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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 703,373 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Richard Burns is the 388th most popular racing driver (down from 375th in 2019), the 3,720th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,579th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richard Burns ranks 388 out of 888Before him are Cesare Perdisa, Michel Leclère, Sébastien Bourdais, Pastor Maldonado, Giorgio Bassi, and Alain de Changy. After him are Carlos Menditeguy, Pierre Gasly, Johnnie Parsons, John Nicholson, Edgar Barth, and Harri Rovanperä.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Richard Burns ranks 174Before him are Go Hyun-jung, Daniel Powter, Duncan Jones, Jonny Greenwood, Gary Barlow, and Francisco Arce. After him are Karin Slaughter, Song Il-gook, Bohuslav Sobotka, Edílson, Mark Henry, and Lior Raz. Among people deceased in 2005, Richard Burns ranks 238Before him are Jocelyn Brando, Natalya Gundareva, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ernest Lehman, and Maurice Lafont. After him are Thadée Cisowski, César Lattes, Viktor Kapitonov, José Azcona del Hoyo, Bruno Manser, and Annemarie Heinrich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 3,720 out of 7,765Before him are Euphemia de Ross (1333), Mary Garden (1874), Edward Pigott (1753), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Margery Kempe (1373), and Roger Hargreaves (1935). After him are George Edwards (1694), Sam Smith (1992), Joe Hart (1987), Kate Atkinson (1951), Henry Edward Manning (1808), and Æthelwold of Winchester (900).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 68Before him are Chris Craft (1939), Peter Whitehead (1914), Eric Thompson (1919), John Miles (1943), Innes Ireland (1930), and Alan Brown (1919). After him are Ivor Bueb (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), Donald Campbell (1921), Peter Arundell (1933), Brian Henton (1946), and Jimmy Stewart (1931).