RACING DRIVER

Oswald Karch

1917 - 2009

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Oswald Karch (6 March 1917 – 28 January 2009) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1953 German Grand Prix. Despite not setting a time during qualifying, he was allowed to start the race in 34th position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Karch has received more than 15,132 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oswald Karch is the 698th most popular racing driver (down from 595th in 2019), the 5,625th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,742nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Oswald Karch ranks 698 out of 1,080Before him are Jean-Marc Gounon, Leslie Marr, Kenny Bräck, Patrick Friesacher, Antonio Giovinazzi, and Alexander Albon. After him are Aleix Espargaró, Robert La Caze, Roger Laurent, Helmut Niedermayr, Hap Sharp, and Johann Zarco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Oswald Karch ranks 322Before him are Elyse Knox, Isabel Sanford, Katherine Rawls, Brenda Joyce, Lou Harrison, and Audrey Totter. After him are Robert La Caze, Marcel Hansenne, Graham Higman, Laurie Scott, Buddy Jeannette, and Pamela Brown. Among people deceased in 2009, Oswald Karch ranks 367Before him are Rashidi Kawawa, Gennadiy Shatkov, Brenda Joyce, Stanislav Markelov, Paul Burke, and Mohammed Yusuf. After him are Tapan Sinha, Louie Bellson, Ellie Greenwich, Lucy Gordon, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, and Aldo Valentini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oswald Karch ranks 5,625 out of 7,253Before him are Wolf Blitzer (1948), Ines Diers (1963), Engelbert Kraus (1934), Robert F. Wagner (1877), David Kross (1990), and Cédric Soares (1991). After him are Beatrix von Storch (1971), Sebastian Rudy (1990), Karl Del'Haye (1955), Julia Jentsch (1978), Helmut Niedermayr (1915), and Oliver Reck (1965).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Oswald Karch ranks 54Before him are Nelson Piquet Jr. (1985), Theo Helfrich (1913), Günther Bechem (1921), Rudolf Krause (1907), Rudolf Schoeller (1902), and Willi Heeks (1922). After him are Helmut Niedermayr (1915), Theo Fitzau (1923), André Lotterer (1981), Markus Winkelhock (1980), Ernst Loof (1907), and Dirk Raudies (1964).