RACING DRIVER

Gordon Murray

1946 - Today

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Ian Gordon Murray (born 18 June 1946), is a successful and influential South African-British former (Formula One) race-car designer, renowned firstly as lead designer for both the Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 racing teams, during 1969–1986 and 1987–1991 respectively, then as designer of high-end, high-performance sports cars and a variety of other innovative automotive projects. After leaving McLaren, Murray founded the Gordon Murray Design consultancy and, in 2017, the low-volume specialist car manufacturing company Gordon Murray Automotive, both now incorporated into the Gordon Murray Group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Murray has received more than 1,083,309 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Murray is the 236th most popular racing driver, the 73rd most popular biography from South Africa and the 3rd most popular South African Racing Driver.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Gordon Murray ranks 236 out of 1,080. Before him are Nick Heidfeld, Carlo Maria Abate, Philippe Alliot, Hans Heyer, Mark Webber, and Bill Ivy. After him are Peter Revson, Marcus Grönholm, Joey Dunlop, Ricardo Zunino, Jules Bianchi, and Philippe Étancelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gordon Murray ranks 365. Before him are Steve Kanaly, Miklós Németh, Kirsti Sparboe, Toshio Furukawa, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, and Michael Ontkean. After him are Randy Meisner, Jan Decleir, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, John Spencer, Yuko Shimizu, and Ratomir Dujković.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Gordon Murray ranks 73 out of 454. Before him are Laurence Oliphant (1829), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Ian Scheckter (1947), Eric Sturgess (1920), and John Cranko (1927). After him are Oscar Pistorius (1986), Oliver Tambo (1917), Evelyn Mase (1922), Alice Krige (1954), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), and Walter Sisulu (1912).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Gordon Murray ranks 3. Before him are Jody Scheckter (1950), and Ian Scheckter (1947). After him are Basil van Rooyen (1939), Peter de Klerk (1935), Doug Serrurier (1920), Desiré Wilson (1953), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Neville Lederle (1938), and Tony Maggs (1937).

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