RACING DRIVER

Eric Thompson

1919 - 2015

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Eric David Thompson (4 November 1919 – 22 August 2015) was a British racing driver, book dealer and insurance broker. He participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British Grand Prix. Thompson worked as a broker for Lloyd's of London. His racing career started in 1948, racing cars for HRG. He won the 1.5-litre class in the Les 24 Heures du Mans in 1949 and drove for Aston Martin driving a DB2 to third place in the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Thompson is the 547th most popular racing driver (down from 440th in 2019), the 4,805th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,943rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Eric Thompson ranks 547 out of 1,080. Before him are Roberto Bussinello, Josef Peters, Doug Serrurier, Oliver Bearman, Hans Klenk, and Ron Flockhart. After him are Jorge Martínez, Harry Blanchard, André Guelfi, A. J. Foyt, Robert La Caze, and Chris Craft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Eric Thompson ranks 299. Before him are Erik Elmsäter, Beatrice Hicks, George E. P. Box, Marge Champion, Hans Klenk, and Nina Dumbadze. After him are Fenny Heemskerk, Frank Piasecki, André Guelfi, Richard Scarry, Fritz Schwab, and Louise Bennett-Coverley. Among people deceased in 2015, Eric Thompson ranks 412. Before him are Miroslav Poljak, John Trudell, Andy White, Haskell Wexler, Maria Golubnichaya, and Miloslava Misáková. After him are Ellen Albertini Dow, Peder Pedersen, Richard Bass, Catherine E. Coulson, Robert La Caze, and Ann Rule.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Thompson ranks 4,806 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hopkinson (1849), John Clare (1793), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Denis Lawson (1947), Jill Ellis (1966), and Jonathan Penrose (1933). After him are Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Heather Oakes (1959), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), and Sophie Okonedo (1968).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Eric Thompson ranks 92. Before him are Innes Ireland (1930), Lando Norris (1999), David Brabham (1965), Joe Fry (1915), Oliver Bearman (2005), and Ron Flockhart (1923). After him are Chris Craft (1939), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), Chris Lawrence (1933), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), George Russell (1998), and John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958).

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