RACING DRIVER

Jesús Iglesias

1922 - 2005

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Jesús Ricardo Iglesias (22 February 1922 in Pergamino – July 11, 2005 in Pergamino), was a racing driver from Argentina. He initially competed with some success in long distance races in Argentina with a Chevrolet Special, before being invited to drive one of the works Gordini Type 16s in the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix. He qualified 17th out of 22 competitors, but had to retire on lap 38 due to transmission failure, although he also seemed to be on the brink of exhaustion because of the boiling heat.After that Iglesias went back to endurance racing, in which he competed solely in Argentinian races. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesús Iglesias has received more than 23,828 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jesús Iglesias is the 816th most popular racing driver (down from 590th in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 552nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Argentinean Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 39.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jesús Iglesias by language

Over the past year Jesús Iglesias has had the most page views in the with 5,989 views, followed by Spanish (1,410), and Malagasy (408). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (126.67%), English (119.70%), and Catalan (103.85%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jesús Iglesias ranks 816 out of 1,080. Before him are Peter Ashdown, Ralph Firman, Ernie Pieterse, Esteban Gutiérrez, Marc Coma, and Pol Espargaró. After him are Stephen South, Bill Aston, Scott Dixon, Monisha Kaltenborn, Dani Sordo, and Tony Crook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jesús Iglesias ranks 448. Before him are Esther M. Conwell, Graham Whitehead, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Francis Pym, Fortune Gordien, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. After him are G. N. Ramachandran, Eugenie Clark, Lamont Johnson, Kay Starr, Len Lesser, and Bernard Bailyn. Among people deceased in 2005, Jesús Iglesias ranks 359. Before him are Mason Adams, Herbert Goldstein, Ronnie Barker, Alan Dundes, Domino Harvey, and August Wilson. After him are Ted Ditchburn, Kâzım Koyuncu, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Jackie Henderson, David Di Tommaso, and Howard Morris.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Jesús Iglesias ranks 749 out of 1,154. Before him are Leonardo Astrada (1970), Gustavo Matosas (1967), Rogelio Funes Mori (1991), Guillermo Franco (1976), Franco Di Santo (1989), and Mateo Musacchio (1990). After him are Alicia Dickenstein (1955), Claudio Husaín (1974), Emiliano Insúa (1989), Juan Musso (1994), Juan Pablo Carrizo (1984), and Albano Bizzarri (1977).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Argentina

Among racing drivers born in Argentina, Jesús Iglesias ranks 24. Before him are Jorge Daponte (1923), Nasif Estéfano (1932), Alberto Rodriguez Larreta (1934), Juan Manuel Bordeu (1934), Gastón Mazzacane (1975), and Norberto Fontana (1975). After him are José María López (1983), Esteban Tuero (1978), and Jorge Andrés Boero (1973).

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