman, James Earl Ray, Ida Haendel, and Georgy Dobrovolsky. Among people deceased in 1982, Colin Chapman ranks 63. Before him are Philip Noel-Baker, Alma Reville, Marty Feldman, Giovanni Ferrari, Anna German, and Otto Hofmann. After him are Adolf Heusinger, Kristján Eldjárn, Leopold Trepper, Pierre Mendès France, Patrick Dewaere, and Elis Regina.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Chapman ranks 1,007 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Henry Briggs (1561), Ian Curtis (1956), Jill Ireland (1936), Bill Shankly (1913), and Michael Nyman (1944). After him are Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), James Mason (1909), William Whewell (1794), Phil Neville (1977), and Henry (1100).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Colin Chapman ranks 5. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and Charles George Gordon (1833). After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), Alexander Cunningham (1814), George Cayley (1773), Hertha Ayrton (1854), and Adrian Newey (1958).

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