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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 12,512 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Whitehead is the 367th most popular racing driver (down from 341st in 2019), the 3,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,378th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter Whitehead ranks 367 out of 888Before him are Jean-Claude Andruet, Jan Lammers, Moisés Solana, Conny Andersson, Chris Craft, and Emanuele Pirro. After him are Ben Pon, Patrick Nève, Loris Capirossi, Arthur Legat, Joe Kelly, and Mário de Araújo Cabral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Peter Whitehead ranks 258Before him are Julián Marías, R. A. Lafferty, Jack LaLanne, Kaisa Parviainen, Hamo Sahyan, and Alan Bullock. After him are Hermann Pilnik, Adrien Rommel, Evelyn Furtsch, Jan de Hartog, Élie Bayol, and Emmanuel Roblès. Among people deceased in 1958, Peter Whitehead ranks 135Before him are Eddie Colman, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Alexandre Tuffère, Oscar Torp, Nezihe Muhiddin, and Ruth Smith. After him are Jean Debucourt, Douglas Hartree, Petr Bezruč, Gustaf Söderström, David Pegg, and José María Caro Rodríguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Whitehead ranks 3,605 out of 7,765Before him are Jonathan Coe (1961), Ray Lankester (1847), George Coulouris (1903), Reginald Owen (1887), William Townsend Aiton (1766), and George Larner (1875). After him are Niall Ferguson (1964), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Geoff Nicholls (1948), Mary Ure (1933), and Mary F. Lyon (1925).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Peter Whitehead ranks 63Before him are Johnny Claes (1916), Brian Redman (1937), Al Pease (1921), Joe Fry (1915), Trevor Taylor (1936), and Chris Craft (1939). After him are Eric Thompson (1919), John Miles (1943), Innes Ireland (1930), Alan Brown (1919), Richard Burns (1971), and Ivor Bueb (1923).