RACING DRIVER

Kent Andersson

1942 - 2006

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Kent Andersson (August 1, 1942 – August 29, 2006) was a Swedish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1966 and 1975, most prominently as a member of the Yamaha factory racing team where he was a two-time 125cc World Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kent Andersson has received more than 4,319 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kent Andersson is the 222nd most popular racing driver (down from 220th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 478th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kent Andersson ranks 222 out of 1,080. Before him are Jutta Kleinschmidt, Jean Ragnotti, Giovanna Amati, Érik Comas, Toulo de Graffenried, and Divina Galica. After him are Rikky von Opel, Emilio de Villota, Ian Scheckter, Marc Márquez, Charles Leclerc, and Umberto Maglioli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Kent Andersson ranks 306. Before him are Imran N. Hosein, Carol Lynley, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Clarence Clemons, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Taj Mahal. After him are Charles Konan Banny, Joaquim Rifé, John Thaw, Pamela Tiffin, Andrew Robinson, and Bo Hopkins. Among people deceased in 2006, Kent Andersson ranks 186. Before him are Octavia E. Butler, Daniel Schmid, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jurij Brězan, Leon Niemczyk, and Akira Ifukube. After him are Dennis Weaver, Kathleen Antonelli, Yitzhak Kaduri, Gert Fredriksson, Kazimierz Górski, and Theodore Levitt.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kent Andersson ranks 504 out of 1,879. Before him are Olle Hellbom (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Viktor Rydberg (1828), Charles De Geer (1720), and Tommy Körberg (1948). After him are Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), Knut Ångström (1857), Sigge Parling (1930), Eva Bonnier (1857), and Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Kent Andersson ranks 11. Before him are Jo Bonnier (1930), Reine Wisell (1941), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Ove Andersson (1938), Slim Borgudd (1946), and Stefan Johansson (1956). After him are Conny Andersson (1939), Bertil Roos (1943), Torsten Palm (1947), Kenneth Eriksson (1956), Kenny Bräck (1966), and Mattias Ekström (1978).

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