RACING DRIVER

Jo Siffert

1936 - 1971

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Joseph Siffert (French: [ʒo sifɛʁ]; 7 July 1936 – 24 October 1971) was a Swiss racing driver. Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. He initially made his name in racing on two wheels, winning the Swiss 350 cc motorcycle championship in 1959, before switching to four wheels with a Formula Junior Stanguellini. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jo Siffert has received more than 319,794 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jo Siffert is the 83rd most popular racing driver (down from 69th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 151st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jo Sifferts by language

Over the past year Jo Siffert has had the most page views in the with 44,659 views, followed by German (23,946), and French (16,802). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (53.49%), Persian (44.06%), and Egyptian Arabic (43.62%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jo Siffert ranks 83 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean-Louis Schlesser, Lucien Bianchi, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Sebastian Vettel, Arturo Merzario, and Vittorio Brambilla. After him are Tom Pryce, Björn Waldegård, Jacques Villeneuve, Pierre Levegh, Rubens Barrichello, and Stig Blomqvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jo Siffert ranks 127. Before him are Claude Brasseur, Jannis Kounellis, Yuan T. Lee, Georgina Spelvin, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Hifikepunye Pohamba. After him are Adem Demaçi, Ivan Stambolić, Jan Gehl, Horst Mahler, Carol Gilligan, and Alejandra Pizarnik. Among people deceased in 1971, Jo Siffert ranks 52. Before him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Gene Vincent, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ralph Bunche, Vladislav Volkov, and T. V. Soong. After him are Philippe Thys, J. D. Bernal, Viktor Patsayev, Dean Acheson, Royal Rife, and Broncho Billy Anderson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jo Siffert ranks 175 out of 1,015. Before him are Grock (1880), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Bernard Tschumi (1944), Matthias Zurbriggen (1856), Michel Simon (1895), and Frithjof Schuon (1907). After him are Arthur Cohn (1927), Viola Amherd (1962), Notker the Stammerer (840), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Isabelle Eberhardt (1877), and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Switzerland

Among racing drivers born in Switzerland, Jo Siffert ranks 2. Before him are Clay Regazzoni (1939). After him are Albert Scherrer (1908), Luigi Taveri (1929), Marc Surer (1951), Silvio Moser (1941), Romain Grosjean (1986), Max de Terra (1918), Toni Branca (1916), Jo Vonlanthen (1942), Franco Forini (1958), and Mick Schumacher (1999).

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