RACING DRIVER

Eric Brandon

1920 - 1982

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Eric Brandon (18 July 1920 in East Ham, Essex – 8 August 1982 in Gosport, Hampshire) was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company. When he and his boyhood friend John Cooper were released from military service after World War II they built two cars to the new National 500 cc (30.5 cu in) regulations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Brandon has received more than 36,774 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eric Brandon is the 656th most popular racing driver (up from 757th in 2019), the 5,236th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,507th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 50.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Eric Brandon ranks 656 out of 1,080. Before him are Kazuki Nakajima, Ian Raby, Kenny Acheson, John Cannon, Jari-Matti Latvala, and Archie Scott Brown. After him are Paul Hawkins, Masami Kuwashima, Tony Gaze, Rudolf Krause, Jack McGrath, and Colin Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Eric Brandon ranks 418. Before him are Paul Scott, Joyce King, Friedrich Waller, Dorothy Abbott, Duncan Hamilton, and Wolfdietrich Schnurre. After him are Tony Gaze, Satish Dhawan, Josef Doležal, Wayne Thiebaud, Simon Pimenta, and John O'Connor. Among people deceased in 1982, Eric Brandon ranks 287. Before him are Wiesław Maniak, Alfons Dorfner, Humphrey Searle, Alexander Hurd, Lester Bangs, and Rab Butler. After him are Claudio Barrientos, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, William Cameron Townsend, Katherine Rawls, Alois Schnabel, and Hugh Marlowe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Brandon ranks 5,236 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Pickford (1736), Max Hastings (1945), Andrew Robertson (1994), Horace Bailey (1881), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), and John Stones (1994). After him are Ken Bates (1931), Hermione Gingold (1897), Michael Wheeler (1935), Lewis Capaldi (1996), John Simm (1970), and Pat Rice (1949).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Eric Brandon ranks 108. Before him are Gary Brabham (1961), Julian Bailey (1961), Ian Raby (1921), Kenny Acheson (1957), John Cannon (1933), and Archie Scott Brown (1927). After him are Colin Davis (1933), George Russell (1998), Ron Flockhart (1923), David Piper (1930), Steve O'Rourke (1940), and Justin Wilson (1978).

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