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Eddie Jordan
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Irish motorsport executive and broadcaster (1948–2025)
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Eddie Jordan (1948–2025) was an Irish businessperson, sports commentator, writer, and racing automobile driver. Born in Dublin, he held citizenship in the Republic of Ireland and spoke Irish and English. His professional career included employment with the BBC and BBC Sport, as well as participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He died of natural causes in Cape Town on March 20, 2025.
Jordan was the author of several books, including *An Independent Man*, *If A Towerhouse Could Talk*, and *A Year in the Life of Jordan*. He had four children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- An Independent Man
- If A Towerhouse Could Talk
- Independent Man
- A Year in the Life of Jordan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948-10-17
- Active to
- 2007-09-16
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36
- Total plays
- 73
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eddie+Jordan">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 7
- Cited by
- 1,133
Research areas
Most cited works
- A comparison of the ribosomal DNA's of Xenopus laevis and Xenopus mulleri: the evolution of tandem genes1972 · 429 cit
- A nuclear extract of xenopus laevis oocytes that accurately transcribes 5S RNA genes1978 · 322 cit
- Purification and Some Characteristics of 5S DNA from <i>Xenopus laevis</i>1971 · 162 cit
- A quantitative assay for Xenopus 5S RNA gene transcription in vitro1981 · 136 cit
- Ultrastructural Changes in the Nucleoli of Jerusalem Artichoke (<i>Helianthus tuberosus</i>) Tuber Discs1971 · 79 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,903x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,206x
- The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
· 2011 · cited 9,221x
- From local explanations to global understanding with explainable AI for trees
· 2020 · cited 8,680x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Edmund Patrick Jordan , ( 1948-03-30 ) 30 March 1948, Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- 20 March 2025 (2025-03-20) (aged 76), Cape Town , South Africa
- Education
- Synge Street CBS
- Occupations
- Motorsport executive broadcaster racing driver businessman
- Employers
- International F3000 Eddie Jordan Racing ( 1985 – 1991 ) Formula One Jordan ( 1991 – 2005 )
- Title
- Founder Team Principal
- Spouse
- Marie McCarthy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Teams
- EMKA
- Best finish
- DNF ( 1981 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patrick
- Family name
- Jordan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- chief executive officer
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Irish
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Field of work
- entrepreneur
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.eddiejordan.com
- Image
- Eddie Jordan 2017 United States GP .jpg
- Number of children
- 4
Show 13 more facts
- Commons category
- Eddie Jordan
- date of birth
- 1948-03-30
- Commons gallery
- Eddie Jordan
- different from
- Eddie Jordan
- date of death
- 2025-03-20
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Eddie Jordan
- birth name
- Edmund Patrick Jordan
- owner of
- Jordan Grand Prix
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- medical condition
- alopecia
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Edmund Patrick Jordan (30 March 1948 – 20 March 2025) was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One.
Born in Dublin, Jordan initially worked at the Bank of Ireland before he began kart racing aged 22, winning the Irish championship the following year and progressing to lower formulae. Between 1974 and 1979, he competed in Irish Formula Ford, Formula Three, Formula Atlantic and Formula Two. In 1979, he founded the eponymous Eddie Jordan Racing, who competed in International Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1991.
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