RACING DRIVER

Peter de Klerk

1935 - 2015

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Peter David de Klerk (16 March 1935 – 11 July 2015) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 28 December 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter de Klerk has received more than 43,661 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter de Klerk is the 323rd most popular racing driver (up from 549th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular South African Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter de Klerk ranks 323 out of 1,080. Before him are Chico Landi, Miki Biasion, Nicky Hayden, Dorino Serafini, Mike Spence, and Eliseo Salazar. After him are Jan Lammers, Cliff Allison, Dries van der Lof, Max Biaggi, Conny Andersson, and Reg Parnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter de Klerk ranks 315. Before him are Geraldine Ferraro, Lee Hoi-chang, Ali Al-Naimi, Mari Törőcsik, Michel Subor, and Doug McClure. After him are Milorad Milutinović, Lewis Arquette, Sandra Harding, Horacio Troche, Mario Camus, and Jean Tiberi. Among people deceased in 2015, Peter de Klerk ranks 280. Before him are Stephan Beckenbauer, William Wakefield Baum, Gamal El-Ghitani, Kayahan, Joseph Engelberger, and Jayakanthan. After him are Leo Kadanoff, Milorad Milutinović, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Wayne Rogers, and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Peter de Klerk ranks 96 out of 454. Before him are Gary Player (1935), Eben Dönges (1898), Deon Meyer (1958), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Chris Hani (1942), and Ted Moore (1914). After him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Mpande kaSenzangakhona (1798), Sid Atkinson (1901), Jim Fouché (1898), Navi Pillay (1941), and Trevor Rabin (1954).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Peter de Klerk ranks 5. Before him are Jody Scheckter (1950), Ian Scheckter (1947), Gordon Murray (1946), and Basil van Rooyen (1939). After him are Doug Serrurier (1920), Desiré Wilson (1953), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Neville Lederle (1938), and Tony Maggs (1937).

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