RACING DRIVER

Johnny Claes

1916 - 1956

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Octave John Claes (; 11 August 1916 – 3 February 1956) was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Claes is the 310th most popular racing driver (down from 262nd in 2019), the 3,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,861st in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Johnny Claes ranks 310 out of 1,080. Before him are Joey Dunlop, Takuma Sato, Peter Walker, Richard Petty, Mauro Baldi, and Bertrand Gachot. After him are André Simon, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Alexander Wurz, Roberto Mieres, Daniel Ricciardo, and Fabrizio Meoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Johnny Claes ranks 190. Before him are Guy Lapébie, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Delio Rodríguez, Kurt Pettersén, Jacob Talmon, and Pierre Emmanuel. After him are Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Irving Wallace, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Josef Gauchel, Charles Kittel, and Arnoldo Foà. Among people deceased in 1956, Johnny Claes ranks 151. Before him are Lewis Terman, Lorenzo Perosi, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Lars Sonck, Jan Šrámek, and Ostap Vyshnya. After him are Robert Julius Trumpler, María Teresa Ferrari, Guido Boni, Grigory Shajn, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, and Henry Nicholas Ridley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johnny Claes ranks 3,444 out of 8,785. Before him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), James Arthur (1988), I. A. Richards (1893), George Abbot (1562), Ben Whishaw (1980), and Nicholas Galitzine (1994). After him are Ronald Rawson (1892), Marina Sirtis (1955), John Hutchinson (1884), Phil Campbell (1961), Sarah Marshall (1933), and Barry Morse (1918).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Johnny Claes ranks 49. Before him are Peter Gethin (1940), John Taylor (1933), Bill Ivy (1942), Brian Hart (1936), Joey Dunlop (1952), and Peter Walker (1912). After him are David Murray (1909), George Abecassis (1913), Cliff Allison (1932), Reg Parnell (1911), Roy Salvadori (1922), and Leslie Graham (1911).

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