RACING DRIVER

Richard Burns

1971 - 2005

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Richard Alexander Burns (17 January 1971 – 25 November 2005) was an English rally driver who won the 2001 World Rally Championship, having previously finished runner-up in the series in 1999 and 2000. He also helped Mitsubishi to the world manufacturers' title in 1998, and Peugeot in 2002. His co-driver in his whole career was Robert Reid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Burns has received more than 760,328 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Richard Burns is the 376th most popular racing driver (up from 388th in 2019), the 3,574th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,712th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 54.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richard Burns ranks 376 out of 1,080. Before him are Alex Ribeiro, Kurt Ahrens Jr., Leslie Graham, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Bruno Senna, and Kazuyoshi Hoshino. After him are Howden Ganley, Antonio Creus, Hiroshi Fushida, Edgar Barth, Giorgio Francia, and Ricardo Tormo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Richard Burns ranks 168. Before him are Sergi Barjuán, Paulina Rubio, Aygün Kazımova, Jonny Greenwood, Roman Čechmánek, and Alan Tudyk. After him are Andriy Yermak, Natasha Zvereva, Edílson, Emma Thomas, Diana Damrau, and Mary J. Blige. Among people deceased in 2005, Richard Burns ranks 244. Before him are César Lattes, Ilse Werner, Eugénio de Andrade, Aulis Kallakorpi, Atef Sedky, and Isabella Bashmakova. After him are Thadée Cisowski, Miriam Rothschild, Jaime Sin, Robin Cook, Kihachi Okamoto, and Jean Cayrol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 3,574 out of 8,785. Before him are John Castle (1940), Solomon (1902), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Tony Kaye (1945), Stafford Cripps (1889), and Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743). After him are Anthony Head (1954), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Jonathan Coe (1961), Miriam Rothschild (1908), Kenney Jones (1948), and John Anderson (1833).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 58. Before him are Reg Parnell (1911), Peter Gethin (1940), George Abecassis (1913), Brian Redman (1937), Peter Whitehead (1914), and Leslie Graham (1911). After him are Dave Charlton (1936), Martin Brundle (1959), John Miles (1943), Bob Evans (1947), Chris Irwin (1942), and Ivor Bueb (1923).

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