RACING DRIVER

Rikky von Opel

1947 - Today

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Frederick "Rikky" von Opel (born October 14, 1947) is a former racing driver who represented Liechtenstein in the Formula One World Championship, the only driver to have done so. He won the Lombard North British Formula 3 Championship in 1972. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix for the Ensign and Brabham teams, debuting on July 1, 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rikky von Opel has received more than 129,591 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Rikky von Opel is the 223rd most popular racing driver (up from 298th in 2019), the 4,544th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,888th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rikky von Opels by language

Over the past year Rikky von Opel has had the most page views in the with 40,443 views, followed by German (5,996), and Italian (2,183). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (151.21%), Malagasy (138.24%), and Catalan (63.18%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Rikky von Opel ranks 223 out of 1,080. Before him are Jean Ragnotti, Giovanna Amati, Érik Comas, Toulo de Graffenried, Divina Galica, and Kent Andersson. After him are Emilio de Villota, Ian Scheckter, Marc Márquez, Charles Leclerc, Umberto Maglioli, and Alex Soler-Roig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Rikky von Opel ranks 336. Before him are Julien Clerc, Robert Kerman, Giora Spiegel, Joseph Daul, Stéphane Courtois, and Apasra Hongsakula. After him are Gérard Collomb, Pete Maravich, Ian Scheckter, René Harris, Alan Lee, and Leszek Balcerowicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rikky von Opel ranks 4,544 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald Barthelme (1931), Howard Pyle (1853), Cotton Mather (1663), Holly Marie Combs (1973), Augustine Washington (1694), and Broderick Crawford (1911). After him are Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Doris Roberts (1925), Dennis Weaver (1924), John Phillip Law (1937), Zendaya (1996), and Rick James (1948).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Rikky von Opel ranks 10. Before him are Dan Gurney (1931), Richie Ginther (1930), Wayne Rainey (1960), Brett Lunger (1945), Kenny Roberts (1951), and Lee Wallard (1910). After him are Peter Revson (1939), Richard Petty (1937), Kevin Schwantz (1964), George Constantine (1918), Mark Donohue (1937), and Manny Ayulo (1921).

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