RACING DRIVER

Alfonso de Portago

1928 - 1957

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Alfonso Antonio Vicente Eduardo Ángel Blas Francisco de Borja Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE (11 October 1928 – 12 May 1957), best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, racing and bobsleigh driver, jockey and pilot. Born in London to a prominent family in the peerage of Spain, he was named after his godfather, King Alfonso XIII. His grandfather, the 9th Marquess of Portago, had been Mayor of Madrid, while his father, who was President of Puerta de Hierro and a prolific golfer, died of a heart attack while showering after a polo match. His mother, Olga Leighton, was an Irish nurse. At age 17, Portago began displaying his flamboyant lifestyle by winning a $500 bet after flying a borrowed plane under London Tower Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso de Portago is the 29th most popular racing driver (up from 30th in 2019), the 744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 628th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Alfonso de Portago ranks 29 out of 1,080. Before him are Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, and Mario Andretti. After him are Carroll Shelby, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Reutemann, John Surtees, Gerhard Berger, and Mika Häkkinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alfonso de Portago ranks 53. Before him are Carlos Fuentes, Vera Rubin, Manfred Gerlach, Li Ka-shing, Francesco Cossiga, and Li Peng. After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Peyo, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Daniel Nathans, Osamu Shimomura, and Hardy Krüger. Among people deceased in 1957, Alfonso de Portago ranks 30. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann, José Leandro Andrade, Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, and Joseph McCarthy. After him are Maurice Garin, František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, and Eliot Ness.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfonso de Portago ranks 744 out of 8,785. Before him are Erasmus Darwin (1731), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Robert Carlyle (1961), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), and C. P. Snow (1905). After him are Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), Ben Jonson (1572), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), William Kidd (1645), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), and Ray Stevenson (1964).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Alfonso de Portago ranks 7. Before him are James Hunt (1947), Nigel Mansell (1953), Ken Miles (1918), Jackie Stewart (1939), Jim Clark (1936), and Graham Hill (1929). After him are John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Damon Hill (1960), Stirling Moss (1929), Lewis Hamilton (1985), and Tony Brooks (1932).

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