New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

RACING DRIVER

Dale Earnhardt

1951 - 2001

Photo of Dale Earnhardt

Icon of person Dale Earnhardt

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 8,946,583 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dale Earnhardt is the 297th most popular racing driver (up from 425th in 2019), the 5,896th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,531st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dale Earnhardts by language


Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dale Earnhardt ranks 297 out of 888. Before him are David Murray, Alexander Wurz, Eliseo Salazar, Masten Gregory, Paco Godia, and Mike Parkes. After him are Rikky von Opel, Adrián Campos, André Simon, George Abecassis, Piero Carini, and José Dolhem.

Most Popular Racing Drivers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Dale Earnhardt ranks 277. Before him are Philip Bailey, Ramón Puerta, Pier Luigi Bersani, Rosa Montero, Matti Pellonpää, and Pamela Bellwood. After him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Patrick Allen, Yvonne Elliman, Greg Bear, Boško Abramović, and Yvonne Farrell. Among people deceased in 2001, Dale Earnhardt ranks 192. Before him are Mongo Beti, Enrique Mateos, Lewis Arquette, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, and Vasily Abaev. After him are József Csermák, Lee Cronbach, Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, Betty Holberton, and Sivaji Ganesan.

Others Born in 1951

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2001

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Dale Earnhardt ranks 5,896 out of 18,182. Before him are Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), David Douglas Duncan (1916), Ed Wynn (1886), Willie Colón (1950), C. L. Moore (1911), and Jess Willard (1881). After him are Al Kooper (1944), Candy Clark (1947), Bobo Brazil (1924), Rikky von Opel (1947), Verne Troyer (1969), and James Lee Burke (1936).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Dale Earnhardt ranks 21. Before him are Ken Block (1967), Nicky Hayden (1981), Carl Scarborough (1914), Manny Ayulo (1921), Bob Bondurant (1933), and Masten Gregory (1932). After him are Rikky von Opel (1947), Freddie Spencer (1961), Michael Andretti (1962), Eddie Cheever (1958), Johnnie Parsons (1918), and Lloyd Ruby (1928).

American born Racing Drivers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL