RACING DRIVER

Jo Bonnier

1930 - 1972

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Karl Jockum Jonas "Joakim" Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972), commonly known as Jo Bonnier, was a Swedish racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1956 to 1971. Bonnier won the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix with BRM. Born and raised in Stockholm, Bonnier was the son of geneticist Gert Bonnier and born into the wealthy Bonnier family, the controlling family of the eponymous Bonnier Group. Bonnier competed in Formula One for Maserati, Scuderia Centro Sud, BRM, Porsche, Rob Walker Racing and Ecurie Bonnier, winning the Dutch Grand Prix with BRM to become the first Swedish Formula One Grand Prix winner and finishing eighth in the World Drivers' Championship that year. Outside of Formula One, Bonnier entered 13 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1957 to 1972, finishing runner-up in 1964 alongside Graham Hill, driving the Ferrari 330P. During the latter, Bonnier died when his Lola T280 collided with traffic and left him critically injured. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jo Bonnier is the 68th most popular racing driver (up from 108th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 305th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jo Bonnier ranks 68 out of 1,080. Before him are Lorenzo Bandini, Walter Röhrl, Louis Chiron, Alan Jones, Tazio Nuvolari, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior. After him are Jean Alesi, Hannu Mikkola, Rudolf Caracciola, Elio de Angelis, Patrick Tambay, and Jacques Laffite.

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Among people born in 1930, Jo Bonnier ranks 113. Before him are Tadao Kobayashi, Michel Serres, Sławomir Mrożek, Jānis Pujats, Toru Takemitsu, and Friedrich Gulda. After him are James Irwin, Ruth Rendell, J. G. Ballard, Greg Bell, Dündar Ali Osman, and Robert Atkins. Among people deceased in 1972, Jo Bonnier ranks 51. Before him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Natalie Clifford Barney, Eugène Tisserant, Fredric Brown, Bronislava Nijinska, and Akim Tamiroff. After him are Lester B. Pearson, Harlow Shapley, Martiros Saryan, Ettore Bastico, Mahalia Jackson, and Hans Scharoun.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jo Bonnier ranks 223 out of 1,879. Before him are Basshunter (1984), Anna Lindh (1957), Anders Sparrman (1748), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Gunnar Asplund (1885), and Sven Nykvist (1922). After him are Maud Adams (1945), PewDiePie (1989), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), Stefan Edberg (1966), and Gustaf de Laval (1845).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Jo Bonnier ranks 3. Before him are Keke Rosberg (1948), and Ronnie Peterson (1944). After him are Björn Waldegård (1943), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Stefan Johansson (1956), Reine Wisell (1941), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Ove Andersson (1938), Conny Andersson (1939), Slim Borgudd (1946), and Kent Andersson (1942).

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