RACING DRIVER

Jackie Oliver

1942 - Today

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Keith Jack Oliver (born 14 August 1942) is a British former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1967 and 1977. In endurance racing, Oliver won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1969, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969, and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1971, all with J.W. Automotive. He was a co-founder of the Arrows team which competed in Formula One from 1978 to 2002. During his early career, Oliver achieved several class victories in the British Saloon Car Championship between 1966 and 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jackie Oliver has received more than 186,755 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jackie Oliver is the 192nd most popular racing driver (up from 211th in 2019), the 2,307th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,516th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 190k

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  • 58.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jackie Oliver ranks 192 out of 1,080. Before him are Manfred Winkelhock, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Philippe Streiff, Brett Lunger, Tony Brooks, and Gerhard Mitter. After him are Bruno Giacomelli, Roberto Moreno, Franz Tost, Martin Donnelly, Roy Salvadori, and Luigi Taveri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jackie Oliver ranks 273. Before him are Aritatsu Ogi, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Ademir da Guia, Lev Leshchenko, Antoine Berman, and Gary Kildall. After him are Margarita Terekhova, Hannes Löhr, Federico Lombardi, Guy Edwards, Sjoukje Dijkstra, and Susana Vieira.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jackie Oliver ranks 2,307 out of 8,785. Before him are John Madden (1949), Al Stewart (1945), David Stirling (1915), Paul Greengrass (1955), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), and Lullus (710). After him are Claude Rains (1889), Teddy Sheringham (1966), Veronica Cartwright (1949), John Playfair (1748), Rachel Roberts (1927), and David Tomlinson (1917).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Jackie Oliver ranks 27. Before him are Eddie Irvine (1965), Alan Stacey (1933), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Chris Bristow (1937), Bob Anderson (1931), and Tony Brooks (1932). After him are Martin Donnelly (1964), Roy Salvadori (1922), Guy Edwards (1942), Phil Read (1939), Derek Warwick (1954), and Richard Robarts (1944).

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