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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 1,308,514 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Campbell is the 435th most popular racing driver, the 3,960th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 71st most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Donald Campbell ranks 435 out of 888Before him are Toshio Suzuki, Jorge Martínez, Richard Attwood, Bernd Schneider, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and Alfredo Pián. After him are Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Óscar González, A. J. Foyt, Max Jean, Roberto Lippi, and Hiroshi Fushida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Donald Campbell ranks 327Before him are Rufina Gasheva, Alexis Smith, Josef Holeček, Víctor Balaguer, Diana Barrymore, and Dennis Brain. After him are Denys de La Patellière, Liz Smith, Julia Hartwig, William Alston, Joann Lõssov, and Ted Schroeder. Among people deceased in 1967, Donald Campbell ranks 211Before him are J. B. Lenoir, James Dunn, Max Taut, Marcello Bertinetti, Pinto Colvig, and Michael J. Adams. After him are Ulderico Sergo, Billy Strayhorn, Anders Hylander, Gerald Patterson, Ramón Zabalo, and Elmer Rice.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Campbell ranks 3,960 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Wilkins (1749), George Graham (1944), Dev Patel (1990), John Hunter (1737), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), and Delia Derbyshire (1937). After him are Herbert Giles (1845), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Jayne Atkinson (1959), Alexander Wilson (1766), Pauline Baynes (1922), and Ed Skrein (1983).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Donald Campbell ranks 71Before him are John Miles (1943), Innes Ireland (1930), Alan Brown (1919), Richard Burns (1971), Ivor Bueb (1923), and Richard Attwood (1940). After him are Peter Arundell (1933), Brian Henton (1946), Jimmy Stewart (1931), Bob Evans (1947), Ron Flockhart (1923), and Geoff Lees (1951).