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Rory Byrne

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Rory Byrne (born 10 January 1944) is a South African semi-retired engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari teams of Formula One. Byrne-designed cars have won ninety-nine Grands Prix, seven constructors' titles and seven drivers' titles. This makes Byrne the third most successful Formula One designer, behind rival Adrian Newey and Colin Chapman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rory Byrne is the 124th most popular engineer (up from 131st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 40th in 2019) and the most popular South African Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Rory Byrne ranks 124 out of 389. Before him are Henry Darcy, Borys Paton, Alexander Cunningham, Valdemar Poulsen, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Ivan Sechenov. After him are Guenther Steiner, Nikolai Polikarpov, Alexander Lippisch, Henryk Dembiński, W. Ross Ashby, and Léon Charles Thévenin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rory Byrne ranks 241. Before him are Tommie Smith, Brenda Lee, Christian Boltanski, Peter Lindbergh, Goukouni Oueddei, and Charles Sobhraj. After him are James Michel, Juan Ramón Verón, Jill Clayburgh, Şerif Gören, Brian Weiss, and John Njue.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Rory Byrne ranks 56 out of 454. Before him are Louis Raymond (1895), Arnold Vosloo (1962), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Sid Atkinson (1901), Chris Hani (1942), and Kevin Carter (1960). After him are Jan de Klerk (1903), Marais Viljoen (1915), Louis Botha (1862), Esther Brand (1922), Andries Pretorius (1798), and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868).

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Among ENGINEERS In South Africa

Among engineers born in South Africa, Rory Byrne ranks 1. 

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