RACING DRIVER

Peter Gethin

1940 - 2011

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Peter Kenneth Gethin (21 February 1940 – 5 December 2011) was a British racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1974. Gethin won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix with BRM. Born and raised in Surrey, Gethin started his career in sportscar racing, competing in the British Sports Car Championship as a privateer until 1965. He progressed to Formula Three the following year, competing in the French and British Championships before graduating to Formula Two. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Gethin has received more than 128,819 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Peter Gethin is the 338th most popular racing driver (down from 206th in 2019), the 3,332nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,465th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 55.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter Gethin ranks 338 out of 1,080. Before him are Freddie Spencer, Takuma Sato, Carlos Menditeguy, Jan Magnussen, Georges Berger, and Jean-Claude Andruet. After him are Georges Grignard, Alberto Uria, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Carl Scarborough, Masten Gregory, and Petter Solberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Peter Gethin ranks 347. Before him are Carole Pateman, Yambo Ouologuem, Gene Pitney, Lorella De Luca, Jean-Claude Andruet, and Ole Lund Kirkegaard. After him are Jacques Higelin, Győző Kulcsár, Eugen Drewermann, Claire Bretécher, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Gary Gilmore. Among people deceased in 2011, Peter Gethin ranks 285. Before him are Gary Speed, Birgitta Trotzig, Milivoj Ašner, Iya Savvina, Gilbert Adair, and May-Louise Flodin. After him are Martial Célestin, Margaret Price, Luigi Carpaneda, Park Wan-suh, Bernard Nathanson, and Mikhail Kozakov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Gethin ranks 3,332 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Eric Sykes (1923), John Negroponte (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Neil Aspinall (1941), and Sarah Kane (1971). After him are Grace Aguilar (1816), May Whitty (1865), Thomas Middleton (1580), Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), Peter Bonetti (1941), and William Lawes (1602).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Peter Gethin ranks 53. Before him are Geoff Duke (1923), Johnny Herbert (1964), Mike Parkes (1931), Mike Spence (1936), Cliff Allison (1932), and Reg Parnell (1911). After him are George Abecassis (1913), Brian Redman (1937), Peter Whitehead (1914), Leslie Graham (1911), Richard Burns (1971), and Dave Charlton (1936).

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