RACING DRIVER

Giacomo Agostini

1942 - Today

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Giacomo Agostini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo aɡoˈstiːni]; born 16 June 1942) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Nicknamed Ago, he amassed 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championship titles. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 cc class, the rest in the 350 cc class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo Agostini has received more than 933,599 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Giacomo Agostini is the 29th most popular racing driver (down from 28th in 2019), the 961st most popular biography from Italy (down from 817th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Giacomo Agostini is most famous for his motorcycle racing career. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with eight world championships.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 63.29

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Giacomo Agostinis by language

Over the past year Giacomo Agostini has had the most page views in the with 112,867 views, followed by English (106,321), and French (60,987). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (130.12%), Lombard (97.67%), and Serbian (90.22%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Giacomo Agostini ranks 29 out of 1,080. Before him are Jim Clark, Clay Regazzoni, Graham Hill, François Cevert, Jack Brabham, and Nigel Mansell. After him are Alfonso de Portago, Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Sainz, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Fernando Alonso, and Roland Ratzenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Giacomo Agostini ranks 67. Before him are Vladimír Mečiar, Martin Seligman, Jacob Zuma, John Clauser, Sandro Mazzola, and Felipe González. After him are Thabo Mbeki, Tony Buzan, René Angélil, Carlos Reutemann, Gilberto Gil, and Mehran Karimi Nasseri.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Agostini ranks 961 out of 5,161. Before him are Hugo Pratt (1927), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Faustina the Elder (105), Frances of Rome (1384), and Orazio Gentileschi (1563). After him are Vibia Sabina (86), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Carlo Carrà (1881), Emilio De Bono (1866), Odilo Globočnik (1904), and Andrea della Robbia (1435).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Giacomo Agostini ranks 4. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898), Alberto Ascari (1918), and Giuseppe Farina (1906). After him are Valentino Rossi (1979), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Lella Lombardi (1941), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Michele Alboreto (1956), and Lucien Bianchi (1934).

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