RACING DRIVER

Vic Elford

1935 - 2022

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Victor Henry Elford (10 June 1935 – 13 March 2022) was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vic Elford has received more than 292,714 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Vic Elford is the 636th most popular racing driver (down from 288th in 2019), the 5,131st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,118th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Vic Elford ranks 636 out of 1,080. Before him are Marco Apicella, Juan Manuel Bordeu, John James, Andrea Chiesa, Neville Lederle, and Tony Maggs. After him are Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Bobby Rahal, Rupert Keegan, Piero Scotti, Roberto Guerrero, and Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Vic Elford ranks 490. Before him are Walter Mahlendorf, Takashi Ishimoto, Franco Trincavelli, J. G. Farrell, Charles Sheffield, and Barbro Martinsson. After him are Frank Schepke, Marilee Stepan, Vasil Metodiev, Rudi Hoffmann, Malcolm Bilson, and Ronald Pettersson. Among people deceased in 2022, Vic Elford ranks 554. Before him are Patricia A. McKillip, Robert Gordon, Yury Zaitsev, Rodney Stark, Josephine Tewson, and Adriana Hoffmann. After him are Héctor Pulido, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Adolfas Šleževičius, Bob Lanier, Nicki Aycox, and Beatrice Mintz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vic Elford ranks 5,131 out of 8,785. Before him are Jule Styne (1905), Marina Diamandis (1985), Joyce Cary (1888), John Stainer (1840), William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), and Simon Shelton (1966). After him are Roger Taylor (1960), Nellie Sengupta (1886), Michael Robinson (1958), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), John Speed (1551), and Humphrey Searle (1915).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Vic Elford ranks 99. Before him are Bob Gerard (1914), Lando Norris (1999), Tony Trimmer (1943), John Rhodes (1927), Ian Burgess (1930), and John James (1914). After him are Rupert Keegan (1955), Donald Campbell (1921), Gary Brabham (1961), Julian Bailey (1961), Ian Raby (1921), and Kenny Acheson (1957).

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