RACING DRIVER

Richie Ginther

1930 - 1989

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Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther (5 August 1930 – 20 September 1989) was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1967. Ginther won the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix with Honda. Born in Hollywood, Ginther competed in Formula One for Ferrari, Scarab, BRM, Honda, Cooper and Eagle, winning the Mexican Grand Prix in 1965 with Honda, when he became the first driver to win for Honda in Formula One. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richie Ginther has received more than 171,364 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Richie Ginther is the 151st most popular racing driver (down from 139th in 2019), the 3,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,261st in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richie Ginther ranks 151 out of 1,080. Before him are Alan Stacey, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Hermann Lang, Onofre Marimón, Riccardo Paletti, and Ove Andersson. After him are Willy Mairesse, Rauno Aaltonen, Chris Bristow, Ricardo Rodríguez, Louis Rosier, and Luigi Villoresi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richie Ginther ranks 213. Before him are Stuart Lewis-Evans, Sandra Day O'Connor, Silvio Santos, Gérard Blain, Yi-Fu Tuan, and John Wood. After him are Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Carmen Sevilla, Leslie Manigat, Donn F. Eisele, Arnaldo Ochoa, and Anerood Jugnauth. Among people deceased in 1989, Richie Ginther ranks 111. Before him are Leyla Mammadbeyova, Gilbert Simondon, Elisaveta Bykova, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Hans Hellmut Kirst, and Harry Andrews. After him are Yūsaku Matsuda, Gerhard Schröder, Arnaldo Ochoa, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Riccardo Morandi, and Joe Spinell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richie Ginther ranks 3,425 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Siegel (1914), John C. McGinley (1959), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), Julian Rotter (1916), Teri Garr (1944), and Arlene Dahl (1925). After him are Jill Clayburgh (1944), Kathryn Morris (1969), Kenneth Anger (1927), Leslie Easterbrook (1949), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), and Evelyn McHale (1923).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Richie Ginther ranks 5. Before him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Phil Hill (1927), Ken Block (1967), and Dan Gurney (1931). After him are Wayne Rainey (1960), Brett Lunger (1945), Kenny Roberts (1951), Lee Wallard (1910), Rikky von Opel (1947), Peter Revson (1939), and Richard Petty (1937).

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