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RACING DRIVER

Tony Rolt

1918 - 2008

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Major Anthony Peter Roylance Rolt, MC & Bar, (16 October 1918 – 6 February 2008) was a British racing driver, soldier and engineer. A war hero, Rolt maintained a long connection with the sport, albeit behind the scenes. The Ferguson 4WD project he was involved in paid off with spectacular results, and he was involved in other engineering projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Rolt has received more than 76,608 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tony Rolt is the 534th most popular racing driver (down from 497th in 2019), the 4,444th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,158th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Tony Rolt ranks 534 out of 888. Before him are Marc Gené, Nasif Estéfano, Ian Burgess, Raul Boesel, Kevin Magnussen, and Gerino Gerini. After him are Jackie Pretorius, André Guelfi, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Markko Märtin, Cuth Harrison, and Marcel Balsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Tony Rolt ranks 244. Before him are Mrinalini Sarabhai, Reinaldo Gorno, Jafar Salmasi, Spike Milligan, Edward Craven Walker, and Alan Jay Lerner. After him are John Bromwich, Göte Hagström, Allan Arbus, Eero Kolehmainen, Barney Ewell, and Balasaraswati. Among people deceased in 2008, Tony Rolt ranks 284. Before him are Sam Manekshaw, Rudolf Illovszky, Ai Iijima, Larry James, Jerry Wexler, and Rubén Héctor Sosa. After him are Ann Savage, Philip Agee, Gordon B. Hinckley, Lilyan Chauvin, Viktor Kuzkin, and Jimmy Carl Black.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Rolt ranks 4,444 out of 7,765. Before him are David Beaton (1494), Sam Houser (1972), Carol Cleveland (1942), Tommy Docherty (1928), Margaret Archer (1943), and Ran Laurie (1915). After him are Mark Catesby (1683), Steve McClaren (1961), Tommy Lawton (1919), Gilbert White (1720), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Tony Rolt ranks 86. Before him are Leslie Johnson (1912), Tony Trimmer (1943), Chris Irwin (1942), Leslie Marr (1922), Mark Blundell (1966), and Ian Burgess (1930). After him are Cuth Harrison (1906), Jonathan Palmer (1956), David Hampshire (1917), David Brabham (1965), Lando Norris (1999), and Tom Bridger (1934).

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