RACING DRIVER

Damon Hill

1960 - Today

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Damon Graham Devereux Hill (born 17 September 1960) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1992 to 1999. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1996 with Williams, and won 22 Grands Prix across eight seasons. Born and raised in London, Hill is the son of two-time Formula One World Champion Graham Hill, and, along with Nico Rosberg, one of two sons of a Formula One World Champion to also win the title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damon Hill has received more than 3,172,977 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Damon Hill is the 59th most popular racing driver (down from 44th in 2019), the 994th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 847th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Racing Driver.

Damon Hill is most famous for being the son of Graham Hill, who was a champion racing driver. He is also famous for winning the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Damon Hill ranks 59 out of 1,080. Before him are Tazio Nuvolari, Michèle Mouton, Lewis Hamilton, Wolfgang von Trips, Rudolf Caracciola, and Lella Lombardi. After him are Hannu Mikkola, Alan Jones, Chris Amon, Gerhard Berger, Kimi Räikkönen, and Louis Chiron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Damon Hill ranks 54. Before him are Gustavo Petro, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lepa Brena, Naoki Urasawa, Neil Gaiman, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. After him are Michael Nyqvist, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Grey, John Galliano, Hideaki Anno, and Walter Zenga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Damon Hill ranks 994 out of 8,785. Before him are Marty Feldman (1934), Roger Daltrey (1944), John Dunstaple (1390), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Mary Somerville (1780), and Mark Strong (1963). After him are Naomi Campbell (1970), Richard Hamilton (1922), Ewan McGregor (1971), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), and Lee Child (1954).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Damon Hill ranks 12. Before him are Nigel Mansell (1953), Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Stirling Moss (1929), and Lewis Hamilton (1985). After him are Colin McRae (1968), Mike Hailwood (1940), Tom Pryce (1949), Roger Williamson (1948), David Purley (1945), and Peter Collins (1931).

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