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RACING DRIVER

Tony Brooks

1932 - 2022

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Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022) was a British racing driver. Also known as the "Racing Dentist", he participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, competing for the first time on 14 July 1956, and achieved six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. He was third in the World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Vanwall and second in 1959 with Ferrari. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Brooks has received more than 44,828 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tony Brooks is the 150th most popular racing driver (up from 186th in 2019), the 2,011th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,302nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tony Brooks ranks 150 out of 888. Before him are Luigi Villoresi, Dan Gurney, Alejandro de Tomaso, Louis Rosier, Sandro Munari, and Chris Bristow. After him are Hans Herrmann, Eddie Irvine, Alex Zanardi, Hermann Lang, Jarno Trulli, and Hans Stuck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tony Brooks ranks 176. Before him are Miloslav Vlk, Karen Demirchyan, Boris Shakhlin, Mancur Olson, Ervin László, and U. R. Ananthamurthy. After him are Mamo Wolde, Carlos Borges, Joel Grey, Eleanor F. Helin, Michihiro Ozawa, and Yukio Shimomura. Among people deceased in 2022, Tony Brooks ranks 168. Before him are Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Fernando Gomes, Joachim Streich, Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Joseph Delaney, and Mark Lanegan. After him are Anne Heche, Tony Sirico, Just Jaeckin, Dominique Lapierre, Antonietta Stella, and Marsha Hunt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Brooks ranks 2,011 out of 7,765. Before him are Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Joseph Delaney (1945), Robert Hichens (1882), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and Chris Bristow (1937). After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Jane Morris (1839), Ken Robinson (1950), Edward Colston (1636), Elihu Thomson (1853), and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Tony Brooks ranks 25. Before him are David Coulthard (1971), John Watson (1946), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Alan Stacey (1933), Jenson Button (1980), and Chris Bristow (1937). After him are Eddie Irvine (1965), Guy Edwards (1942), Roy Salvadori (1922), Joey Dunlop (1952), Gerry Ashmore (1936), and Bob Anderson (1931).

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