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Colonel Tom Parker

1909 - 1997

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Colonel Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997) was a Dutch talent manager and concert promoter, best known as the manager of Elvis Presley. Parker was born in the Netherlands and entered the United States illegally when he was 20 years old. He adopted a new name and claimed to have been born in the United States. With a background working in carnivals, Parker moved into music promotion in 1938, working with one of the first popular crooners, Gene Austin, and country music singers Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, and Tommy Sands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colonel Tom Parker is the 104th most popular businessperson (up from 126th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 180th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Colonel Tom Parker ranks 104 out of 847. Before him are Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, Piero Ferrari, Kris Jenner, Mark Zuckerberg, and Paul Allen. After him are Adnan Khashoggi, Joan Laporta, Helena Rubinstein, Mercédès Jellinek, Jack Ma, and Vincent J. McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Colonel Tom Parker ranks 34. Before him are Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmen Miranda, Aleksandar Ranković, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Fred Perry, and Oldřich Nejedlý. After him are Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, Teiichi Matsumaru, John Fante, and Leo Fender. Among people deceased in 1997, Colonel Tom Parker ranks 44. Before him are Dora Maar, Chien-Shiung Wu, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Dodi Fayed, Zoltán Czibor, and Otto Ernst Remer. After him are Willem de Kooning, Teiichi Matsumaru, Cornelius Castoriadis, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Burgess Meredith.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Colonel Tom Parker ranks 123 out of 1,646. Before him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Anton Mauve (1838), Eugène Dubois (1858), Claus Sluter (1340), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), and Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692). After him are Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Arie Haan (1948), Bernard Haitink (1929), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), and Willem de Kooning (1904).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Colonel Tom Parker ranks 2. Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870). After him are Frits Philips (1905), Gerard Philips (1858), and Ton Roosendaal (1960).

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