RACING DRIVER

Jim Clark

1936 - 1968

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James Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968. Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Clark has received more than 2,662,693 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Jim Clark is the 23rd most popular racing driver (down from 18th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Racing Driver.

Jim Clark is most famous for being a Formula One champion and one of the greatest drivers of all time.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 69.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jim Clark ranks 23 out of 1,080. Before him are Bruce McLaren, Ronnie Peterson, Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, and Mario Andretti. After him are Clay Regazzoni, Graham Hill, François Cevert, Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, and Giacomo Agostini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jim Clark ranks 37. Before him are Georges Perec, Roy Orbison, Aga Khan IV, Glen Campbell, Tariq Aziz, and Robert Woodrow Wilson. After him are Burt Reynolds, Albert Finney, Gerhard Ertl, Buddy Holly, B. J. Habibie, and Günter Blobel. Among people deceased in 1968, Jim Clark ranks 23. Before him are Georg von Küchler, Erwin Panofsky, Henry Hallett Dale, Enid Blyton, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Corneille Heymans. After him are Kees van Dongen, José Nasazzi, Pitirim Sorokin, Ivan Ribar, Neal Cassady, and Alice Guy-Blaché.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jim Clark ranks 506 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Stewart (1940), Ian McEwan (1948), William Stanley Jevons (1835), Gordon Brown (1951), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), and Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914). After him are Henry the Young King (1155), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), Gary Moore (1952), Douglas Adams (1952), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), and William Wilberforce (1759).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Jim Clark ranks 4. Before him are James Hunt (1947), Ken Miles (1918), and Jackie Stewart (1939). After him are Graham Hill (1929), Nigel Mansell (1953), Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Stirling Moss (1929), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Damon Hill (1960).

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