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Jack Brabham

1926 - 2014

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Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1959, 1960 and 1966, and won 14 Grands Prix across 16 seasons. He co-founded Brabham in 1960, leading the team to two World Constructors' Championship titles, and remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship in an eponymous car. Brabham was a Royal Australian Air Force flight mechanic and ran a small engineering workshop before he started racing midget cars in 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Brabham is the 22nd most popular racing driver (up from 27th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Australia (up from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Racing Driver.

Jack Brabham is most famous for being the first driver to win a Formula One world championship in a car of his own construction.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jack Brabham ranks 22 out of 1,080. Before him are Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Roland Ratzenberger, Jim Clark, Jacky Ickx, and Ronnie Peterson. After him are Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren, Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, and Mario Andretti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jack Brabham ranks 42. Before him are Ivan Illich, Valdas Adamkus, Allen Ginsberg, John Coltrane, Ingeborg Bachmann, and David Attenborough. After him are Necmettin Erbakan, Tsung-Dao Lee, Ed McBain, Mel Brooks, Louise Hay, and Aaron Klug. Among people deceased in 2014, Jack Brabham ranks 30. Before him are Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Alain Resnais, Christopher Hogwood, Maya Angelou, Richard Attenborough, and Gary Becker. After him are Bob Hoskins, Pete Seeger, Lorin Maazel, Harold Ramis, Adolfo Suárez, and H. R. Giger.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Jack Brabham ranks 17 out of 1,143. Before him are Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), Cate Blanchett (1969), Rod Laver (1938), Rupert Murdoch (1931), Truganini (1812), and George Lazenby (1939). After him are Errol Flynn (1909), Scott Morrison (1968), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), John Eccles (1903), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Margaret Court (1942).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Australia

Among racing drivers born in Australia, Jack Brabham ranks 1. After him are Mark Webber (1976), Alan Jones (1946), Mick Doohan (1965), Tim Schenken (1943), Paul England (1929), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Casey Stoner (1985), Wayne Gardner (1959), David Walker (1941), and Vern Schuppan (1943).

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