1948 - Today
Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Higgins 18–16 in the final. He is generally recognised as the sport's first world champion from outside the United Kingdom—since Australian Horace Lindrum's 1952 title is usually disregarded—and he remains the only world champion from the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cliff Thorburn has received more than 806,482 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Thorburn is the 23rd most popular snooker (up from 24th in 2019), the 727th most popular biography from Canada (down from 670th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Snooker.
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Among snookers, Cliff Thorburn ranks 23 out of 56. Before her are Paul Hunter, Stuart Bingham, Peter Ebdon, Terry Griffiths, John Spencer, and Ding Junhui. After her are Ken Doherty, Mark Allen, Alan McManus, Graeme Dott, James Wattana, and Ali Carter.
1978 - 2006
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 18
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 19
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 20
1935 - 2006
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 21
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 23
1969 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 24
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 25
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.08
Rank: 26
1977 - Present
HPI: 35.50
Rank: 27
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.67
Rank: 28
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1948, Cliff Thorburn ranks 653. Before her are Sharon Stouder, Roy Evans, N. T. Wright, Tino Insana, Susan Bernard, and Alf Hansen. After her are Robert Ouko, Wolf Blitzer, Lynne Thigpen, Amani Abeid Karume, Judith Miller, and Errol Morris.
1948 - 2013
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 647
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 648
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 649
1948 - 2017
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 650
1948 - 2019
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 651
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.55
Rank: 652
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 653
1948 - 2019
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 654
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 655
1948 - 2003
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 656
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 657
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 658
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 659
Among people born in Canada, Cliff Thorburn ranks 727 out of 1,350. Before her are Lisa Jakub (1978), Martin Brodeur (1972), Joël Lautier (1973), Andrea Roth (1967), Cory Doctorow (1971), and Myriam Bédard (1969). After her are Allen Berg (1961), Bob Houbregs (1932), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Ray Bourque (1960), June Havoc (1912), and Deadmau5 (1981).
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 721
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 722
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 723
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 724
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 725
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 726
1948 - Present
HPI: 37.33
Rank: 727
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 728
1932 - 2014
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 729
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 730
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 731
1912 - 2010
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 732
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 733
Among snookers born in Canada, Cliff Thorburn ranks 1.