RACING DRIVER

Graham Hill

1929 - 1975

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Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver, rower and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1975. Nicknamed "Mr. Monaco", Hill won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (36); he won 14 Grands Prix across 18 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 with Mecom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Graham Hill is the 23rd most popular racing driver (up from 25th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 538th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Racing Driver.

Graham Hill is most famous for being the only driver to have won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his own construction.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Graham Hill ranks 23 out of 1,080. Before him are Jochen Rindt, Roland Ratzenberger, Jim Clark, Jacky Ickx, Ronnie Peterson, and Jack Brabham. After him are Bruce McLaren, Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, Mario Andretti, and Alfonso de Portago.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Graham Hill ranks 47. Before him are Zdzisław Beksiński, Hebe Camargo, Lennart Meri, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Eric Kandel, and Frano Selak. After him are Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Chet Baker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christa Wolf, and Nureddin al-Atassi. Among people deceased in 1975, Graham Hill ranks 21. Before him are Edward Tatum, Mikhail Bakhtin, Arnold J. Toynbee, George Paget Thomson, Saint-John Perse, and Josemaría Escrivá. After him are Paul Keres, Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, Antonín Novotný, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and József Mindszenty.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Graham Hill ranks 650 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Macmillan (1894), Muriel Spark (1918), Donald Pleasence (1919), Eduard Suess (1831), Edwin Landseer (1802), and John Bonham (1948). After him are John Dowland (1563), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Matthew Lewis (1775), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), and Benny Hill (1924).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Graham Hill ranks 6. Before him are James Hunt (1947), Nigel Mansell (1953), Ken Miles (1918), Jackie Stewart (1939), and Jim Clark (1936). After him are Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Damon Hill (1960), Stirling Moss (1929), and Lewis Hamilton (1985).

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