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Ron Tauranac

1925 - 2020

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Ronald Sidney Tauranac (13 January 1925 – 17 July 2020) was a British-Australian engineer and racing car designer, who with Formula One driver Jack Brabham founded the Brabham constructor and racing team in 1962. Following Brabham's retirement as a driver at the end of the 1970 season, Tauranac owned and managed the Brabham team until 1972, when he sold it to Bernie Ecclestone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Tauranac has received more than 96,464 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Tauranac is the 308th most popular engineer, the 3,979th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 31st most popular British Engineer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.01

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ron Tauranac ranks 308 out of 389. Before him are Percy Hobart, Arthur E. Kennelly, Sam Eyde, Guenther Steiner, Isaac Roberts, and Marina Popovich. After him are Charles Combes, John R. Pierce, Othmar Ammann, Christopher Cockerell, Jesse Ramsden, and Robert Mallet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ron Tauranac ranks 392. Before him are William F. Buckley Jr., Andrei Eshpai, Kasey Rogers, Lyuben Berov, Shrilal Shukla, and Sándor Gellér. After him are Károly Makk, Robert Hirsch, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Eddi Arent, Zoot Sims, and Oldřich Lajsek. Among people deceased in 2020, Ron Tauranac ranks 470. Before him are Emilio Caprile, Nikolai Tanayev, Júlia Sigmond, István Kausz, Ahmed Radhi, and Julio Anguita. After him are Ivan Král, Diane di Prima, Shere Hite, Ben Bova, Tomisaku Kawasaki, and Nelly Kaplan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ron Tauranac ranks 3,979 out of 8,785. Before him are John Powell (1963), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Brian Henton (1946), Kenneth More (1914), Trevor Taylor (1936), and Tony Barton (1937). After him are Hugh Clapperton (1788), Bart McGhee (1899), R. M. Ballantyne (1825), Robert Jameson (1774), James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (1929), and George Edwards (1694).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Ron Tauranac ranks 31. Before him are William Froude (1810), Robert W. Paul (1869), Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Mal Evans (1935), and Isaac Roberts (1829). After him are Jesse Ramsden (1735), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ove Arup (1895), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), R. J. Mitchell (1895), and Tommy Flowers (1905).

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