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RACING DRIVER

Phil Read

1939 - 2022

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Phillip William Read, (1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1961 to 1976. Read is notable for being the first competitor to win world championships in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Read has received more than 283,194 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Phil Read is the 216th most popular racing driver (down from 171st in 2019), the 2,569th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,240th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Phil Read ranks 216 out of 888Before him are Marc Surer, Jackie Oliver, Umberto Maglioli, Leo Kinnunen, Kurt Adolff, and Emilio de Villota. After him are Lee Wallard, Bertrand Gachot, Philippe Alliot, Kent Andersson, Harry Schell, and Giulio Cabianca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Phil Read ranks 250Before him are Tetsuya Chiba, Yuri Bezmenov, Arik Einstein, Breyten Breytenbach, Zenon Grocholewski, and Harry Reid. After him are Valery Voronin, Fahrudin Jusufi, Ivar Jacobson, Chögyam Trungpa, Sandro Salvadore, and Igor Chislenko. Among people deceased in 2022, Phil Read ranks 215Before him are William Klein, Milutin Šoškić, Herman Van Springel, Kazuki Takahashi, Estelle Harris, and Ivanka Khristova. After him are Gianni Celati, Mary Alice, Nikolai Manoshin, Lando Buzzanca, Nick Bollettieri, and Piet Schrijvers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Phil Read ranks 2,569 out of 7,765Before him are Sydney Chapman (1888), Rachel Roberts (1927), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Richard Addinsell (1904), and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880). After him are Alan Lee (1947), Sam Allardyce (1954), Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), and Thomas Fairfax (1612).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Phil Read ranks 36Before him are Gerry Ashmore (1936), Bob Anderson (1931), Bill Ivy (1942), Tony Brise (1952), Peter Gethin (1940), and Jackie Oliver (1942). After him are Geoff Duke (1923), Johnny Herbert (1964), Peter Walker (1912), John Taylor (1933), Derek Warwick (1954), and Divina Galica (1944).