RACING DRIVER

David Hampshire

1917 - 1990

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David Alan Hampshire (29 December 1917 – 25 August 1990) was a British racing driver from England. He was born in Mickleover, Derbyshire and died in Newton Solney, in South Derbyshire. Hampshire first appeared amongst Bira, Villoresi, Tony Rolt, Raymond Mays, Peter Whitehead, Leslie Brooke and Reg Parnell in the 1939 Nuffield Trophy at Donington Park. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hampshire has received more than 30,943 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). David Hampshire is the 546th most popular racing driver (up from 553rd in 2019), the 4,667th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,541st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, David Hampshire ranks 546 out of 1,080Before him are Heini Walter, Alfonso Thiele, Ott Tänak, Jonathan Palmer, Corrado Fabi, and Rodger Ward. After him are Vitantonio Liuzzi, Doug Serrurier, Luca Cadalora, Daniil Kvyat, Kevin Magnussen, and Gino Munaron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, David Hampshire ranks 298Before him are Birger Rosengren, Qaysin Quli, Zagir Ismagilov, Manuel Alexandre, Jovdat Hajiyev, and Leonard Chess. After him are Tadd Dameron, Jean Lucas, Carl Forssell, Jerry Wexler, Walter Lord, and Charles Sibley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hampshire ranks 4,667 out of 8,785Before him are Rik Mayall (1958), Dev Patel (1990), David Garnett (1892), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Major Ritchie (1870), and John Roebuck (1718). After him are Charles Kent (1852), John McNally (1932), Stephen Leacock (1869), Lilian Gibbs (1870), Bill Moggridge (1943), and Michael Howard (1941).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, David Hampshire ranks 92Before him are Al Pease (1921), Tony Rolt (1918), Dennis Poore (1916), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Peter Arundell (1933), and Jonathan Palmer (1956). After him are Bob Gerard (1914), Lando Norris (1999), Tony Trimmer (1943), John Rhodes (1927), Ian Burgess (1930), and John James (1914).