1919 - 2015
Eric David Thompson (4 November 1919 – 22 August 2015) was a British racing driver, book dealer and insurance broker. He participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British Grand Prix. Thompson worked as a broker for Lloyd's of London. His racing career started in 1948, racing cars for HRG. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Thompson has received more than 1,125,539 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Thompson is the 374th most popular racing driver, the 3,640th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 64th most popular British Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Eric Thompson ranks 374 out of 888. Before him are Ben Pon, Patrick Nève, Loris Capirossi, Arthur Legat, Joe Kelly, and Mário de Araújo Cabral. After him are John Miles, Innes Ireland, Alan Brown, Giorgio Francia, Élie Bayol, and Ken Kavanagh.
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 368
1949 - 2017
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 369
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 370
1898 - 1960
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 371
1913 - 1993
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 372
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 373
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 374
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 375
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 376
1919 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 377
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 378
1914 - 1995
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 379
1923 - 2019
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 380
Among people born in 1919, Eric Thompson ranks 238. Before him are Vicente Asensi, Richard Scarry, Frances Bay, Annemarie Renger, Bahriye Üçok, and Jocelyn Brando. After him are Delfo Cabrera, Alan Brown, Åke Seyffarth, Veikko Huhtanen, Frank Piasecki, and Raúl Francisco Primatesta. Among people deceased in 2015, Eric Thompson ranks 301. Before him are Helmut Dietl, Dick Van Patten, Nurlan Balgimbayev, Boris Shilkov, Evelyn Furtsch, and Marília Pêra. After him are Jean Vautrin, Joseph Engelberger, Candida Royalle, Nina Companeez, Mary Ellen Trainor, and Scott Weiland.
1919 - 2000
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 232
1919 - 1994
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 233
1919 - 2011
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 234
1919 - 2008
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 235
1919 - 1990
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 236
1919 - 2005
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 237
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 238
1919 - 1981
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 239
1919 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 240
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 241
1919 - 1976
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 242
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 243
1919 - 2006
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 244
1944 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 295
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 296
1947 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 297
1927 - 2015
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 298
1914 - 2015
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 299
1943 - 2015
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 300
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 301
1933 - 2015
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 302
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 303
1950 - 2015
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 304
1937 - 2015
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 305
1952 - 2015
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 306
1967 - 2015
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 307
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Thompson ranks 3,640 out of 7,765. Before him are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Barnes Wallis (1887), and Joe Fagan (1921). After him are Nathaniel Parker (1962), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clive Bell (1881), Edward Carpenter (1844), Major Ritchie (1870), and Tobias Furneaux (1735).
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 3,634
1930 - 2021
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 3,635
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 3,636
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 3,637
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 3,638
1921 - 2001
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 3,639
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 3,640
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,641
1680 - 1743
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,642
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 3,643
1844 - 1929
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,644
1870 - 1955
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,645
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 3,646
Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Eric Thompson ranks 64. Before him are Brian Redman (1937), Al Pease (1921), Joe Fry (1915), Trevor Taylor (1936), Chris Craft (1939), and Peter Whitehead (1914). After him are John Miles (1943), Innes Ireland (1930), Alan Brown (1919), Richard Burns (1971), Ivor Bueb (1923), and Richard Attwood (1940).
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 58
1921 - 2014
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 59
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 60
1936 - 2010
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 61
1939 - 2021
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 62
1914 - 1958
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 63
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 64
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 65
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 66
1919 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 67
1971 - 2005
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 68
1923 - 1959
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 69
1940 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 70