RACING DRIVER

Dale Earnhardt

1951 - 2001

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Ralph Dale Earnhardt (; April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) was an American professional stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced from 1975 to 2001 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. His aggressive driving style earned him the nicknames "the Intimidator", "the Man in Black" and "Ironhead"; after his son Dale Earnhardt Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dale Earnhardt has received more than 9,471,498 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dale Earnhardt is the 456th most popular racing driver (down from 297th in 2019), the 7,813th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,884th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dale Earnhardt ranks 456 out of 1,080. Before him are Brian Naylor, Chet Miller, Aldo Gordini, Chris Lawrence, Geoff Lees, and Maurício Gugelmin. After him are Ingo Hoffmann, Gianni Morbidelli, Carlo Facetti, Jorge Martínez, John Cordts, and Wolfgang Seidel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Dale Earnhardt ranks 414. Before him are Zeenat Aman, Nils Lofgren, Jamey Sheridan, Geoff Lees, Choei Sato, and Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa. After him are Philip Davis, Robben Ford, Trilok Gurtu, Horace Andy, Yury Chaika, and Barry Van Dyke. Among people deceased in 2001, Dale Earnhardt ranks 248. Before him are Dipendra of Nepal, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Ahmed Sofa, Villy Sørensen, Oldřich Lajsek, and Ashok Kumar. After him are Lee Cronbach, Pavel Sadyrin, Leonid Osyka, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, Arne Sucksdorff, and Sara Ashurbeyli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dale Earnhardt ranks 7,813 out of 20,380. Before him are William Chittick (1943), Robert Beltran (1953), Aja Naomi King (1985), Booker T (1965), Julie Garwood (1946), and Tess Harper (1950). After him are David S. Goyer (1965), Randy Edelman (1947), Arthur Crudup (1905), John Carmack (1970), Raymond E. Brown (1928), and Daniel Henney (1979).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Dale Earnhardt ranks 32. Before him are Eddie Cheever (1958), Fred Agabashian (1913), Bobby Unser (1934), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), Roger Penske (1937), and Chet Miller (1902). After him are Johnnie Parsons (1918), A. J. Foyt (1935), Walt Ader (1913), Al Unser (1939), Lloyd Ruby (1928), and Rodger Ward (1921).

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