1928 - 1993
James "Hap" Sharp (January 1, 1928 – May 7, 1993) was an American race car driver who drove in six Formula One Grands Prix. He was most famous however, for being a co-owner and driver of the revolutionary Chaparral sports racing cars built by Jim Hall and Sharp in Midland, Texas. In 1962 Jim Hall and Hap Sharp formed Chaparral Cars, Inc. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hap Sharp has received more than 47,864 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hap Sharp is the 661st most popular racing driver (down from 601st in 2019), the 10,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,673rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Hap Sharp ranks 661 out of 888. Before him are Duncan Hamilton, Henry Banks, Chris Lawrence, Narain Karthikeyan, Jimmy Bryan, and Fabio Quartararo. After him are Jari-Matti Latvala, Domenico Schiattarella, Troy Bayliss, Claudio Langes, Yuki Tsunoda, and Lucas di Grassi.
1920 - 1994
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 655
1913 - 1994
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 656
1933 - 2011
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 657
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 658
1926 - 1960
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 659
1999 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 660
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 661
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 662
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 663
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 664
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 665
2000 - Present
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 666
1984 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 667
Among people born in 1928, Hap Sharp ranks 482. Before him are Ferenc Juhász, Serge Blusson, Cynthia Ozick, Jimmy Dean, Andrew Sarris, and Bano Qudsia. After him are Ernestine Anderson, Samuel Adler, Harold Prince, Allen Stack, Vince Edwards, and Věra Růžičková. Among people deceased in 1993, Hap Sharp ranks 262. Before him are Ion Negoițescu, Arsène Auguste, Ray Gillen, Ben Klassen, Irene Sharaff, and Clifford Jordan. After him are Karl Gordon Henize, Ruby Keeler, Viola Myers, Joe Fortenberry, Charles Adkins, and Bob Crosby.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 476
1928 - 1994
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 477
1928 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 478
1928 - 2010
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 479
1928 - 2012
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 480
1928 - 2017
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 481
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 482
1928 - 2016
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 483
1928 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 484
1928 - 2019
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 485
1928 - 1999
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 486
1928 - 1996
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 487
1928 - 2018
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 488
1921 - 1993
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 256
1951 - 1993
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 257
1959 - 1993
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 258
1918 - 1993
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 259
1910 - 1993
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 260
1931 - 1993
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 261
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 262
1926 - 1993
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 263
1909 - 1993
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 264
1927 - 1993
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 265
1911 - 1993
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 266
1932 - 1993
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 267
1913 - 1993
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 268
Among people born in United States, Hap Sharp ranks 10,822 out of 18,182. Before him are Devon (1977), Buzz Osborne (1964), Joel Barlow (1754), Judy Sheindlin (1942), Damon Lindelof (1973), and Jim Ryun (1947). After him are John DiMaggio (1968), Kitty Wells (1919), Harry Blackmun (1908), J. Carrol Naish (1896), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), and Jim Montgomery (1955).
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 10,816
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 10,817
1754 - 1812
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 10,818
1942 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 10,819
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 10,820
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,821
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,822
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,823
1919 - 2012
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,824
1908 - 1999
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,825
1896 - 1973
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,826
1894 - 1981
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 10,827
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 10,828
Among racing drivers born in United States, Hap Sharp ranks 53. Before him are Rob Schroeder (1926), George Follmer (1934), Pat Flaherty (1926), Bobby Rahal (1953), Johnny Thomson (1922), and Jimmy Bryan (1926). After him are Robert O'Brien (1908), Jimmie Johnson (1975), Jeff Gordon (1971), Bob Sweikert (1926), Timmy Mayer (1938), and Walt Faulkner (1918).
1926 - 2011
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 47
1934 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 48
1926 - 2002
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 49
1953 - Present
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 50
1922 - 1960
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 51
1926 - 1960
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 52
1928 - 1993
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 53
1908 - 1987
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 54
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 55
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 56
1926 - 1956
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 57
1938 - 1964
HPI: 39.29
Rank: 58
1918 - 1956
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 59