RACING DRIVER

Adolf Brudes

1899 - 1986

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Adolf Brudes von Breslau (15 October 1899 – 5 November 1986) was a Formula One driver from Germany and a member of German nobility. He started racing motorcycles in 1919. As an owner of a BMW and Auto Union dealership in Breslau, he had the opportunities to go racing, which he did from 1928 onwards, initially in hillclimbs. After World War II wiped out his business, he moved to Berlin and for a while became a mechanic, wherever he could find jobs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Brudes is the 561st most popular racing driver (down from 253rd in 2019), the 1,175th most popular biography from Poland (down from 812th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Adolf Brudes ranks 561 out of 1,080. Before him are Otto Stuppacher, Àlex Crivillé, Peter Hirt, Vern Schuppan, Geoffrey Crossley, and Jacques Swaters. After him are Sete Gibernau, Kevin Magnussen, Hubert Auriol, Danny Ongais, Daijiro Kato, and Nasif Estéfano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Adolf Brudes ranks 283. Before him are Lyman Lemnitzer, Aline MacMahon, Juliusz Schauder, Alan Washbond, Bart McGhee, and Elda Emma Anderson. After him are Kazimierz Laskowski, Frits Kuipers, Lucie Mannheim, Folke Rogard, George Beauchamp, and Justin McCarthy. Among people deceased in 1986, Adolf Brudes ranks 266. Before him are Beryl Markham, Ella Baker, Yakima Canutt, Josef Streb, Goffredo Parise, and Sonny Terry. After him are Pepper Adams, Harry Voigt, Rafael Gil, Yaşar Erkan, Chuck McKinley, and Bessie Head.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Adolf Brudes ranks 1,175 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Musiał (1948), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), Zofia Stryjeńska (1891), Paweł Janas (1953), Janusz Gortat (1948), and Joseph Schröter (1837). After him are Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948), Paweł Edelman (1958), Ewa Lipska (1945), Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903), Tadeusz Rut (1931), and Janusz Zakrzeński (1936).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Poland

Among racing drivers born in Poland, Adolf Brudes ranks 4. Before him are Robert Kubica (1984), Hans Stuck (1900), and Ernst Degner (1931).

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