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Harvey Postlethwaite

1944 - 1999

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Harvey Ernest Postlethwaite (4 March 1944 – 15 April 1999) was a British engineer and Technical Director of several Formula One teams during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of a heart attack in Spain while supervising the testing of the aborted Honda F1 project. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Postlethwaite is the 218th most popular engineer (up from 233rd in 2019), the 2,901st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,710th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 218 out of 389. Before him are Vladimir Petlyakov, Michel Chevalier, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Semyon Lavochkin, Charles Renard, and André Waterkeyn. After him are Eugen Sänger, Menno van Coehoorn, Gene Kranz, Mikhail Koshkin, Robert Mallet, and James B. Francis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 381. Before him are Bruno Platter, Momčilo Perišić, Denny Laine, Catherine Schell, Jon E. Ahlquist, and Gladys Knight. After him are Alain Souchon, Karel Kryl, Sulochana Gadgil, Neil Young, Raewyn Connell, and Alexei Lubimov. Among people deceased in 1999, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 135. Before him are Dennis Viollet, Petr Shelokhonov, Madeline Kahn, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, and Olga Orozco. After him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Jürgen Moser, Rudi Glöckner, Dmitry Likhachov, Maxim Munzuk, and Tamás Mendelényi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 2,902 out of 8,785. Before him are Poppy Morgan (1983), Harriet Walter (1950), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), Charles Barry (1795), and William Robertson Smith (1846). After him are Jon Finch (1942), Paul Simonon (1955), John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Johann von Lamont (1805), and Naomie Harris (1976).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Harvey Postlethwaite ranks 24. Before him are John Scott Russell (1808), John Bagot Glubb (1897), John Hughes (1814), John Smeaton (1724), William Playfair (1759), and André Waterkeyn (1917). After him are James B. Francis (1815), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ron Tauranac (1925), and Robert W. Paul (1869).

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