RACING DRIVER

John James

1914 - 2002

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John Martin James (10 May 1914 – 27 January 2002) was a British racing driver from England. He competed in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix. James was an engineer who acquired a Maserati 4CLT/48, and entered the 1951 British Grand Prix, retiring from a damaged radiator after 23 laps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John James has received more than 100,540 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John James is the 632nd most popular racing driver, the 5,092nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 98th most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, John James ranks 632 out of 1,080. Before him are Tony Settember, Keith Andrews, Mikko Hirvonen, Rob Schroeder, Marco Apicella, and Juan Manuel Bordeu. After him are Andrea Chiesa, Neville Lederle, Tony Maggs, Vic Elford, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and Bobby Rahal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, John James ranks 375. Before him are Severino Rigoni, David Carstens, Franz Bistricky, Renzo Nostini, Akhtar Hameed Khan, and Grete Mostny. After him are Max Stiepl, Fred Clark, Ward Kimball, Hans Theilig, Edward Andrews, and Zdeněk Škrland. Among people deceased in 2002, John James ranks 312. Before him are Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Joyce Cooper, Pierre Rapsat, Aglaja Veteranyi, Davey Boy Smith, and W. T. Tutte. After him are Vladimir Romashkin, Charles Sheffield, Ward Kimball, Ted Demme, Sam Snead, and George Alec Effinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John James ranks 5,092 out of 8,785. Before him are Viv Anderson (1956), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Steve Toussaint (1965), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Audrey Williamson (1926), and Erskine Childers (1870). After him are J. G. Farrell (1935), Archie Panjabi (1972), Louise Lombard (1970), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), and Rebecca Solomon (1832).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, John James ranks 98. Before him are David Hampshire (1917), Bob Gerard (1914), Lando Norris (1999), Tony Trimmer (1943), John Rhodes (1927), and Ian Burgess (1930). After him are Vic Elford (1935), Rupert Keegan (1955), Donald Campbell (1921), Gary Brabham (1961), Julian Bailey (1961), and Ian Raby (1921).

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