1915 - 1950
Joseph Gibson Fry (26 October 1915, Chipping Sodbury – 29 July 1950, Blandford Motor Racing Circuit) was a British racing driver and distant member of the Fry's Chocolate family. He became the primary driver for the highly successful Shelsley Special "Freikaiserwagen", created by his cousin David Fry and Hugh Dunsterville, with help from Dick Caesar. The original car was built in Bristol in 1936 and featured an Anzani engine which was replaced in 1937 by a Blackburne engine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Fry has received more than 35,841 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joe Fry is the 347th most popular racing driver (down from 339th in 2019), the 3,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,343rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Joe Fry ranks 347 out of 888. Before him are Mauro Baldi, Antonio Creus, Miki Biasion, Jacques Swaters, Paolo Barilla, and Al Pease. After him are Roberto Bonomi, Giorgio Scarlatti, Ricardo Tormo, Camille Jenatzy, Christian Fittipaldi, and Aldo Gordini.
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 341
1924 - 1996
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 342
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 343
1926 - 2010
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 344
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 345
1921 - 2014
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 346
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 347
1919 - 1992
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 348
1921 - 1990
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 349
1952 - 1998
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 350
1868 - 1913
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 351
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 352
1921 - 1995
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 353
Among people born in 1915, Joe Fry ranks 189. Before him are Vic Buckingham, Memphis Slim, Stu Hart, Anna Schwartz, Eugène Martin, and Elio Toaff. After him are Boris Andreyev, Raquel Rastenni, Nicholas Metropolis, Danuta Szaflarska, Olavi Virta, and Argemiro. Among people deceased in 1950, Joe Fry ranks 135. Before him are Charles Gmelin, Frederick Twort, José Berraondo, Maurice Costello, Luise Fleck, and Ransom E. Olds. After him are Antonina Nezhdanova, Pedro Parages, Bainbridge Colby, Arthur L. Newton, Alice Kober, and Charles Bennett.
1915 - 1995
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 183
1915 - 1988
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 184
1915 - 2003
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 185
1915 - 2012
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 186
1915 - 2006
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 187
1915 - 2015
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 188
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 189
1915 - 1982
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 190
1915 - 1998
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 191
1915 - 1999
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 192
1915 - 2017
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 193
1915 - 1972
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 194
1915 - 1975
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 195
1872 - 1950
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 129
1877 - 1950
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 130
1878 - 1950
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 131
1877 - 1950
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 132
1873 - 1950
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 133
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 134
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 135
1873 - 1950
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 136
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 137
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 138
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 139
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 140
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 141
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Fry ranks 3,437 out of 7,765. Before him are Oliver Sykes (1986), Spencer Davis (1939), James Mellaart (1925), Eddie Colman (1936), Eanflæd (626), and Phyllis Logan (1956). After him are Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Hugh Dancy (1975), E. H. Shepard (1879), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Ashley Young (1985), and Michael Giles (1942).
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 3,431
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 3,432
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 3,433
1936 - 1958
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 3,434
626 - 704
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 3,435
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 3,436
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 3,437
1881 - 1965
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 3,438
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 3,439
1879 - 1976
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 3,440
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 3,441
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 3,442
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 3,443
Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Joe Fry ranks 60. Before him are Martin Brundle (1959), Mike Spence (1936), Lance Macklin (1919), Johnny Claes (1916), Brian Redman (1937), and Al Pease (1921). After him are Trevor Taylor (1936), Chris Craft (1939), Peter Whitehead (1914), Eric Thompson (1919), John Miles (1943), and Innes Ireland (1930).
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 54
1936 - 1968
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 55
1919 - 2002
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 56
1916 - 1956
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 57
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 58
1921 - 2014
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 59
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 60
1936 - 2010
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 61
1939 - 2021
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 62
1914 - 1958
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 63
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 64
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 65
1930 - 1993
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 66