RACING DRIVER

Jack Brabham

1926 - 2014

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Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966. He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name.Brabham was a Royal Australian Air Force flight mechanic and ran a small engineering workshop before he started racing midget cars in 1948. His successes with midgets in Australian and New Zealand road racing events led to his going to Britain to further his racing career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Brabham has received more than 795,152 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Jack Brabham is the 21st most popular racing driver (down from 12th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Australia (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Racing Driver.

Jack Brabham is most famous for being the first driver to win a Formula One world championship in a car of his own construction.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jack Brabham ranks 21 out of 888. Before him are Jochen Rindt, Jim Clark, Keke Rosberg, Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, and Gilles Villeneuve. After him are Nelson Piquet, Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni, Nigel Mansell, Carlos Reutemann, and Jacky Ickx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jack Brabham ranks 29. Before him are John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, Ivan Illich, Harper Lee, Clifford Geertz, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. After him are Louise Hay, Beji Caid Essebsi, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Leopoldo Galtieri, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Necmettin Erbakan. Among people deceased in 2014, Jack Brabham ranks 25. Before him are Louis Zamperini, Alain Resnais, Paco de Lucía, Richard Attenborough, Alexander Grothendieck, and Mickey Rooney. After him are Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Gary Becker, Martin Lewis Perl, H. R. Giger, Virna Lisi, and Bob Hoskins.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Jack Brabham ranks 7 out of 790. Before him are Lawrence Bragg (1890), George Lazenby (1939), Geoffrey Rush (1951), Paul Hogan (1939), Errol Flynn (1909), and Elton Mayo (1880). After him are Heath Ledger (1979), Rupert Murdoch (1931), Cate Blanchett (1969), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Rod Laver (1938), and Colleen McCullough (1937).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Australia

Among racing drivers born in Australia, Jack Brabham ranks 1. After him are Alan Jones (1946), Mark Webber (1976), Tim Schenken (1943), Mick Doohan (1965), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Casey Stoner (1985), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Vern Schuppan (1943), Frank Gardner (1931), Paul Hawkins (1937), and David Walker (1941).

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