RACING DRIVER

Geki

1937 - 1967

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"Geki" was the racing pseudonym of Giacomo Russo (23 October 1937 – 18 June 1967), who was a racing driver from Italy. An experienced driver in the Italian lower formulae, he also participated in three Formula One Italian Grands Prix from 1964–66, failing to qualify for the 1964 race, driving a Brabham for Rob Walker. For his two Grand Prix starts, he drove for Team Lotus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geki has received more than 25,198 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Geki is the 135th most popular racing driver (up from 188th in 2019), the 2,425th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,683rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Geki ranks 135 out of 1,080. Before him are Karl Kling, Alberto Colombo, Felipe Massa, Camille Jenatzy, Hans Stuck, and Mika Salo. After him are David Coulthard, John Watson, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Alex Zanardi, and Alejandro de Tomaso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Geki ranks 179. Before him are Rudi Altig, Nur Hassan Hussein, Igor Volk, Gaston Roelants, Aleksandr Demyanenko, and Lusine Zakaryan. After him are Mikheil Meskhi, Ron Clarke, Mitsuo Kamata, Ron Carter, John Hume, and Birju Maharaj. Among people deceased in 1967, Geki ranks 108. Before him are Robert J. Van de Graaff, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Franz Waxman, Paul Löbe, Ferenc Münnich, and Alice B. Toklas. After him are Josef Frank, Ernst Wollweber, Isaac Deutscher, Eugen Fischer, Joseph Cardijn, and Albert Lutuli.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Geki ranks 2,425 out of 5,161. Before him are Agostino Depretis (1813), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Pietro Lando (1462), Emma of Italy (null), Paolo Di Canio (1968), and Giovanni Giocondo (1433). After him are Ottavio Rinuccini (1562), Catherine of Valois–Courtenay (1301), Sergio Rossi (1935), Carlo Allioni (1728), Marco Rota (1942), and Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Geki ranks 23. Before him are Piero Taruffi (1906), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933), Luigi Musso (1924), and Alberto Colombo (1946). After him are Giancarlo Fisichella (1973), Alex Zanardi (1966), Sandro Munari (1940), Riccardo Paletti (1958), Luigi Villoresi (1909), and Jarno Trulli (1974).

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