RACING DRIVER

Tony Maggs

1937 - 2009

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Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs (9 February 1937 – 2 June 2009) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Maggs has received more than 55,467 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tony Maggs is the 635th most popular racing driver (down from 481st in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular South African Racing Driver.

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  • 2.76

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tony Maggs ranks 635 out of 1,080. Before him are Rob Schroeder, Marco Apicella, Juan Manuel Bordeu, John James, Andrea Chiesa, and Neville Lederle. After him are Vic Elford, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Bobby Rahal, Rupert Keegan, Piero Scotti, and Roberto Guerrero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Tony Maggs ranks 499. Before him are Linda Lavin, Roland Burris, Antonio Rada, Magic Slim, Romano Sgheiz, and Willi Giesemann. After him are Willi Koslowski, Tore Eriksson, Maria Teresa Horta, Franco De Piccoli, Archibald MacKinnon, and Charles Dumas. Among people deceased in 2009, Tony Maggs ranks 348. Before him are Zygmunt Chychła, Jackie Pretorius, Kálmán Markovits, Takashi Ishimoto, Kristina Brenk, and Nikola Kovachev. After him are Raúl Magaña, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Virginia Davis, Jaime Belmonte, and Anna-Maria Müller.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Tony Maggs ranks 182 out of 454. Before him are Ilana Kloss (1956), George Hunter (1927), Constand Viljoen (1933), Zindzi Mandela (1960), Lawrence Stevens (1913), and Neville Lederle (1938). After him are Christian Gitsham (1888), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Roger Michell (1956), Steven Pienaar (1982), Reeva Steenkamp (1983), and Clarence Walker (1898).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, Tony Maggs ranks 12. Before him are Doug Serrurier (1920), Desiré Wilson (1953), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), Jackie Pretorius (1934), and Neville Lederle (1938). After him are Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), Bruce Johnstone (1937), William Ferguson (1940), and Ernie Pieterse (1938).

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