RACING DRIVER

Ernie Pieterse

1938 - 2017

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Ernest Pieterse (4 July 1938 – 1 November 2017) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 29 December 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernie Pieterse has received more than 19,397 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Pieterse is the 812th most popular racing driver (down from 701st in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 190th in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ernie Pieterses by language

Over the past year Ernie Pieterse has had the most page views in the with 3,011 views, followed by German (455), and Hungarian (368). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (69.66%), Hungarian (65.02%), and Catalan (52.21%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ernie Pieterse ranks 812 out of 1,080. Before him are Henning Solberg, Pete Lovely, Fabio Quartararo, Marco Melandri, Peter Ashdown, and Ralph Firman. After him are Esteban Gutiérrez, Marc Coma, Pol Espargaró, Jesús Iglesias, Stephen South, and Bill Aston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ernie Pieterse ranks 591. Before him are Keith Greene, Leonard Frey, Tomasi Puapua, Timmy Mayer, Clement Quartey, and Peter Yarrow. After him are Joan Blackman, Stanley Fish, Bobby Charles, Julie Felix, Lorraine Crapp, and Terrence McNally. Among people deceased in 2017, Ernie Pieterse ranks 613. Before him are Al Lawrence, Janusz Wójcik, Warrel Dane, David Axelrod, Keely Smith, and Francine York. After him are Tino Insana, Denis Voronenkov, Kishori Amonkar, Fredy Schmidtke, Robert Osborne, and Scott Putesky.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Ernie Pieterse ranks 245 out of 454. Before him are Renée Schuurman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Antony Sher (1949), Jodi Balfour (1987), Margaret Gardiner (1959), and Naledi Pandor (1953). After him are Beyers Naudé (1915), Lindiwe Sisulu (1954), Wayne Ferreira (1971), Theo de Raadt (1968), Moira Lister (1923), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Ernie Pieterse ranks 18. Before him are Tony Maggs (1937), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), Bruce Johnstone (1937), and William Ferguson (1940). After him are Brad Binder (1995).

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