RACING DRIVER

Walt Hansgen

1919 - 1966

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Walter Edwin Hansgen (October 28, 1919 – April 7, 1966) was an American racecar driver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Hansgen has received more than 291,788 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Walt Hansgen is the 762nd most popular racing driver (down from 735th in 2019), the 12,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,775th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Walt Hansgens by language

Over the past year Walt Hansgen has had the most page views in the with 40,028 views, followed by Italian (2,796), and German (1,663). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (86.36%), Slovenian (49.20%), and Russian (46.20%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Walt Hansgen ranks 762 out of 1,080. Before him are Marcus Ericsson, Pedro Chaves, Bobby Ball, Walt Faulkner, Bruce Johnstone, and Jérôme d'Ambrosio. After him are William Ferguson, Cyril Despres, Stoffel Vandoorne, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Kalle Rovanperä, and André Testut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Walt Hansgen ranks 339. Before him are Leopold Neumer, Kaifi Azmi, Shamshad Begum, Johnny Carey, Kitty Wells, and David Blackwell. After him are Mason Adams, George Avakian, Naushad, Isabella Abbott, Gretchen Fraser, and Jayne Meadows. Among people deceased in 1966, Walt Hansgen ranks 230. Before him are Ethel Clayton, Marguerite Higgins, Lucy Burns, Katsuo Takaishi, Louis A. Johnson, and Sydney Camm. After him are William Frawley, Carmelita Geraghty, Harry F. Byrd, Don Branson, Jack London, and Gertrude Berg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Hansgen ranks 12,411 out of 20,380. Before him are Guy Gardner (1948), Thomas McDonell (1986), Sarah Winnemucca (1844), Bobby Henderson (1980), Alan Rosenberg (1950), and Keith Gordon (1961). After him are Ron Glass (1945), Austin Nichols (1980), Marvin Kaplan (1927), Bill Hinzman (1936), Tim Thomerson (1946), and Dax Shepard (1975).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Walt Hansgen ranks 72. Before him are Kitty O'Neil (1946), Jimmie Johnson (1975), Troy Ruttman (1930), Chuck Daigh (1923), Bobby Ball (1925), and Walt Faulkner (1918). After him are John Fitch (1917), Paul Russo (1914), Jeff Gordon (1971), Tony Bettenhausen (1916), Don Edmunds (1930), and Chuck Arnold (1926).

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