RACING DRIVER

Wayne Rainey

1960 - Today

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Wayne Wesley Rainey (born October 23, 1960) is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships in 1984 and from 1988 to 1993. He won the 500cc World Championship three times and the Daytona 200 once. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayne Rainey has received more than 613,918 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wayne Rainey is the 183rd most popular racing driver (up from 187th in 2019), the 3,864th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,104th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

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  • 59.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Wayne Rainey ranks 183 out of 1,080. Before him are Harald Ertl, Keiichi Tsuchiya, Nello Pagani, Stefan Johansson, Ernesto Brambilla, and Leo Kinnunen. After him are Gino Bianco, Robert Kubica, Manfred Winkelhock, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Philippe Streiff, and Brett Lunger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Wayne Rainey ranks 136. Before him are Tony Robbins, Timothy Hutton, Maryam d'Abo, Agim Çeku, Hiam Abbass, and Boris Pistorius. After him are Jan Wouters, Christian Petzold, Mark Rylance, Gadi Eisenkot, Werner Faymann, and Richard Sammel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wayne Rainey ranks 3,864 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Corso (1930), Marion Davies (1897), Genie (1957), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Florence Harding (1860), and Peter Steele (1962). After him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Sam Phillips (1923), Ronnie Spector (1943), Jim Gray (1944), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), and Timothy Dexter (1747).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Wayne Rainey ranks 6. Before him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Phil Hill (1927), Ken Block (1967), Dan Gurney (1931), and Richie Ginther (1930). After him are Brett Lunger (1945), Kenny Roberts (1951), Lee Wallard (1910), Rikky von Opel (1947), Peter Revson (1939), and Richard Petty (1937).

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