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RACING DRIVER

Richie Ginther

1930 - 1989

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Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther (Hollywood, California, August 5, 1930 – September 20, 1989 in France) was a racecar driver from the United States. During a varied career, the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix saw Ginther take Honda's first Grand Prix victory, a victory which would also prove to be Ginther's only win in Formula One. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richie Ginther has received more than 160,350 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Richie Ginther is the 139th most popular racing driver (up from 156th in 2019), the 3,269th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,504th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richie Ginther ranks 139 out of 888Before him are Reine Wisell, Riccardo Paletti, Willy Mairesse, Jenson Button, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and Stéphane Peterhansel. After him are Robert Kubica, Stefan Johansson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Gunnar Nilsson, Luigi Villoresi, and Dan Gurney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richie Ginther ranks 192Before him are Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Néstor Almendros, Liliana Segre, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, John Barth, and Pyotr Bolotnikov. After him are Gholamreza Takhti, José Águas, FM-2030, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Gregory Corso, and Veljo Tormis. Among people deceased in 1989, Richie Ginther ranks 108Before him are Ahmed Abdallah, Arnaldo Ochoa, Gerhard Schröder, Riccardo Morandi, Uichiro Hatta, and Diana Vreeland. After him are Michał Rola-Żymierski, Joe Spinell, René Moawad, Robert Penn Warren, Guy Laroche, and Chen Boda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richie Ginther ranks 3,269 out of 18,182Before him are Charles Addams (1912), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Eugene Odum (1913), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961). After him are Dylan McDermott (1961), Tyga (1989), Eric Roth (1945), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Dan Blocker (1928), and Charles Duke (1935).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Richie Ginther ranks 3Before him are Carroll Shelby (1923) and Phil Hill (1927). After him are Dan Gurney (1931), Kenny Roberts (1951), Wayne Rainey (1960), Mark Donohue (1937), Al Unser (1939), Peter Revson (1939), Lee Wallard (1910), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and Brett Lunger (1945).