RACING DRIVER

Rodger Ward

1921 - 2004

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Rodger Morris Ward (January 10, 1921 – July 5, 2004) was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships, and two Indianapolis 500s, both in 1959 and 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodger Ward has received more than 169,569 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rodger Ward is the 545th most popular racing driver (up from 758th in 2019), the 9,264th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,092nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rodger Wards by language

Over the past year Rodger Ward has had the most page views in the with 22,492 views, followed by German (1,382), and Spanish (1,254). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (185.05%), Slovenian (127.87%), and Croatian (111.23%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Rodger Ward ranks 545 out of 1,080. Before him are Luigi Piotti, Heini Walter, Alfonso Thiele, Ott Tänak, Jonathan Palmer, and Corrado Fabi. After him are David Hampshire, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Doug Serrurier, Luca Cadalora, Daniil Kvyat, and Kevin Magnussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Rodger Ward ranks 390. Before him are Walter Kaufmann, Big Walter Horton, Norman Joseph Woodland, Lennart Strand, Ron Greenwood, and Geoffrey Crossley. After him are Walter Mirisch, Usmar Ismail, Ann Savage, James Cooke Brown, Joe Fulks, and Nelson Riddle. Among people deceased in 2004, Rodger Ward ranks 280. Before him are Lennart Strand, Velimir Valenta, Ugo Ferrante, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Mehmood, and Helmut Rix. After him are Robert Pastorelli, Alan King, Leonid Shcherbakov, Kristian Henriksen, Eric Douglas, and Yang Xinhai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rodger Ward ranks 9,264 out of 20,380. Before him are James Wilkinson (1757), James Ewing (1866), Christopher A. Wray (1966), Alexis Denisof (1966), Steve Lawrence (1935), and Edmund Breese (1871). After him are Helene Costello (1906), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Barry Harris (1929), Charles Walters (1911), Mia Sara (1967), and Bill Erwin (1914).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Rodger Ward ranks 38. Before him are Dale Earnhardt (1951), Johnnie Parsons (1918), A. J. Foyt (1935), Walt Ader (1913), Al Unser (1939), and Lloyd Ruby (1928). After him are Danny Sullivan (1950), Skip Barber (1936), Jim Hall (1935), John Kocinski (1968), Red Amick (1929), and George Amick (1924).

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