RACING DRIVER

Keke Rosberg

1948 - Today

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Keijo Erik "Keke" Rosberg (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkeke ˈruːsbæri] ; born 6 December 1948) is a Finnish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1986. Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1982 with Williams, and won five Grands Prix across nine seasons. Born in Sweden and raised in Finland, Rosberg started his racing career in karting before graduating to Formula Vee in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keke Rosberg has received more than 2,296,476 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Keke Rosberg is the 20th most popular racing driver (down from 15th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 66th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

Keke Rosberg is most famous for being the 1982 Formula One World Champion.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Keke Rosberg ranks 20 out of 1,080Before him are Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Gilles Villeneuve, Bruce McLaren, Ronnie Peterson, and Helmut Marko. After him are Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Clay Regazzoni, Graham Hill, and François Cevert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Keke Rosberg ranks 41Before him are Carl Weathers, Steven Tyler, Frank Abagnale, Robert Plant, Yoshihide Suga, and John Bonham. After him are Ian McEwan, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Carpenter, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Grace Jones.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Keke Rosberg ranks 94 out of 1,879Before him are Stieg Larsson (1954), Jenny Lind (1820), Marie Fredriksson (1958), Ermanaric (400), Ronnie Peterson (1944), and Axel Munthe (1857). After him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700), Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), Olaus Magnus (1490), Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943), and Anund Jacob (1008).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Keke Rosberg ranks 2Before him are Ronnie Peterson (1944). After him are Björn Waldegård (1943), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Jo Bonnier (1930), Reine Wisell (1941), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Ove Andersson (1938), Slim Borgudd (1946), Stefan Johansson (1956), Kent Andersson (1942), and Conny Andersson (1939).