RACING DRIVER

Ken Wharton

1916 - 1957

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Frederick Charles Kenneth Wharton (21 March 1916 – 12 January 1957) was a British racing driver from Smethwick, England. He competed in off-road trials, hillclimbs, and rallying, and also raced sports cars and single-seaters. He began racing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, and later acquired a Cooper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Wharton has received more than 52,511 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ken Wharton is the 429th most popular racing driver (up from 504th in 2019), the 3,891st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,248th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 46.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ken Wharton ranks 429 out of 1,080. Before him are Roberto Mieres, Leslie Johnson, Tom Walkinshaw, Ronnie Bucknum, Loris Capirossi, and Michael Bleekemolen. After him are Roger Penske, Karel Loprais, Bernd Schneider, Richard Attwood, Moisés Solana, and Mário de Araújo Cabral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ken Wharton ranks 228. Before him are Corneliu Mănescu, Karen Lachmann, Bernard Binlin Dadié, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, and Fiorenzo Angelini. After him are Frederick C. Weyand, Charles F. Hockett, Milton Babbitt, Julien Darui, Ken Curtis, and Edward Binns. Among people deceased in 1957, Ken Wharton ranks 180. Before him are Wyndham Lewis, Carl Størmer, Percy Hobart, Devdas Gandhi, Anna Haava, and Alfredo Gollini. After him are Zenón Noriega Agüero, Jimmy Dorsey, Ernesto Chaparro, Guillermo Saavedra, Dennis Brain, and José Patricio Guggiari.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Wharton ranks 3,891 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), John Ogdon (1937), Tommy Green (1894), Stuart McCall (1964), Lambert Simnel (1477), and Clara Reeve (1729). After him are Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Mark Owen (1972), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and George Williams (1821).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Ken Wharton ranks 68. Before him are Bob Evans (1947), Chris Irwin (1942), Ivor Bueb (1923), Lance Macklin (1919), Leslie Johnson (1912), and Tom Walkinshaw (1946). After him are Richard Attwood (1940), Eric Thompson (1919), Brian Henton (1946), Trevor Taylor (1936), Brian Naylor (1923), and Chris Lawrence (1933).

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