# Billy Butlin

> Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur known for British holiday camps. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin opened his first in 1936, it was Butlin who turned holiday camps into a multimillion-pound industry and an important aspect of British culture.

*British, South Africa-born entrepreneur*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1899-09-29
- **Died:** 1980-06-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur known for British holiday camps. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin opened his first in 1936, it was Butlin who turned holiday camps into a multimillion-pound industry and an important aspect of British culture.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.0
- **Momentum:** 7.1

## Sources
- [Billy Butlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Butlin)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912307)

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