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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 506,234 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kenny Roberts is the 177th most popular racing driver (down from 176th in 2019), the 3,918th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,929th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Racing Driver.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kenny Roberts ranks 177 out of 888. Before him are Roy Salvadori, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Joey Dunlop, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Andrea de Adamich. After him are Silvio Moser, Nello Pagani, Manfred Winkelhock, Valtteri Bottas, Harald Ertl, and Gerhard Mitter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Kenny Roberts ranks 161. Before him are Jesse Ventura, Martin Brest, Dragan Pantelić, Francesco Moser, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Myint Swe. After him are Gérard Jugnot, Walter de Silva, Sandahl Bergman, Phankham Viphavanh, Manfred Winkelhock, and Iván Fischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Roberts ranks 3,918 out of 18,182. Before him are Joe Turkel (1927), Georgia Hale (1900), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Juliette Lewis (1973), and Thom Mayne (1944). After him are Teddy Wilson (1912), Henry Armstrong (1912), Henry Hazlitt (1894), George Seaton (1911), William Forsythe (1955), and Patrick Wayne (1939).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Kenny Roberts ranks 5. Before him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Phil Hill (1927), Richie Ginther (1930), and Dan Gurney (1931). After him are Wayne Rainey (1960), Mark Donohue (1937), Al Unser (1939), Peter Revson (1939), Lee Wallard (1910), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and Brett Lunger (1945).

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