RACING DRIVER

Eddie Irvine

1965 - Today

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Edmund "Eddie" Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland, who competed under the British flag in Formula One from 1993 to 2002. Irvine was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1999 with Ferrari, and won four Grands Prix across 10 seasons. Irvine began his career at the age of seventeen when he entered Formula Ford, achieving early success, before progressing to the Formula Three and Formula 3000 Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Irvine has received more than 1,592,443 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Eddie Irvine is the 143rd most popular racing driver (up from 152nd in 2019), the 1,927th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,014th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 60.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Eddie Irvine ranks 143 out of 1,080. Before him are John Watson, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Alex Zanardi, Alejandro de Tomaso, and Stefan Bellof. After him are Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Hermann Lang, Onofre Marimón, and Riccardo Paletti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Eddie Irvine ranks 80. Before him are Trifon Ivanov, Jean Castex, Shania Twain, Kristin Davis, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, and John C. Reilly. After him are Tom Tykwer, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Quique Sánchez Flores, Paul W. S. Anderson, Marlee Matlin, and Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eddie Irvine ranks 1,927 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Hopkin (1950), Julian Lennon (1963), Colin Davis (1927), George Whitefield (1714), Cynric (450), and John A. Macdonald (1815). After him are Tobias Smollett (1721), Peter Yates (1929), Louisa Adams (1775), Richard Long (1945), John Gould (1804), and June Whitfield (1925).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Eddie Irvine ranks 21. Before him are Tom Pryce (1949), Roger Williamson (1948), David Purley (1945), Peter Collins (1931), David Coulthard (1971), and John Watson (1946). After him are Alan Stacey (1933), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Chris Bristow (1937), Bob Anderson (1931), Tony Brooks (1932), and Jackie Oliver (1942).

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