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RACING DRIVER

Richard Petty

1937 - Today

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Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is a member of the Petty racing family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Petty has received more than 4,119,286 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Petty is the 243rd most popular racing driver (up from 259th in 2019), the 5,052nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,329th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 49.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richard Petty ranks 243 out of 888. Before him are Giovanna Amati, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Marc Márquez, Bruno Giacomelli, Ricardo Zunino, and Georges Berger. After him are Luca Badoer, Geoff Duke, Ken Block, Satoru Nakajima, Nicky Hayden, and Johnny Herbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Richard Petty ranks 259. Before him are Ken Ogata, Gary Hocking, Ludvík Daněk, Ada Rogovtseva, Loretta Swit, and Clodovil Hernandes. After him are Yuri Manin, Manfred Krug, Jurek Becker, Vlatko Marković, Coen Moulijn, and Jack Nitzsche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Petty ranks 5,052 out of 18,182. Before him are Louis Jordan (1908), Margaret Taylor (1788), Mark St. John (1956), Robert Berdella (1949), Michael Harner (1929), and Marsha Mason (1942). After him are C. J. Cherryh (1942), V. C. Andrews (1923), Gina Carano (1982), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Zooey Deschanel (1980), and Jon Hamm (1971).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Richard Petty ranks 14. Before him are Al Unser (1939), Peter Revson (1939), Lee Wallard (1910), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Brett Lunger (1945), and Bill Vukovich (1918). After him are Ken Block (1967), Nicky Hayden (1981), Carl Scarborough (1914), Manny Ayulo (1921), Bob Bondurant (1933), and Masten Gregory (1932).

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