RACING DRIVER

Ove Andersson

1938 - 2008

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Ove Andersson (3 January 1938 – 11 June 2008), nicknamed Påven ("the Pope"), was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 programme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ove Andersson has received more than 73,258 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ove Andersson is the 150th most popular racing driver (down from 129th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 331st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ove Andersson ranks 150 out of 1,080. Before him are Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Hermann Lang, Onofre Marimón, and Riccardo Paletti. After him are Richie Ginther, Willy Mairesse, Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Louis Rosier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ove Andersson ranks 204. Before him are Zbigniew Religa, Daniel Buren, Evel Knievel, Nieves Navarro, Günter Brus, and Chas Chandler. After him are Tatsuya Shiji, Ralph Bakshi, Perry Anderson, Rauno Aaltonen, Chuan Leekpai, and Lee Morgan. Among people deceased in 2008, Ove Andersson ranks 124. Before him are Fred Sinowatz, Mieczysław Rakowski, Dinko Šakić, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Khiuaz Dospanova, and Josef Tal. After him are Sœur Emmanuelle, Joan Segarra, Šaban Bajramović, Alfred Pfaff, Marie Smith Jones, and Nonna Mordyukova.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ove Andersson ranks 383 out of 1,879. Before him are Kennet Andersson (1967), David Lagercrantz (1962), Lena Nyman (1944), Carl Milles (1875), Christina Nilsson (1843), and Marianne Fredriksson (1927). After him are Artur Lundkvist (1906), Per Oscarsson (1927), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Art Spiegelman (1948), and Stefan Persson (1947).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Ove Andersson ranks 8. Before him are Keke Rosberg (1948), Björn Waldegård (1943), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Jo Bonnier (1930), Reine Wisell (1941), and Gunnar Nilsson (1948). After him are Slim Borgudd (1946), Stefan Johansson (1956), Kent Andersson (1942), Conny Andersson (1939), Bertil Roos (1943), and Torsten Palm (1947).

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