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Richard Burns

1971 - 2005

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Richard Alexander Burns (17 January 1971 – 25 November 2005) was an English rally driver who won the 2001 World Rally Championship, having previously finished runner-up in the series in 1999 and 2000. He also helped Mitsubishi to the world manufacturers' title in 1998, and Peugeot in 2002. His co-driver in his whole career was Robert Reid. He is the only Englishman to have won the World Rally Championship as a driver. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Burns is the 451st most popular racing driver (down from 378th in 2019), the 4,283rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,573rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richard Burns ranks 451 out of 1,080. Before him are Hiroshi Fushida, Pedro Lamy, Héctor Rebaque, Guanyu Zhou, Toni Branca, and Carlo Maria Abate. After him are Brian Henton, Eugenio Lazzarini, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Wolfgang Seidel, Stefano Modena, and Werner Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Richard Burns ranks 216. Before him are Andriy Yermak, Claudia Gerini, Imanol Alguacil, Candice Night, Ola Rapace, and Emily Mortimer. After him are Noah Wyle, Kenjiro Tsuda, Liam Howlett, Davide Rebellin, Stefano Accorsi, and Aygün Kazımova. Among people deceased in 2005, Richard Burns ranks 269. Before him are José Azcona del Hoyo, Jocelyn Brando, Danas Pozniakas, Henry Källgren, Mustafa Ertan, and Ilse Werner. After him are Kay Stammers, Joe Ranft, Eugénio de Andrade, Horacio Casarín, Ariel Nogueira, and Debra Hill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 4,284 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Paterson (1945), Edgar Wright (1974), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), Anita Roddick (1942), Peter Molyneux (1959), and Emily Mortimer (1971). After him are Ireen Sheer (1949), Jill Evans (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Brian Henton (1946), Horace Lamb (1849), and Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Richard Burns ranks 78. Before him are Tony Crook (1920), Chris Irwin (1942), Mike Spence (1936), Tom Walkinshaw (1946), Julian Bailey (1961), and David Piper (1930). After him are Brian Henton (1946), Alan Brown (1919), Tony Trimmer (1943), Ken Wharton (1916), Mark Blundell (1966), and Gerry Ashmore (1936).

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