RACING DRIVER

Mike Parkes

1931 - 1977

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Michael Johnson Parkes (24 September 1931 – 28 August 1977) was a British racing driver and engineer, who competed in Formula One at six Grands Prix from 1966 to 1967. In endurance racing, Parkes won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1964 with Ferrari. Born in Richmond, Surrey, Parkes was the son of John Parkes, chairman and managing director of the Alvis Group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Parkes has received more than 102,477 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mike Parkes is the 312th most popular racing driver (down from 296th in 2019), the 3,184th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,161st in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 49.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mike Parkes ranks 312 out of 1,080. Before him are Paco Godia, Michael Andretti, Sébastien Ogier, François Migault, Daniel Ricciardo, and Yves Giraud-Cabantous. After him are Giovanni Lavaggi, Siegfried Stohr, Piero Carini, Clemar Bucci, Chico Landi, and Miki Biasion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mike Parkes ranks 324. Before him are Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Ahmed Laraki, Janwillem van de Wetering, Sylvano Bussotti, Robert Stephens, and Olja Ivanjicki. After him are Ingrid van Bergen, Lonnie Donegan, Hennadiy Udovenko, Greg, Sakyo Komatsu, and Madeleine Berthod. Among people deceased in 1977, Mike Parkes ranks 163. Before him are Krishan Chander, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Louis Clarke, Tay Garnett, José Perácio, and Otto Kaiser. After him are Leila Hyams, Edward Van Dijck, Megumi Yokota, Martí Ventolrà, Vladimir Tributs, and Johann Nepomuk David.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Parkes ranks 3,184 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Bloomer (1874), Anne Treisman (1935), Mary Toft (1703), Emily Mortimer (1971), Joe Abercrombie (1974), and Joseph Grimaldi (1778). After him are Benjamin Glazer (1887), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Robert Greene (1558), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), John Pulman (1923), and Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Mike Parkes ranks 49. Before him are David Murray (1909), Derek Bell (1941), Brian Hart (1936), Alan Brown (1919), Geoff Duke (1923), and Johnny Herbert (1964). After him are Mike Spence (1936), Cliff Allison (1932), Reg Parnell (1911), Peter Gethin (1940), George Abecassis (1913), and Brian Redman (1937).

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