RACING DRIVER

Johnny Claes

1916 - 1956

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Octave John Claes (; 11 August 1916 – 3 February 1956) was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Claes has received more than 62,490 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Johnny Claes is the 261st most popular racing driver (up from 329th in 2019), the 2,862nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,331st in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 62k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Johnny Claes ranks 261 out of 1,080. Before him are JJ Lehto, Joe Fry, Sergio Pérez, Paul Pietsch, Charles de Tornaco, and Giulio Cabianca. After him are Jenson Button, Nicola Larini, Peter Walker, George Constantine, David Murray, and Tim Schenken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Johnny Claes ranks 164. Before him are Franco Fabrizi, Torsten Hägerstrand, George Sidney, Anne Hébert, Halet Çambel, and Herbert Friedman. After him are Tatevik Sazandaryan, Bruno Chizzo, Harry James, Herbert Norkus, Adriana Caselotti, and Eugene McCarthy. Among people deceased in 1956, Johnny Claes ranks 129. Before him are Nikolaos Trikoupis, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Herminio Masantonio, Ostap Vyshnya, Zoltán Halmay, and Emmanouil Tsouderos. After him are Hans Carossa, Lorenzo Perosi, Violet Gibson, Lars Sonck, Walther Kossel, and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johnny Claes ranks 2,862 out of 8,785. Before him are Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Jackie Burroughs (1939), Edward Granville Browne (1862), and John Biscoe (1794). After him are Tom Ellis (1978), Alexander Neckam (1157), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Paul Kennedy (1945), James David Forbes (1809), and Mary Norton (1903).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Johnny Claes ranks 40. Before him are Divina Galica (1944), Bill Ivy (1942), Joey Dunlop (1952), Tony Brise (1952), John Taylor (1933), and Joe Fry (1915). After him are Jenson Button (1980), Peter Walker (1912), David Murray (1909), Derek Bell (1941), Brian Hart (1936), and Alan Brown (1919).

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