RACING DRIVER

William Ferguson

1940 - 2007

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William "Willie" Ferguson (6 March 1940, Johannesburg – 19 May 2007, Durban) was a racing driver from South Africa. He entered the 1972 South African Grand Prix with local outfit Team Gunston, running a Brabham BT33, but could not start the race due to a blown engine in practice. He was also pencilled in to drive a Surtees TS9 for the same team, but that car was eventually raced by John Love. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Ferguson has received more than 16,341 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Ferguson is the 763rd most popular racing driver (up from 781st in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 213th in 2019) and the 17th most popular South African Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Fergusons by language

Over the past year William Ferguson has had the most page views in the with 975 views, followed by Slovenian (963), and Finnish (598). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (228.57%), Malagasy (122.34%), and Galician (88.36%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, William Ferguson ranks 763 out of 1,080. Before him are Pedro Chaves, Bobby Ball, Walt Faulkner, Bruce Johnstone, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, and Walt Hansgen. After him are Cyril Despres, Stoffel Vandoorne, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Kalle Rovanperä, André Testut, and Ian Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, William Ferguson ranks 580. Before him are Otacílio Gonçalves, Carole Ann Ford, Billy Fury, Mike Melvill, Trevor Nunn, and Mike Troy. After him are Mary Rand, Howard Hesseman, Cynthia Weil, Sotsha Dlamini, Brian Labone, and Tommy Troelsen. Among people deceased in 2007, William Ferguson ranks 394. Before him are Grégory Lemarchal, Ruth Graham, Hughie Thomasson, Seung-Hui Cho, Dan Fogelberg, and Kitty Carlisle. After him are Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Richard Jeni, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Murat Nasyrov, Tony Wilson, and Kelly Johnson.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, William Ferguson ranks 224 out of 454. Before him are Siphiwe Tshabalala (1984), Bram Fischer (1908), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Mike Melvill (1940), Austin Stevens (1950), and Bruce Johnstone (1937). After him are Thomas François Burgers (1834), Louis Hayward (1909), Brenda Fassie (1964), Musetta Vander (1963), Bessie Head (1937), and Linda Mvusi (1955).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In South Africa

Among racing drivers born in South Africa, William Ferguson ranks 17. Before him are Neville Lederle (1938), Tony Maggs (1937), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), and Bruce Johnstone (1937). After him are Ernie Pieterse (1938), and Brad Binder (1995).

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