Ayrton Senna - F1 Racer
Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 -- May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian Formula One driver who won the world championship three times, in 1988, 1990, and in 1991. He's widely regarded among the most significant and most skillful drivers of all time.
He died in 1994, at the peak of his motor racing career in a horrible accident at Imola, San Marino.