RACING DRIVER

Kitty O'Neil

1946 - 2018

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Kitty Linn O'Neil ((1946-03-24)March 24, 1946 – (2018-11-02)November 2, 2018) was an American stuntwoman and auto-racer, often called "the fastest woman in the world" for her various speed records. Her women's absolute land speed record stood until 2019. An illness in early childhood left her deaf, and more illnesses in early adulthood cut short a career in competitive diving. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kitty O'Neil has received more than 3,926,211 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kitty O'Neil is the 723rd most popular racing driver, the 11,716th most popular biography from United States and the 66th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 49.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kitty O'Neil ranks 723 out of 1,080. Before her are Luki Botha, Horace Gould, Franck Lagorce, Cuth Harrison, Antônio Pizzonia, and Mattias Ekström. After her are Shinji Nakano, André Milhoux, Mathias Lauda, Giedo van der Garde, Jimmie Johnson, and Michael Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Kitty O'Neil ranks 743. Before her are Penelope Spheeris, Tony Ashton, Tony Hurt, Michael Rosen, Samuel E. Wright, and Yakov Eliashberg. After her are Vladimir Vikulov, Anne-Marie Garat, Ed Markey, Jim Webb, Uroš Marović, and Andreas Kunz. Among people deceased in 2018, Kitty O'Neil ranks 518. Before her are István Hevesi, Peter Hill-Wood, Kate Spade, Manuel Rodríguez, Ann Gillis, and Finn Tveter. After her are Arnold Kopelson, Graciano Rocchigiani, Tulsi Giri, Mark Salling, Brigitte Ahrenholz, and Vibeke Skofterud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kitty O'Neil ranks 11,716 out of 20,380. Before her are Thomas Gomez (1905), Tim McGraw (1967), Timothy Geithner (1961), George S. Kaufman (1889), Robert Ellis (1892), and Adrienne King (1960). After her are Harry Gallatin (1927), James Neill (1860), Diana Scarwid (1955), Raekwon (1970), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), and Ruben Fleischer (1974).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Kitty O'Neil ranks 66. Before her are Colin Edwards (1974), Kyle Busch (1985), Hap Sharp (1928), Mauri Rose (1906), Robert O'Brien (1908), and Johnny Thomson (1922). After her are Jimmie Johnson (1975), Troy Ruttman (1930), Chuck Daigh (1923), Bobby Ball (1925), Walt Faulkner (1918), and Walt Hansgen (1919).

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