1846 - 1911
William McGregor (13 April 1846 – 20 December 1911) was a Scottish association football administrator in the Victorian era who was the founder of the Football League (now English Football League), the first organised association football league in the world. After moving from Perthshire to Birmingham to set up business as a draper, McGregor became involved with local football club Aston Villa, which he helped to establish as one of the leading teams in England. He served the club for over 20 years in various capacities, including president, director and chairman. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McGregor has received more than 9,809 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William McGregor is the 496th most popular businessperson (down from 415th in 2019), the 3,745th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,457th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, William McGregor ranks 496 out of 601. Before him are Marcus Loew, Vijay Mallya, Ben Bradlee, Jared Kushner, Yuri Milner, and Ernest Oppenheimer. After him are Adam Silver, Clyde Cessna, Marc Faber, Earl Tupper, Fred Karno, and David Richards.
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 490
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 491
1921 - 2014
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 492
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 493
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 494
1880 - 1957
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 495
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 496
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 497
1879 - 1954
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 498
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 499
1907 - 1983
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 500
1866 - 1941
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 501
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 502
Among people born in 1846, William McGregor ranks 95. Before him are Alexander Karpinsky, Svatopluk Čech, László Paál, Elizabeth Thompson, Anna Katharine Green, and Karol Olszewski. After him are Nikolay Umov, Arsène Darmesteter, Björn Jónsson, Marco Aurelio Soto, Edward S. Holden, and Rose Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1911, William McGregor ranks 68. Before him are Carrie Nation, Christian Lundeberg, Dragan Tsankov, W. S. Gilbert, Ernst Brenner, and Vassily Maximov. After him are Anton Josef Gruscha, Marc Delafontaine, Pedro Paterno, Mahboob Ali Khan, José López Domínguez, and Georg Hilmar.
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 89
1846 - 1908
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 90
1846 - 1879
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 91
1846 - 1933
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 92
1846 - 1935
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 93
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 94
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 95
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 96
1846 - 1888
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 97
1846 - 1912
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 98
1846 - 1908
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 99
1846 - 1914
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 100
1846 - 1918
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 101
1846 - 1911
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 62
1842 - 1911
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 63
1828 - 1911
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 64
1836 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 65
1856 - 1911
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 66
1844 - 1911
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 67
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 68
1820 - 1911
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 69
1838 - 1911
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 70
1857 - 1911
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 71
1866 - 1911
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 72
1829 - 1911
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 73
1876 - 1911
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 74
Among people born in United Kingdom, William McGregor ranks 3,745 out of 7,765. Before him are Jamie Carragher (1978), Justin Fashanu (1961), Anne Treisman (1935), John Braine (1922), Adolph Deutsch (1897), and Will Champion (1978). After him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Michael Rennie (1909), Piers Sellers (1955), Amy Macdonald (1987), William Powell Frith (1819), and William Tenn (1920).
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 3,739
1961 - 1998
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 3,740
1935 - 2018
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 3,741
1922 - 1986
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 3,742
1897 - 1980
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 3,743
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 3,744
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 3,745
1855 - 1956
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 3,746
1909 - 1971
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 3,747
1955 - 2016
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 3,748
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 3,749
1819 - 1909
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 3,750
1920 - 2010
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 3,751
Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, William McGregor ranks 31. Before him are Jim Marshall (1923), John Houlding (1833), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), Isabella Beeton (1836), and Anita Roddick (1942). After him are Fred Karno (1866), David Richards (1952), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Allan Williams (1930), and Steve Jackson (1951).
1923 - 2012
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 25
1833 - 1902
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 26
1941 - 2008
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 27
1727 - 1809
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 28
1836 - 1865
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 29
1942 - 2007
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 30
1846 - 1911
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 31
1866 - 1941
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 32
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 33
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 34
1747 - 1811
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 35
1930 - 2016
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 36
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 37