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Patrick Head

1946 - Today

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Sir Patrick Michael Head, FREng (born 5 June 1946) is a British motorsport executive who is the co-founder and former Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team. For 27 years starting from the 1977 season, Head was technical director at Williams Grand Prix Engineering, and responsible for many innovations within Formula One. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Head has received more than 512,926 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Head is the 102nd most popular engineer (up from 130th in 2019), the 1,408th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,684th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Patrick Head ranks 102 out of 323. Before him are André Courrèges, Claude Dornier, Mikhail Mil, Fedor Tokarev, Charles Rolls, and George Cayley. After him are Hans Ledwinka, Nicola Romeo, Erich Topp, Moshe Arens, Eupalinos, and Christian Otto Mohr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Patrick Head ranks 151. Before him are Georges J. F. Köhler, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Duane Allman, Anthony Daniels, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and Brigitte Fossey. After him are Joop Zoetemelk, Malcolm McLaren, Giuseppe Sinopoli, George Young, Donovan, and Norio Yoshimizu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Head ranks 1,408 out of 7,765. Before him are William Sturgeon (1783), Stevie Young (1956), Aphra Behn (1640), Simon Stock (1164), Anne Perry (1938), and Hugh Lofting (1886). After him are William Caxton (1422), Andy Summers (1942), John Guillermin (1925), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Roger Byrne (1929), and Sebastian Coe (1956).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Head ranks 11. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Colin Chapman (1928), Ross Brawn (1954), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), and George Cayley (1773). After him are Adrian Newey (1958), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Robert Stephenson (1803), Hertha Ayrton (1854), John Loudon McAdam (1756), and John Bagot Glubb (1897).

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