RACING DRIVER

Nicky Hayden

1981 - 2017

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Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 – May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his road racing career in the CMRA before progressing to the AMA Supersport Championship and then to the AMA Superbike Championship. He won the AMA title in 2002 and was approached by the Repsol Honda team to race for them in MotoGP in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicky Hayden is the 323rd most popular racing driver (down from 320th in 2019), the 6,612th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,048th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Nicky Hayden ranks 323 out of 1,080. Before him are David Murray, George Abecassis, Cliff Allison, Jean-Claude Andruet, Reg Parnell, and Timo Mäkinen. After him are Sébastien Ogier, Franco Rol, Roy Salvadori, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Leslie Graham, and Eliseo Salazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nicky Hayden ranks 96. Before him are Genevieve Cortese, Willy Caballero, Aritz Aduriz, Sunny Leone, Alexander Hleb, and Georges St-Pierre. After him are Ben Barnes, Andrew Johnson, Maxi Rodríguez, Denis Pushilin, Milan Jovanović, and Chad Michael Murray. Among people deceased in 2017, Nicky Hayden ranks 333. Before him are Brad Harris, Lola Albright, Vladimir Levenshtein, Jaki Liebezeit, Kito Lorenc, and Timo Mäkinen. After him are Abdur Rahman Biswas, Jaak Panksepp, Leonid Kharitonov, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, and Om Puri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicky Hayden ranks 6,613 out of 20,380. Before him are Kathy Acker (1947), Metacomet (1639), Jim Jordan (1964), Noodles (1963), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), and Dorothy Gish (1898). After him are Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Scott Eastwood (1986), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), John Mellencamp (1951), Judith Rich Harris (1938), and George Simpson (1908).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Nicky Hayden ranks 24. Before him are Mark Donohue (1937), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Roger Penske (1937), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974), Carl Scarborough (1914), and Richard Petty (1937). After him are Bill Vukovich (1918), Eddie Cheever (1958), Freddie Spencer (1961), Manny Ayulo (1921), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), and Bobby Unser (1934).

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