RACING DRIVER

Donald Campbell

1921 - 1967

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Donald Malcolm Campbell, (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Campbell has received more than 1,430,180 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Campbell is the 643rd most popular racing driver (down from 435th in 2019), the 5,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,952nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Donald Campbell ranks 643 out of 1,080. Before him are Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Bobby Rahal, Rupert Keegan, Piero Scotti, Roberto Guerrero, and Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi. After him are Jac Nellemann, Gary Brabham, Jimmy Bryan, George Follmer, Duncan Hamilton, and Julian Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Donald Campbell ranks 430. Before him are Erwin Hahn, Gene Saks, Beatrice Mintz, Naomi Parker Fraley, John Aston Sr., and Kurt Marti. After him are Joan Greenwood, Ian Raby, Gilbert Stork, Marilyn Maxwell, Sheb Wooley, and Bobby Wanzer. Among people deceased in 1967, Donald Campbell ranks 263. Before him are Lewis H. Brereton, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Samuel Mosberg, Nelson Eddy, Frederick E. Morgan, and Guillermo Lovell. After him are Guillermo Douglas, Tilly Edinger, Ian Raby, Nathaniel Cartmell, Joe Meek, and Art Langley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Campbell ranks 5,176 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Rhys (1974), Joe Cornish (1968), Brian Cox (1968), Stephen Merchant (1974), Alan Garner (1934), and Judd Trump (1989). After him are John Barbour (1316), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Alan Pardew (1961), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (1996), and Harry Lloyd (1983).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Donald Campbell ranks 101. Before him are Tony Trimmer (1943), John Rhodes (1927), Ian Burgess (1930), John James (1914), Vic Elford (1935), and Rupert Keegan (1955). After him are Gary Brabham (1961), Julian Bailey (1961), Ian Raby (1921), Kenny Acheson (1957), John Cannon (1933), and Archie Scott Brown (1927).

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