RACING DRIVER

Geoff Duke

1923 - 2015

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Geoffrey Ernest Duke (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015), born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. After retirement from competition, he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Duke is the 379th most popular racing driver (down from 296th in 2019), the 3,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,102nd in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Geoff Duke ranks 379 out of 1,080. Before him are Jo Gartner, Jonathan Williams, Dick Gibson, Giovanna Amati, Sito Pons, and Lance Macklin. After him are Brian Redman, Klaus Ludwig, Patrick Nève, Al Pease, Sergio Mantovani, and John Miles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Geoff Duke ranks 316. Before him are Paula Fox, Shlomo Hillel, Patrick Moore, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Bülent Eken, and Hanna Maron. After him are Mrinal Sen, Imre Varga, Eugene Sledge, Willie Steele, Harold Gould, and Red Garland. Among people deceased in 2015, Geoff Duke ranks 317. Before him are Jouko Törmänen, Mwepu Ilunga, Joseph Engelberger, Yossi Sarid, Daniel von Bargen, and Mario Cuomo. After him are Bengt Berndtsson, Loris Campana, Willi Fuggerer, Ángel Atienza, Mária Gulácsy, and Marília Pêra.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoff Duke ranks 3,881 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Marshall (1890), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Rose Leslie (1987), Catharine Macaulay (1731), and Ben Chaplin (1969). After him are Beth Gibbons (1965), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), Eva Crane (1912), Muriel Robb (1878), Mike Figgis (1948), and Anna Löwenstein (1951).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Geoff Duke ranks 64. Before him are Bob Evans (1947), Dave Charlton (1936), Derek Bell (1941), Leslie Marr (1922), Dick Gibson (1918), and Lance Macklin (1919). After him are Brian Redman (1937), Al Pease (1921), John Miles (1943), Peter Whitehead (1914), Ivor Bueb (1923), and Richard Attwood (1940).

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