RACING DRIVER

Ove Andersson

1938 - 2008

Photo of Ove Andersson

Icon of person Ove Andersson

Ove Andersson (3 January 1938 – 11 June 2008), nicknamed Påven ("the Pope"), was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 programme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ove Andersson is the 142nd most popular racing driver (up from 150th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ove Andersson by language

Loading...

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ove Andersson ranks 142 out of 1,080. Before him are Onofre Marimón, Gunnar Nilsson, Guy Ligier, Giancarlo Fisichella, Mika Salo, and John Watson. After him are Renzo Zorzi, Ricardo Rodríguez, David Coulthard, Thierry Sabine, Ken Block, and Jarno Trulli.

Most Popular Racing Drivers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ove Andersson ranks 195. Before him are Beata Tyszkiewicz, Mohammed Gammoudi, Chuan Leekpai, Antonio Maria Vegliò, Shi Pei Pu, and Maxim Shostakovich. After him are Ian St John, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Grethe Ingmann, José Torres, Myroslav Skoryk, and Evel Knievel. Among people deceased in 2008, Ove Andersson ranks 121. Before him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Forrest J Ackerman, Boris Shakhlin, Sofiko Chiaureli, Bronisław Geremek, and Maila Nurmi. After him are Fred Sinowatz, Joseph M. Juran, Lazare Ponticelli, Khiuaz Dospanova, Marie Smith Jones, and Jürgen Ehlers.

Others Born in 1938

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2008

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ove Andersson ranks 376 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), Reine Wisell (1941), John Ljunggren (1919), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Kristina Söderbaum (1912), and Bertil Lindblad (1895). After him are Malena Ernman (1970), Börje Salming (1951), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984), Johan August Brinell (1849), and Ernst Fast (1881).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RACING DRIVERS In Sweden

Among racing drivers born in Sweden, Ove Andersson ranks 9. Before him are Jo Bonnier (1930), Björn Waldegård (1943), Stig Blomqvist (1946), Stefan Johansson (1956), Reine Wisell (1941), and Gunnar Nilsson (1948). After him are Conny Andersson (1939), Slim Borgudd (1946), Kent Andersson (1942), Torsten Palm (1947), Bertil Roos (1943), and Kenneth Eriksson (1956).

Swedish born Racing Drivers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous