RACING DRIVER

Lewis Hamilton

1985 - Today

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Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One for Mercedes. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (202), among others. Born and raised in Stevenage, Hamilton began his career in karting aged six, winning several national titles and attracting the attention of Ron Dennis, who signed him to the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Programme in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Hamilton has received more than 41,471,043 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Lewis Hamilton is the 55th most popular racing driver (down from 37th in 2019), the 978th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 753rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Lewis Hamilton ranks 55 out of 1,080. Before him are Jacques Laffite, Stirling Moss, Alfredo Ferrari, Patrick Depailler, Tazio Nuvolari, and Michèle Mouton. After him are Wolfgang von Trips, Rudolf Caracciola, Lella Lombardi, Damon Hill, Hannu Mikkola, and Alan Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Lewis Hamilton ranks 4. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo, Gal Gadot, and Luka Modrić. After him are Keira Knightley, Bruno Mars, Michael Phelps, Lukas Podolski, Wayne Rooney, Stromae, Lana Del Rey, and Mario Gómez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Hamilton ranks 978 out of 8,785. Before him are Victoria Beckham (1974), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), PJ Harvey (1969), Keith Moon (1946), Slash (1965), and Denholm Elliott (1922). After him are William Huggins (1824), Brian Clough (1935), John Hawkins (1532), Neil Gaiman (1960), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), and Joan Robinson (1903).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Lewis Hamilton ranks 11. Before him are Graham Hill (1929), Nigel Mansell (1953), Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), and Stirling Moss (1929). After him are Damon Hill (1960), Colin McRae (1968), Mike Hailwood (1940), Tom Pryce (1949), Roger Williamson (1948), and David Purley (1945).

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