RACING DRIVER

Walt Faulkner

1918 - 1956

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Walter Faulkner (February 6, 1918 – April 22, 1956) was an American racing driver from Tell, Texas. He moved to Milledgeville, Georgia at the age of two-and-a-half, and to Lake Wales, Florida at the age of eight. He then moved to San Diego, California in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Faulkner has received more than 41,927 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Walt Faulkner is the 759th most popular racing driver (down from 697th in 2019), the 12,390th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,385th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Walt Faulkner ranks 759 out of 1,080. Before him are Tetsuya Harada, Paul England, Tomáš Enge, Marcus Ericsson, Pedro Chaves, and Bobby Ball. After him are Bruce Johnstone, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Walt Hansgen, William Ferguson, Cyril Despres, and Stoffel Vandoorne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Walt Faulkner ranks 327. Before him are Dave Bartholomew, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Griffin Bell, Sid Abel, Ntsu Mokhehle, and Allenby Chilton. After him are Otis Bowen, Fedor Samokhin, Roberta Cowell, Arnold Stang, Gerald Wilson, and Bobby Troup. Among people deceased in 1956, Walt Faulkner ranks 226. Before him are Ernst Loof, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Holmes Herbert, Clarence Birdseye, Tom Whittaker, and Malik Ghulam Muhammad. After him are Guy Kibbee, Fred Allen, Louis Handley, Ivan Dresser, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, and Ralph Morgan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Faulkner ranks 12,390 out of 20,380. Before him are David Perdue (1949), Dan Butler (1954), Justin Henry (1971), Gene Sarazen (1902), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), and James Aloysius Hickey (1920). After him are Angus Cloud (1998), Elinor Donahue (1937), Doug Russell (1946), Abraham Benrubi (1969), Andrea Jaeger (1965), and Billy Boy Arnold (1935).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Walt Faulkner ranks 71. Before him are Johnny Thomson (1922), Kitty O'Neil (1946), Jimmie Johnson (1975), Troy Ruttman (1930), Chuck Daigh (1923), and Bobby Ball (1925). After him are Walt Hansgen (1919), John Fitch (1917), Paul Russo (1914), Jeff Gordon (1971), Tony Bettenhausen (1916), and Don Edmunds (1930).

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