RACING DRIVER

Kurt Adolff

1921 - 2012

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Kurt Adolff (5 November 1921 – 24 January 2012) was a racing driver from Germany. Adolff was born in Stuttgart, Germany, into a family that owned a textile company, and served as a paratrooper during the Second World War. Adolff competed in Formula Two races in the early 1950s racing BMW-engined cars, achieving modest success including second place at a race at the Munich-Riem Airport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Adolff has received more than 22,874 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Kurt Adolff is the 215th most popular racing driver (down from 214th in 2019), the 3,527th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,406th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Racing Driver.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kurt Adolff ranks 215 out of 1,080. Before him are Harry Schell, Lee Wallard, Olivier Gendebien, Felice Bonetto, Satoru Nakajima, and Richard Robarts. After him are Jutta Kleinschmidt, Jean Ragnotti, Giovanna Amati, Érik Comas, Toulo de Graffenried, and Divina Galica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Kurt Adolff ranks 209. Before him are Jacques Lecoq, Rashid Karami, Judy Holliday, Ziya Bunyadov, Pierre Bec, and Max Noether. After him are Søren Kam, Frédéric Dard, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Jetty Paerl, and Leo Penn. Among people deceased in 2012, Kurt Adolff ranks 188. Before him are Ervin Zádor, Celeste Holm, Pierre Mondy, José María Zárraga, Claude Pinoteau, and Leonardo Favio. After him are Donald "Duck" Dunn, Maxim of Bulgaria, Sancho Gracia, Ruggiero Ricci, Elliott Carter, and Adrienne Rich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Adolff ranks 3,527 out of 7,253. Before him are Antje Jackelén (1955), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Roman Weidenfeller (1980), Sibylle of Saxony (1515), Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725), and Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve (1638). After him are Carl Gustav Witt (1866), Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1762), Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1707), Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962), Sophie von La Roche (1730), and Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Kurt Adolff ranks 18. Before him are Stefan Bellof (1957), Hermann Lang (1909), Hans-Joachim Stuck (1951), Nico Rosberg (1985), Hans Herrmann (1928), and Manfred Winkelhock (1951). After him are Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962), Nick Heidfeld (1977), Hans Heyer (1943), Hans Klenk (1919), Ian Ashley (1947), and Paul Pietsch (1911).

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