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Harvey Postlethwaite

1944 - 1999

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Harvey Ernest Postlethwaite (4 March 1944 – 15 April 1999) was a British engineer and Technical Director of several Formula One teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harvey Postlethwaite has received more than 213,655 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Postlethwaite is the 233rd most popular engineer, the 2,710th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 23rd most popular British Engineer.

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  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 233 out of 389. Before him are Frederick W. Lanchester, Johann Georg Halske, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Marc Isambard Brunel, Hidetsugu Yagi, and Arkhip Lyulka. After him are Erwin Komenda, Alexander Mikulin, James B. Francis, Essam Sharaf, Aron Ralston, and Ferdinand Mannlicher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 376. Before him are Swoosie Kurtz, Ene Ergma, William Sanderson, John Tavener, Alain Souchon, and Polycarp Pengo. After him are Pleun Strik, Aman Tuleyev, Tony Atkinson, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Bodil Joensen, and Botho Strauß. Among people deceased in 1999, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 144. Before him are Madeline Kahn, Umberto Maglioli, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, František Vláčil, Rudi Glöckner, and Alfred Raoul. After him are Richard Kiley, Ruth Roman, Primo Nebiolo, Yevgeny Morgunov, Nilde Iotti, and Grete Stern.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 2,710 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Callow (1949), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Harriet Walter (1950), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), Charles Warren (1840), and Richard Bright (1789). After him are Eleanor of Scotland (1433), Simon MacCorkindale (1952), Joseph Larmor (1857), Matthew Locke (1621), John Barnard (1946), and Paul Potts (1970).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 23. Before him are John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Smeaton (1724), John Hughes (1814), André Waterkeyn (1917), W. Ross Ashby (1903), and Frederick W. Lanchester (1868). After him are James B. Francis (1815), William Froude (1810), Robert W. Paul (1869), Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), and Mal Evans (1935).

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