1921 - 2012
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 21,427 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kurt Adolff is the 214th most popular racing driver (down from 199th in 2019), the 3,409th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,077th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Kurt Adolff ranks 214 out of 888. Before him are Kunimitsu Takahashi, Romain Grosjean, Marc Surer, Jackie Oliver, Umberto Maglioli, and Leo Kinnunen. After him are Emilio de Villota, Phil Read, Lee Wallard, Bertrand Gachot, Philippe Alliot, and Kent Andersson.
1940 - 2022
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 208
1986 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 209
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 210
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 211
1928 - 1999
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 212
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 213
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 214
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 215
1939 - 2022
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 216
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 217
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 218
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 219
1942 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 220
Among people born in 1921, Kurt Adolff ranks 220. Before him are Viktor Chukarin, Oswaldo López Arellano, Ernesto Vidal, Wadih El Safi, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, and Max Noether. After him are Jean Robic, Harry Schell, Samuel T. Cohen, Sune Andersson, Saul Zaentz, and Alexander Kemurdzhian. Among people deceased in 2012, Kurt Adolff ranks 192. Before him are Mustafa Ould Salek, Pierre Mondy, Claude Miller, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Txillardegi, and Dom Mintoff. After him are Assef Shawkat, Simeon ten Holt, Marvin Hamlisch, Sergey Kapitsa, Fang Lizhi, and Donald "Duck" Dunn.
1921 - 1984
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 214
1921 - 2010
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 215
1921 - 1974
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 216
1921 - 2013
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 217
1921 - 2007
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 218
1921 - 1921
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 219
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 220
1921 - 1980
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 221
1921 - 1960
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 222
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 223
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 224
1921 - 2014
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 225
1921 - 2003
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 226
1936 - 2012
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 186
1925 - 2012
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 187
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 188
1928 - 2012
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 189
1929 - 2012
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 190
1916 - 2012
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 191
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 192
1950 - 2012
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 193
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 194
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 195
1928 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 196
1936 - 2012
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 197
1941 - 2012
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 198
Among people born in Germany, Kurt Adolff ranks 3,409 out of 6,142. Before him are Ubbo Emmius (1547), Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1859), Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (1815), Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796), Max Noether (1921), and Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842). After him are Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden (1625), Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Georg Kolbe (1877), Horst Köppel (1948), Nannette Streicher (1769), and Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564).
1547 - 1625
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,403
1859 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 3,404
1815 - 1871
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 3,405
1796 - 1851
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 3,406
1921 - 1921
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,407
1842 - 1926
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,408
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 3,409
1625 - 1669
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 3,410
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 3,411
1877 - 1947
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 3,412
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 3,413
1769 - 1833
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 3,414
1564 - 1611
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 3,415
Among racing drivers born in Germany, Kurt Adolff ranks 19. Before him are Hermann Lang (1909), Stefan Bellof (1957), Hans-Joachim Stuck (1951), Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Karl Kling (1910), and Nick Heidfeld (1977). After him are Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962), Rudi Fischer (1912), Hans Heyer (1943), Paul Pietsch (1911), Timo Glock (1982), and Hermann Paul Müller (1909).
1909 - 1987
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 13
1957 - 1985
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 14
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 15
1951 - 1985
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 16
1910 - 2003
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 17
1977 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 18
1921 - 2012
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 19
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 20
1912 - 1976
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 22
1911 - 2012
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 23
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 24
1909 - 1975
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 25