1956 | Sir Malcom Campbell
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One of England's most famed motorboat pilots who established many one-mile world water speed records.
His 1939 speed of 141.74 MPH on Lake Coniston, England stood for 11 years.
His son Donald held the one-mile record of 225.63 with his jet-propelled Bluebird.