RACING DRIVER

Peter Walker

1912 - 1984

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Peter Douglas Conyers Walker (7 October 1912 – 1 March 1984) was an English racing driver. He was born in Huby, Yorkshire and died in Newtown, Worcestershire. He proved a strong driver in most disciplines, but was most adept in sports cars, winning the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and the Goodwood Nine-Hours in 1955. He effectively retired after a crash in 1956 left him with serious injuries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Walker is the 306th most popular racing driver (down from 265th in 2019), the 3,414th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,892nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Peter Walker ranks 306 out of 1,080. Before him are Carl Scarborough, André Pilette, Adrian Sutil, Gerino Gerini, Joey Dunlop, and Takuma Sato. After him are Richard Petty, Mauro Baldi, Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Claes, André Simon, and Mário de Araújo Cabral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Peter Walker ranks 250. Before him are Pietro Palazzini, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Renato Rascel, Hamengkubuwono IX, Kulyash Baiseitova, and Carmen Barth. After him are Horace W. Babcock, Glenn Morris, Maurice Guigue, Jan Brzák-Felix, Silviu Bindea, and František Šterc. Among people deceased in 1984, Peter Walker ranks 155. Before him are Alexander Moyzes, Roberto Porta, Niyazi, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Aldo Donati, and Víctor Avendaño. After him are Sven Jonasson, Flora Robson, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Claude Chevalley, Gaëtan Dugas, and Jackie Wilson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Walker ranks 3,415 out of 8,785. Before him are Israel Regardie (1907), Ronald Pickup (1940), Constance Collier (1878), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Thérèse Coffey (1971), and John Keegan (1934). After him are John Steiner (1941), John Arbuthnot (1667), Vanessa Kirby (1988), David Almond (1951), George Larner (1875), and John Moresby (1830).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Peter Walker ranks 48. Before him are Martin Donnelly (1964), Peter Gethin (1940), John Taylor (1933), Bill Ivy (1942), Brian Hart (1936), and Joey Dunlop (1952). After him are Johnny Claes (1916), David Murray (1909), George Abecassis (1913), Cliff Allison (1932), Reg Parnell (1911), and Roy Salvadori (1922).

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