RACING DRIVER

David Murray

1909 - 1973

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David Hugh Murray (28 December 1909 – 5 April 1973) was a British racing driver from Scotland. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950, and also founded the Ecurie Ecosse Scottish motor racing team, based at Merchiston Mews in Edinburgh. Murray was a chartered accountant by profession and raced an ERA and subsequently a Maserati 4CLT both domestically and in European events, before forming Ecurie Ecosse in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Murray has received more than 40,134 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). David Murray is the 266th most popular racing driver (up from 291st in 2019), the 2,906th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,129th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, David Murray ranks 266 out of 1,080. Before him are Giulio Cabianca, Johnny Claes, Jenson Button, Nicola Larini, Peter Walker, and George Constantine. After him are Tim Schenken, Valtteri Bottas, André Simon, Mick Doohan, Mark Donohue, and Manny Ayulo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, David Murray ranks 221. Before him are Adalbert Deșu, Ferenc Fejtő, Irakli Abashidze, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Sven Jonasson, and Licia Albanese. After him are Heinz Erhardt, Durgabai Deshmukh, Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma, Kató Lomb, Bernabé Ferreyra, and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander. Among people deceased in 1973, David Murray ranks 161. Before him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Armas Toivonen, Louis St. Laurent, Alina Szapocznikow, Joe E. Brown, and Kid Ory. After him are Charles Daniels, Alexander Rou, Hilda Geiringer, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, and Harold Hotelling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Murray ranks 2,906 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), David Frost (1939), William Whiston (1667), Nat Lofthouse (1925), and Steven Wilson (1967). After him are Edith Hannam (1878), Richard Addinsell (1904), John Michael Wright (1617), Mick Jackson (1943), Paul Simonon (1955), and Fay Weldon (1931).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, David Murray ranks 43. Before him are Tony Brise (1952), John Taylor (1933), Joe Fry (1915), Johnny Claes (1916), Jenson Button (1980), and Peter Walker (1912). After him are Derek Bell (1941), Brian Hart (1936), Alan Brown (1919), Geoff Duke (1923), Johnny Herbert (1964), and Mike Parkes (1931).

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