RACING DRIVER

Ken Wharton

1916 - 1957

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Frederick Charles Kenneth Wharton (21 March 1916 – 12 January 1957) was a British racing driver from Smethwick, England. He competed in off-road trials, hillclimbs, and rallying, and also raced sports cars and single-seaters. He began racing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, and later acquired a Cooper. His World Championship Grand Prix debut was at the 1952 Swiss event, run to Formula 2 regulations, where he started from 13th position on the grid and finished 4th. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Wharton is the 476th most popular racing driver (down from 431st in 2019), the 4,395th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ken Wharton ranks 476 out of 1,080. Before him are Alan Brown, Jacques Pollet, Yannick Dalmas, Dani Pedrosa, Tony Trimmer, and Pastor Maldonado. After him are Ingo Hoffmann, Mark Blundell, Gerry Ashmore, Ottorino Volonterio, Olivier Grouillard, and Marc Gené.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ken Wharton ranks 249. Before him are David Brown, Lennart Klingström, Toni Branca, Roy Ward Baker, Dorothy Cheney, and Julien Darui. After him are Gaylord Nelson, Don Keefer, Margaret Lockwood, Krystyna Feldman, Lee Cronbach, and Blas de Otero. Among people deceased in 1957, Ken Wharton ranks 194. Before him are Wyndham Lewis, Julia Morgan, James M. Cox, Guillaume Grandidier, William Murrill, and Grigory Landsberg. After him are José Nehin, Karl Patterson Schmidt, Demetrio Neyra, Alfredo Gollini, Devdas Gandhi, and Lőrinc Szabó.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Wharton ranks 4,396 out of 8,785. Before him are William Muir (1819), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), Gayatri Devi (1919), Alan Newton (1931), and Nathaniel Parker (1962). After him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Dan Stevens (1982), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), James Milner (1986), Joe Dempsie (1987), and Charles Dawson (1864).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Ken Wharton ranks 82. Before him are Julian Bailey (1961), David Piper (1930), Richard Burns (1971), Brian Henton (1946), Alan Brown (1919), and Tony Trimmer (1943). After him are Mark Blundell (1966), Gerry Ashmore (1936), Jonathan Palmer (1956), Peter Arundell (1933), Innes Ireland (1930), and Lando Norris (1999).

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