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Allan Williams

1930 - 2016

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Allan Richard Williams (21 February 1930 – 30 December 2016) was a British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of the Beatles. He drove the van to take the young band to Hamburg, West Germany, in 1960, where they gained the vital show business experience that led to their emergence on the world stage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Williams has received more than 217,639 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Williams is the 614th most popular businessperson (down from 523rd in 2019), the 4,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,144th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Allan Williams ranks 614 out of 847. Before him are Katerina Tikhonova, Jerry Sanders, Dustin Moskovitz, Micky Arison, Yelena Baturina, and Leonid Fedun. After him are Lamar Hunt, Clyde Cessna, Leonard Chess, George Steinbrenner, Ajay Banga, and Linda Yaccarino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Allan Williams ranks 511. Before him are Alifa Rifaat, James Fifer, Dolores Huerta, Kenny Wheeler, Fatos Arapi, and Petar Šegvić. After him are George Steinbrenner, Roberta Peters, Richard Davis, Douglas Hurd, Henry Lincoln, and Rober Eryol. Among people deceased in 2016, Allan Williams ranks 453. Before him are Tammy Grimes, Armando Tobar, Hanoi Hannah, Ion Panțuru, Luděk Macela, and Solomon Marcus. After him are Dan Haggerty, Gurdial Singh, Rafael Iriondo, Fritz Weaver, Gideon Toury, and Roberto Lovera.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 4,613 out of 8,785. Before him are Phil Collen (1957), Spottiswoode Aitken (1868), Adela Pankhurst (1885), John of Worcester (1100), Sylvia Syms (1934), and Peter Arundell (1933). After him are Frederick Holman (1885), Mark Williams (1975), Yvonne Blake (1940), Robert Wight (1796), Ann Jones (1938), and Billy Bingham (1931).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 45. Before him are George Williams (1821), Stafford Beer (1926), Howard Stringer (1942), Anita Roddick (1942), Alan Sugar (1947), and Daniel Levy (1962). After him are Henry Tate (1819), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Steve Jackson (1951), Heather Mills (1968), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), and Ken Bates (1931).

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