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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. Williams was also a promoter and agent of a number of other Liverpool rock acts, helping stoke the Merseybeat boom of the early 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Williams is the 660th most popular businessperson (down from 613th in 2019), the 5,211th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,614th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Allan Williams ranks 660 out of 847. Before him are Daniel Ek, Christian von Koenigsegg, Chris Anderson, Leonid Fedun, Trip Hawkins, and Isabel dos Santos. After him are Andy Jassy, Philippe Kahn, Avram Glazer, George Steinbrenner, Acun Ilıcalı, and Martin Whitmarsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Allan Williams ranks 563. Before him are George Fernandes, Stanley Sadie, Roberta Peters, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Aleksandar Matanović, and Guillermo Díaz. After him are Bertha Brouwer, Conn Findlay, Jim Nabors, Maureen Forrester, Ty Hardin, and James Dunbar. Among people deceased in 2016, Allan Williams ranks 498. Before him are Igor Sergun, Florence Henderson, James Stacy, Anatoli Isayev, Poul Pedersen, and Ilkka Hanski. After him are Tim LaHaye, Nancy Mackay, Gurdial Singh, Rita Barberá, Eddie Keizan, and Mr. Fuji.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 5,213 out of 8,785. Before him are William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Neil Innes (1944), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), David Bedford (1937), Alex Stepney (1942), and Steve Bruce (1960). After him are Henry Lawes (1595), Archie Cochrane (1909), Laura Haddock (1985), Hugh Huxley (1924), Pat Rice (1949), and Graham Poll (1963).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Allan Williams ranks 49. Before him are William McGregor (1846), Alan Sugar (1947), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), John Henry Davies (1864), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), and Chris Anderson (1961). After him are Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Peter Hill-Wood (1936), Henry Tate (1819), Heather Mills (1968), Ian Livingstone (1949), and A. H. Albut (null).

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