RACING DRIVER

Michael Schumacher

1969 - Today

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Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ]; born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, a record which was tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Schumacher has received more than 31,989,466 page views. His biography is available in 141 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 123 in 2019). Michael Schumacher is the 3rd most popular racing driver, the 125th most popular biography from Germany (up from 126th in 2019) and the most popular German Racing Driver.

Michael Schumacher is a German racing driver who is most famous for winning seven Formula One World Championships.

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  • 73.88

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  • 141

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  • 11.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Michael Schumacher ranks 3 out of 1,080. Before him are Enzo Ferrari, and Niki Lauda. After him are Ayrton Senna, Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Alain Prost, Ken Miles, Alberto Ascari, Emerson Fittipaldi, Giuseppe Farina, and Nelson Piquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Michael Schumacher ranks 1. After him are Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Oliver Kahn, Jennifer Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Perry, Gabriel Batistuta, Gerard Butler, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Matthew McConaughey.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Schumacher ranks 125 out of 7,253. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Novalis (1772), Wim Wenders (1945), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), and Leopold I of Belgium (1790). After him are Lothair I (795), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Heinrich Böll (1917), Michel Ney (1769), Walter Gropius (1883), and Erik Erikson (1902).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Michael Schumacher ranks 1. After him are Jochen Rindt (1942), Walter Röhrl (1947), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Jochen Mass (1946), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Karl Kling (1910), and Stefan Bellof (1957).

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