RACING DRIVER

Stuart Lewis-Evans

1930 - 1958

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Stuart Nigel Lewis-Evans (20 April 1930 – 25 October 1958) was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 14 Grands Prix from 1957 to 1958. Born in Luton and raised in Kent, Lewis-Evans served in the Royal Corps of Signals before starting his racing career in 1951, driving a Cooper 500. After winning the non-championship 1957 Glover Trophy, he debuted in Formula One at the Monaco Grand Prix with Connaught. Lewis-Evans contested five further Grands Prix in 1957 with Vanwall, taking his maiden pole position at the Italian Grand Prix before retiring with engine issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stuart Lewis-Evans is the 172nd most popular racing driver (down from 146th in 2019), the 2,399th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,953rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Stuart Lewis-Evans ranks 172 out of 1,080Before him are Sandro Munari, Alan Stacey, Louis Rosier, Johnny Cecotto, Manfred Winkelhock, and Luigi Taveri. After him are Guy Edwards, Luigi Villoresi, Derek Warwick, Karl Kling, Jerry Unser Jr., and Alex Zanardi.

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Among people born in 1930, Stuart Lewis-Evans ranks 233Before him are Frank McCourt, Anne Francis, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Ahmad Jamal, José Ramón Machado Ventura, and Juan Gelman. After him are David Huddleston, Bora Kostić, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, and Stanley Myers. Among people deceased in 1958, Stuart Lewis-Evans ranks 86Before him are Salama Moussa, László Hudec, Robert Donat, Alexandre Tuffère, Marie Stopes, and Varvara Stepanova. After him are Aleksander Klumberg, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Francisco Olazar, David Jack, Nereu Ramos, and Tommy Taylor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stuart Lewis-Evans ranks 2,399 out of 8,785Before him are Veronica Cartwright (1949), Dora Carrington (1893), Richard Hughes (1900), Richard of Chichester (1197), Thomas Morley (1557), and Tony Judt (1948). After him are Guy Edwards (1942), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), David Tennant (1971), Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838), Joseph Fiennes (1970), and Gary Glitter (1944).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Stuart Lewis-Evans ranks 26Before him are David Coulthard (1971), David Purley (1945), Trevor Taylor (1936), Johnny Herbert (1964), Chris Bristow (1937), and Alan Stacey (1933). After him are Guy Edwards (1942), Derek Warwick (1954), Martin Brundle (1959), Divina Galica (1944), Eddie Irvine (1965), and Brian Naylor (1923).