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Rory Byrne

1944 - Today

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Rory Byrne (born 10 January 1944) is a South African semi-retired engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari teams of Formula One. Byrne-designed cars have won ninety-nine Grands Prix, seven constructors' titles and seven drivers' titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rory Byrne has received more than 276,851 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rory Byrne is the 167th most popular engineer (down from 156th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Engineer.

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  • 280k

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  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Rory Byrne ranks 167 out of 323. Before him are Gérard Larrousse, Pierre-Émile Martin, Antoine de Chézy, Anton Flettner, Louis Charles Breguet, and Émile Levassor. After him are Kelly Johnson, Arthur Morin, Béla Barényi, Alphonse Pénaud, Robert Maillart, and Pierre-Paul Riquet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rory Byrne ranks 247. Before him are Vernor Vinge, Frank Sinatra Jr., Abdul Fatah Younis, Haim Saban, Jim Abrahams, and Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto. After him are Péter Eötvös, Helena Rojo, Lucía Topolansky, John Milius, Juan Rodríguez Vega, and Francesco Morini.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Rory Byrne ranks 46 out of 374. Before him are Louis Botha (1862), John Vorster (1915), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), and Manfred Mann (1940). After him are Jamie Uys (1921), Dave Matthews (1967), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Glynis Johns (1923), Oscar Pistorius (1986), and Marlene Dumas (1953).

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Among ENGINEERS In South Africa

Among engineers born in South Africa, Rory Byrne ranks 1. 

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