RACING DRIVER

Jim Rathmann

1928 - 2011

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Royal Richard "Jim" Rathmann (July 16, 1928 – November 23, 2011), was an American racing driver who competed primarily in Championship Cars. Rathmann is best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, emerging victorious after a race-long duel with Rodger Ward – as recently as 2023, a panel of fans and historians voted Rathmann's victory as the greatest '500' of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Rathmann has received more than 111,390 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Rathmann is the 842nd most popular racing driver (down from 770th in 2019), the 13,796th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,237th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jim Rathmann ranks 842 out of 1,080. Before him are Tim Parnell, Nicholas Latifi, Fred Wacker, Gus Hutchison, Jim Crawford, and Dario Franchitti. After him are Emanuele Naspetti, Jorge Martín, Toni Elías, Arthur Owen, Mike Fisher, and Toni Gardemeister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jim Rathmann ranks 588. Before him are Salvador Laurel, Jackie Mason, June Maston, Chris Brasher, Jimmy Hill, and Gerhard Weinberg. After him are Joseph Bernardin, Philip Levine, Robert Bergland, Albert Brewer, John Disley, and John Ingle. Among people deceased in 2011, Jim Rathmann ranks 493. Before him are Gary Winick, Bill Clements, Salvatore Licitra, Laurie Hughes, Wouter Weylandt, and Mălina Olinescu. After him are Kārlis Skrastiņš, Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, Russell Hoban, Cynthia Myers, and Sexy Cora.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Rathmann ranks 13,796 out of 20,380. Before him are John A. Russo (1939), Walter Murphy (1952), Jeffrey Lieber (1969), Billy Porter (1969), Patsy Mink (1927), and Maximiliano Hernández (1973). After him are William Few (1748), George Hincapie (1973), Kevin Clash (1960), Beverley Mitchell (1981), Ella Mae Morse (1924), and Alden Ehrenreich (1989).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Jim Rathmann ranks 86. Before him are Timmy Mayer (1938), Pete Lovely (1926), Hurley Haywood (1948), Don Branson (1920), Fred Wacker (1918), and Gus Hutchison (1937). After him are Mike Fisher (1943), Chuck Stevenson (1919), Travis Pastrana (1983), Jay Chamberlain (1925), Danica Patrick (1982), and Johnny Boyd (1926).

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