RACING DRIVER

Tony Brooks

1932 - 2022

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Charles Anthony Standish "Tony" Brooks (25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022) was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1956 to 1961. Nicknamed "The Racing Dentist", Brooks was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1959 with Ferrari and Vanwall, and won six Grands Prix across six seasons. Born and raised in Dukinfield, Brooks was the son of a dental surgeon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Brooks has received more than 46,116 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Tony Brooks is the 190th most popular racing driver (down from 150th in 2019), the 2,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,006th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 52.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tony Brooks ranks 190 out of 1,080. Before him are Gino Bianco, Robert Kubica, Manfred Winkelhock, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Philippe Streiff, and Brett Lunger. After him are Gerhard Mitter, Jackie Oliver, Bruno Giacomelli, Roberto Moreno, Franz Tost, and Martin Donnelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tony Brooks ranks 215. Before him are Saye Zerbo, John Glen, Dabney Coleman, Dana Scott, Parry O'Brien, and Patsy Cline. After him are Stefanie Zweig, Ervin László, Bruno S., Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Robert Anton Wilson, and Antti Hyvärinen. Among people deceased in 2022, Tony Brooks ranks 208. Before him are Lando Buzzanca, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Éder Jofre, William Klein, Philippe Streiff, and Christopher Alexander. After him are Titus Buberník, Pharoah Sanders, Milutin Šoškić, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, George Crumb, and Joe E. Tata.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Brooks ranks 2,293 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), John Haigh (1909), Noel Redding (1945), Richard Johnson (1927), John Taverner (1490), and William Hudson (1730). After him are John Terry (1980), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Joseph Raphson (1648), and Alan Gardiner (1879).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Tony Brooks ranks 26. Before him are John Watson (1946), Eddie Irvine (1965), Alan Stacey (1933), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), Chris Bristow (1937), and Bob Anderson (1931). After him are Jackie Oliver (1942), Martin Donnelly (1964), Roy Salvadori (1922), Guy Edwards (1942), Phil Read (1939), and Derek Warwick (1954).

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