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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 personally 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 202,362 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Williams is the 523rd most popular businessperson (down from 443rd in 2019), the 4,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,675th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Allan Williams ranks 523 out of 601Before him are Marvin Heemeyer, Richard DeVos, Joel Glazer, Kevin Systrom, Svend Foyn, and Francesc Xavier Bultó. After him are James Gordon Bennett Jr., Li Shufu, Indra Nooyi, Steve Jackson, Michael Burry, and Josef Ackermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Allan Williams ranks 434Before him are Alifa Rifaat, Heinz Kubsch, Jeannette Altwegg, Andy White, Terence Bayler, and Carmelo Cedrún. After him are Anthony Downs, Robert H. MacArthur, George Fernandes, Mara Corday, Bob Mathias, and Bernard Collomb. Among people deceased in 2016, Allan Williams ranks 390Before him are Guillaume Bieganski, Bobby Hutcherson, Tim LaHaye, Terence Bayler, Whitney Smith, and Douglas Slocombe. After him are Silvano Piovanelli, Gurdial Singh, Ronit Elkabetz, Rita Gam, James Stacy, and Joseph Keller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 4,152 out of 7,765Before him are Talulah Riley (1985), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), William John Swainson (1789), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Jadon Sancho (2000), and Maisie Williams (1997). After him are Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Samantha Morton (1977), Meave Leakey (1942), Keir Starmer (1962), Bill Moggridge (1943), and Benjamin Glazer (1887).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 36Before him are Anita Roddick (1942), William McGregor (1846), Fred Karno (1866), David Richards (1952), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Benjamin Vulliamy (1747). After him are Steve Jackson (1951), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Chris Anderson (1961), Henry Tate (1819), and Daniel Levy (1962).