1928 - 1969
Willy Mairesse (French pronunciation: [wi.li mɛ.ʁɛs]; 1 October 1928 – 2 September 1969) was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship points. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willy Mairesse has received more than 84,371 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Willy Mairesse is the 135th most popular racing driver (up from 138th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 338th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Willy Mairesse ranks 135 out of 888. Before him are Ove Andersson, Giancarlo Fisichella, Guy Ligier, Rolf Stommelen, Reine Wisell, and Riccardo Paletti. After him are Jenson Button, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Stéphane Peterhansel, Richie Ginther, Robert Kubica, and Stefan Johansson.
1938 - 2008
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 129
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 130
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 131
1943 - 1983
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 132
1941 - 2022
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 133
1958 - 1982
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 134
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 135
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 136
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 137
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 138
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 139
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 140
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1928, Willy Mairesse ranks 193. Before him are Jack Tramiel, Nora Nova, Ernest Simoni, Ciriaco De Mita, Tom Sharpe, and Howard S. Becker. After him are Vitaliy Masol, Line Renaud, Orson Bean, Horace Silver, William Peter Blatty, and Édouard Glissant. Among people deceased in 1969, Willy Mairesse ranks 86. Before him are Josef Blösche, Rómulo Gallegos, John Kennedy Toole, Constantin Ion Parhon, Eduardo Mondlane, and Ivar Ballangrud. After him are Aleksandras Stulginskis, André Salmon, Krzysztof Komeda, He Long, Leonard Woolf, and Ismail al-Azhari.
1928 - 2012
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 187
1928 - 2022
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 188
1928 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 189
1928 - 2022
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 190
1928 - 2013
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 191
1928 - 2023
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 192
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 193
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 194
1928 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 195
1928 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 196
1928 - 2014
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 197
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 198
1928 - 2011
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 199
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 80
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 81
1937 - 1969
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 82
1874 - 1969
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 83
1920 - 1969
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 84
1904 - 1969
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 85
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 86
1885 - 1969
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 87
1881 - 1969
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 88
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 89
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 90
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 91
1901 - 1969
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 92
Among people born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 325 out of 1,019. Before him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Achille Van Acker (1898), Marc Wilmots (1969), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), Abraham Brueghel (1631), and Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251). After him are Patrick Sercu (1944), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Gaston Reiff (1921), Lambert Lombard (1505), Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500), and Arnulf, Count of Holland (951).
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 319
1898 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 320
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 321
1103 - 1151
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 322
1631 - 1690
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 323
1251 - 1272
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 324
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 325
1944 - 2019
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 326
1000 - 1015
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 327
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 328
1505 - 1566
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 329
1500 - 1566
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 330
951 - 993
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 331
Among racing drivers born in Belgium, Willy Mairesse ranks 4. Before him are Jacky Ickx (1945), Max Verstappen (1997), and Thierry Boutsen (1957). After him are Olivier Gendebien (1924), Georges Berger (1918), Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jacques Swaters (1926), Camille Jenatzy (1868), Patrick Nève (1949), Arthur Legat (1898), and Alain de Changy (1922).
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 3
1928 - 1969
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4
1924 - 1998
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 5
1918 - 1967
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 6
1927 - 1953
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 7
1926 - 2010
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 8
1868 - 1913
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 9
1949 - 2017
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 10
1898 - 1960
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 11
1922 - 1994
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 12