RACING DRIVER

Peter Whitehead

1914 - 1958

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Peter Nield Whitehead (12 November 1914 – 21 September 1958) was a British racing driver. He was born in Menston, Yorkshire and was killed in an accident at Lasalle, France, during the Tour de France endurance race. A cultured, knowledgeable and well-travelled racer, he was excellent in sports cars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Whitehead has received more than 13,745 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Whitehead is the 365th most popular racing driver (up from 367th in 2019), the 3,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,597th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

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  • 55.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter Whitehead ranks 365 out of 1,080. Before him are Brian Redman, Klaus Ludwig, Eddie Cheever, Sergio Mantovani, Michel Leclère, and Fred Agabashian. After him are Toshio Suzuki, Ernst Degner, Bobby Unser, Eugène Chaboud, Alex Ribeiro, and Kurt Ahrens Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Peter Whitehead ranks 277. Before him are Fumio Hayasaka, Eddie Chapman, Jeff Corey, Amelia Bence, Théo Lefèvre, and Walter Behrendt. After him are Emmanuel Roblès, Elfriede Kaun, Wendell Corey, Franz von Werra, John Hersey, and František Čapek. Among people deceased in 1958, Peter Whitehead ranks 139. Before him are Stevan Hristić, Josep Irla, Giovanni Micheletto, Myriam Harry, Alexandre Tuffère, and Douglas Hartree. After him are Oscar Torp, Eddie Colman, Alexandre Schaumasse, Arvid Holmberg, Robert Lindsay, and Alfredo Zibechi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Whitehead ranks 3,521 out of 8,785. Before him are W. W. Jacobs (1863), Osbert Salvin (1835), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Norman Smith (1923), Joe Cole (1981), and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919). After him are Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), William Frederick Denning (1848), Mary Stewart (1916), W. J. Coffee (1774), Charles Jarrott (1927), and Juliet Mills (1941).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Peter Whitehead ranks 56. Before him are Mike Spence (1936), Cliff Allison (1932), Reg Parnell (1911), Peter Gethin (1940), George Abecassis (1913), and Brian Redman (1937). After him are Leslie Graham (1911), Richard Burns (1971), Dave Charlton (1936), Martin Brundle (1959), John Miles (1943), and Bob Evans (1947).

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