RACING DRIVER

Graham Hill

1929 - 1975

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Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver, rower and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1975. Nicknamed "Mr. Monaco", Hill won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (36); he won 14 Grands Prix across 18 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 with Mecom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham Hill has received more than 2,460,990 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Graham Hill is the 25th most popular racing driver (down from 19th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Racing Driver.

Graham Hill is most famous for being the only driver to have won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his own construction.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Graham Hill ranks 25 out of 1,080. Before him are Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, and Clay Regazzoni. After him are François Cevert, Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Giacomo Agostini, Alfonso de Portago, and Carlos Reutemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Graham Hill ranks 41. Before him are Chet Baker, Hafizullah Amin, Zdzisław Beksiński, Babrak Karmal, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Lennart Meri. After him are Richard E. Taylor, Bruno Cremer, Milorad Pavić, Helmut Rahn, Eric Kandel, and Werner Arber. Among people deceased in 1975, Graham Hill ranks 23. Before him are Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, George Paget Thomson, Josemaría Escrivá, Robert Robinson, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Antonín Novotný. After him are Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, Paul Keres, Latife Uşşaki, Éamon de Valera, and Pavel Sukhoi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Hill ranks 538 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Henry Every (1659), James Hutton (1726), Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), and Donald Pleasence (1919). After him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Gregory Bateson (1904), Roger Glover (1945), Gustav Holst (1874), Stanley Rous (1895), and Bruce Dickinson (1958).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Graham Hill ranks 5. Before him are James Hunt (1947), Ken Miles (1918), Jackie Stewart (1939), and Jim Clark (1936). After him are Nigel Mansell (1953), Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Stirling Moss (1929), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Damon Hill (1960).

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