RACING DRIVER

Kenny Roberts

1951 - Today

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Kenneth Leroy Roberts (born December 31, 1951) is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Roberts has received more than 560,411 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Kenny Roberts is the 206th most popular racing driver (down from 177th in 2019), the 4,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,907th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kenny Roberts ranks 206 out of 1,080. Before him are Marc Surer, Fabrizio Meoni, Silvio Moser, Phil Read, Ignazio Giunti, and Derek Warwick. After him are Andrea de Adamich, Pedro de la Rosa, Harry Schell, Lee Wallard, Olivier Gendebien, and Felice Bonetto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kenny Roberts ranks 202. Before him are André Aciman, Shigeru Umebayashi, David Kipiani, Massimo Ranieri, Gediminas Kirkilas, and Sulejman Tihić. After him are Stanley Clarke, Ona Zee, Gustav Thöni, Mary McAleese, Talgat Musabayev, and Arnold Mühren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Roberts ranks 4,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Sokal (1955), Nick Cravat (1912), Milt Jackson (1923), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Michael Gazzaniga (1939), and Thomas Sowell (1930). After him are Merce Cunningham (1919), Nancy Meyers (1949), Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), William Larned (1872), and Frank Carlucci (1930).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Kenny Roberts ranks 8. Before him are Phil Hill (1927), Ken Block (1967), Dan Gurney (1931), Richie Ginther (1930), Wayne Rainey (1960), and Brett Lunger (1945). After him are Lee Wallard (1910), Rikky von Opel (1947), Peter Revson (1939), Richard Petty (1937), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and George Constantine (1918).

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