RACING DRIVER

Johnny Thomson

1922 - 1960

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John Ashley Thomson (April 9, 1922 – September 24, 1960) was an American racecar driver. Thomson was nicknamed "the Flying Scot." He won several championships in midgets and sprint cars before competing in Championship Car (now IndyCar) racing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Thomson has received more than 40,265 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johnny Thomson is the 707th most popular racing driver (down from 651st in 2019), the 11,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,649th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Johnny Thomson ranks 707 out of 1,080. Before him are Roger Laurent, Helmut Niedermayr, Hap Sharp, Johann Zarco, Mauri Rose, and Robert O'Brien. After him are Narain Karthikeyan, Guy Tunmer, Theo Fitzau, David Walker, Dick Gibson, and David Hobbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Johnny Thomson ranks 429. Before him are Willi Heeks, George R. Price, Emil Wolf, Dick King-Smith, Leslie Marr, and Bert I. Gordon. After him are John B. Anderson, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Helen Gurley Brown, Bill Macy, Ivor Broadis, and Miloslava Misáková. Among people deceased in 1960, Johnny Thomson ranks 232. Before him are Horace Bailey, J. H. C. Whitehead, Harry Pollitt, Charlie Buchan, Edward Hennig, and Rudolf Degermark. After him are George Bonhag, John P. Marquand, Joseph Lamb, Olle Larsson, Kathlyn Williams, and Johnny Horton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Thomson ranks 11,477 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Behr (1973), Arthur Kopit (1937), John McCloskey (1810), Michael Burry (1971), Janelle Monáe (1985), and Marcella Detroit (1952). After him are John B. Anderson (1922), Greg Bell (1930), Vanessa Marano (1992), Sanaa Lathan (1971), Don Meineke (1930), and Franklin Farrell (1908).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Johnny Thomson ranks 65. Before him are Pat Flaherty (1926), Colin Edwards (1974), Kyle Busch (1985), Hap Sharp (1928), Mauri Rose (1906), and Robert O'Brien (1908). After him are Kitty O'Neil (1946), Jimmie Johnson (1975), Troy Ruttman (1930), Chuck Daigh (1923), Bobby Ball (1925), and Walt Faulkner (1918).

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