RACING DRIVER

Jody Scheckter

1950 - Today

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Jody David Scheckter (; born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. Scheckter won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and remains the only African driver to have won either a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers' Championship; he won 10 Grands Prix across nine seasons. Born and raised in East London, Cape Province, Scheckter rapidly ascended through the ranks of motor racing upon moving to the United Kingdom in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jody Scheckter has received more than 1,534,158 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Jody Scheckter is the 37th most popular racing driver (up from 40th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 21st in 2019) and the most popular South African Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jody Scheckter ranks 37 out of 1,080. Before him are Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Sainz, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Fernando Alonso, Roland Ratzenberger, and John Surtees. After him are Mika Häkkinen, Mike Hawthorn, Walter Röhrl, Denny Hulme, Jean Todt, and Phil Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jody Scheckter ranks 45. Before him are Flavio Briatore, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Georg Bednorz, Gabriel Byrne, Ma Ying-jeou, and Russell Alan Hulse. After him are Nouri al-Maliki, Suzi Quatro, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Roza Otunbayeva, Julie Walters, and Laura Gemser.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jody Scheckter ranks 20 out of 454. Before him are Charlize Theron (1975), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Jacob Zuma (1942), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), and P. W. Botha (1916). After him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), Sydney Brenner (1927), Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761), Steve Biko (1946), Glynis Johns (1923), and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Jody Scheckter ranks 1. After him are Ian Scheckter (1947), Gordon Murray (1946), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Peter de Klerk (1935), Doug Serrurier (1920), Desiré Wilson (1953), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Neville Lederle (1938), and Tony Maggs (1937).

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