RACING DRIVER

Danny Kent

1993 - Today

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Danny Ray Kent (born 25 November 1993) is an English motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2015 Moto3 World Championship. In doing so he became Great Britain's first Grand Prix solo motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, as well as the first British lightweight class champion since Dave Simmonds in 1969. During 2020 he competed in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R, and for 2021 aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000R in the British Superbike Championship, until a crash caused a dislocated and broken hip in August 2021. For 2022, Kent continued with Buildbase Suzuki but for 2023 he joined, as sole rider, a new BSB team established by his personal sponsor using a Honda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Kent has received more than 269,039 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Danny Kent is the 1,039th most popular racing driver (down from 946th in 2019), the 7,677th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,812th in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Danny Kent ranks 1,039 out of 1,080. Before him are Alexander Rossi, James Rossiter, Ma Qinghua, Nico Müller, Andreas Zuber, and Frederik Vesti. After him are Pato O'Ward, Callum Ilott, Álvaro Parente, Eugene Laverty, Javier Villa, and Greg Biffle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Danny Kent ranks 745. Before him are Pere Pons, Pierre Lees-Melou, Robert Ibáñez, Lola Créton, Carlos Eduardo Bendini Giusti, and Adama Ba. After him are Wilker Ángel, Niccolò Bonifazio, Marius Bear, Jason Kubler, Davit Khocholava, and Ravel Morrison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Danny Kent ranks 7,677 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlotte Church (1986), Harry Souttar (1998), Ethan Hayter (1998), Carl Jenkinson (1992), Simon Armitage (1963), and Duncan Goodhew (1957). After him are Shirley Strong (1958), Paul Clement (1972), Sacha Dhawan (1984), Alison Williamson (1971), Jon Foo (1982), and Sam Palladio (1986).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Danny Kent ranks 181. Before him are Oliver Turvey (1987), Scott Redding (1993), Bradley Smith (1990), Sean Edwards (1986), Sam Bird (1987), and James Rossiter (1983). After him are Callum Ilott (1998), Eugene Laverty (1986), Alex Lynn (1993), Tom Blomqvist (1993), Adam Carroll (1982), and Jamie Chadwick (1998).

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