Barney Williams (other)
Barney Williams may refer to: *Barney Williams (actor) (1824–1876), Irish-American star comedian in New York City *Barney Williams (boxer) (1891–1949), American light heavyweight champion a/k/a Battling Levinsky *Barney Williams (songwriter) (1931–2009), American record producer and singer a/k/a Luther Dixon * Barney Williams (rower) (born 1977), Canadian Olympic medalist See also *Bernard Williams (other) Sir Bernard Williams (1929–2003) was an English moral philosopher. Bernard or Bernie Williams may also refer to: Sports *Bernard Williams (footballer) (1908–2004), Irish footballer *Bernie Williams (basketball) (1945–2002), American basketba ...

Barney Williams (actor)
Barney Williams (August 20, 1824 – April 25, 1876) was an Irish-American actor-comedian popular during the mid decades of the 19th century. He was probably best remembered by audiences of the day for playing Ragged Pat in J. A. Amherst's drama ''Ireland as it is'' and the title role in Samuel Lover's comic opera ''Rory O'More''. Throughout the greater part of his career he was billed along with his wife, the former Maria Pray, as Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. When Benjamin Day (publisher), Benjamin H. Day founded the ''New York Sun'' in 1833, he employed Williams as his first, and for a time, only Newspaper hawker, newsboy. Biography Bernard O'Flaherty was born in 1824 at Cork (city), Cork, Ireland, to Michael and Mary O’Flaherty.Phelps, H. P. - ''The Players of a Century'', 1890, p.245 In 1831 his family immigrated to America where his father would become a New York City policeman. As a boy Williams ran errands, sold newspapers, worked at a printer's office and at some point ...
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Barney Williams (boxer)
Barney "Battling" Levinsky (born Lebowitz; June 10, 1890 – February 12, 1949) was an American boxer who was the world light heavyweight champion from 1916 to 1920. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Levinsky as the #12 ranked light heavyweight of all time, while ''The Ring Magazine'' founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #9. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Levinsky as the 20th best light heavyweight ever.All-Time Light Heavyweight Rankings
IBROresearch.com Retrieved on 2014-04-29 He was inducted into the Ring Magazine hall of fame, Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1966, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Barney Williams (songwriter)
Luther Dixon (August 7, 1931 – October 22, 2009) was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Jackson 5, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Reed and others. As a producer, Dixon helped create the signature sound of the girl group the Shirelles. Early life Dixon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but his family moved to Brooklyn, New York, when he was young. He learned to sing in church. Career Dixon began his professional career in 1954 with the Four Buddies, a doo-wop group led by Larry Harrison, in which Dixon sang baritone and occasionally played guitar. The Four Buddies recorded for Savoy Records, but also as the Barons for Decca Records and as The Buddies for Glory Records. The group disbanded in 1955, but Dixon and Harrison continued writing songs together. Their biggest hit was "Why Baby Why", recorded by Pat Boon ...
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Barney Williams (rower)
Barney Guillermo Williams (born March 13, 1977) is a Canadian rower who won a gold medal at the 2003 world championships in Milan and a silver in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also has two wins and a second in the four in Rowing World Cup events. On April 18, 2021Barney resigned from his position as head coach of the University of Victoria's women's varsity rowing programfollowing 3 seasons in response to Rowing Canada ruling that he had contravened an aspect of the National Coaching Certification Program code of ethics in the fall of 2018 . He was sanctioned with the appointment of a mentor coach or a 12-month ban from Rowing Canada activities on April 20, 2021. Biographical details Born in the Argentine city of San Martín de los Andes, Williams was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Victoria and then at Jesus College, University of Oxford where he was President of the Oxford University Boat Club. He studied at the University of Oxford from ...
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