1978 - 2011
Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and was co-winner of the 2006 24 Hours of Daytona with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR). Wheldon began competitive karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to open-wheel car racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship, the Toyota Atlantic Championship and Indy Lights. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Wheldon has received more than 1,879,115 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Wheldon is the 724th most popular racing driver (up from 742nd in 2019), the 5,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,196th in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Dan Wheldon ranks 724 out of 888. Before him are Jack McGrath, Tony Bettenhausen, Trevor Blokdyk, Jay Chamberlain, Tomáš Enge, and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington. After him are Freddy Loix, Shoya Tomizawa, Les Leston, Tetsuya Harada, Tony Kanaan, and Emanuele Naspetti.
1919 - 1955
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 718
1916 - 1961
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 719
1935 - 1995
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 720
1925 - 2001
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 721
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 722
1915 - 2007
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 723
1978 - 2011
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 724
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 725
1990 - 2010
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 726
1920 - 2012
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 727
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 728
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 729
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 730
Among people born in 1978, Dan Wheldon ranks 323. Before him are Helton Arruda, Jaka Lakovič, Nick Wechsler, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Patty Schnyder, and Omar Benson Miller. After him are José Mari, Jakub Janda, Marisa Miller, Nadine Angerer, Shen Xue, and Berat Albayrak. Among people deceased in 2011, Dan Wheldon ranks 427. Before him are Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Pauline Betz, John M. Lounge, Sada Thompson, and Fe del Mundo. After him are Troy Davis, Margaret Whiting, Tom Aldredge, Neil Young, Ellen Stewart, and Charlie Callas.
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.87
Rank: 317
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 318
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 319
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 320
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 321
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 322
1978 - 2011
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 323
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 324
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 325
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 326
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 327
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 328
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 329
1941 - 2011
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 421
1930 - 2011
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 422
1919 - 2011
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 423
1946 - 2011
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 424
1927 - 2011
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 425
1911 - 2011
HPI: 38.84
Rank: 426
1978 - 2011
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 427
1968 - 2011
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 428
1924 - 2011
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 429
1928 - 2011
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 430
1944 - 2011
HPI: 38.39
Rank: 431
1919 - 2011
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 432
1924 - 2011
HPI: 38.26
Rank: 433
Among people born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 5,356 out of 7,765. Before him are Jasper Fforde (1961), Stuart Bingham (1976), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Tom Hopper (1985), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915). After him are Marc Warren (1967), Kathleen Booth (1922), Ernest Townsend (1880), Les Leston (1920), Douglas Booth (1992), and Jeff Rawle (1951).
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 5,350
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 5,351
1886 - 1918
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 5,352
2018 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 5,353
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 5,354
1915 - 2007
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 5,355
1978 - 2011
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 5,356
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 5,357
1922 - 2022
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 5,358
1880 - 1944
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 5,359
1920 - 2012
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 5,360
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 5,361
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 5,362
Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 127. Before him are Rupert Keegan (1955), Arthur Owen (1915), Ian Raby (1921), Anthony Davidson (1979), Tiff Needell (1951), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915). After him are Les Leston (1920), Ian Stewart (1929), Richard Robarts (1944), Jim Crawford (1948), Gary Brabham (1961), and Eric Brandon (1920).
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 121
1915 - 2002
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 122
1921 - 1967
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 123
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 124
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 125
1915 - 2007
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 126
1978 - 2011
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 127
1920 - 2012
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 128
1929 - 2017
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 129
1944 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 130
1948 - 2002
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 131
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 132
1920 - 1982
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 133