SNOOKER

Dennis Taylor

1949 - Today

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Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He turned professional in 1972 and is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, in which he lost the first eight frames of the final to defending champion Steve Davis but recovered to win 18–17 in a duel on the last black ball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Taylor has received more than 1,293,776 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Taylor is the 6th most popular snooker (up from 12th in 2019), the 3,470th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,570th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Snooker.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Dennis Taylor ranks 6 out of 67. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis, John Pulman, and Stephen Hendry. After him are Jimmy White, John Higgins, Ray Reardon, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, and Fred Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Dennis Taylor ranks 420. Before him are Jerzy Gorgoń, Dominic Sena, Francisco Robles Ortega, Gayle Rubin, Beth Grant, and Bob Backlund. After him are Philippe Djian, Daniel Pipes, Anna Lee Fisher, Chrisye, Robert Berdella, and Danuta Wałęsa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Taylor ranks 3,470 out of 8,785. Before him are Leonard Meredith (1882), Jim Sturgess (1978), Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Simeon Solomon (1840), John Julius Norwich (1929), and Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954). After him are John McDouall Stuart (1815), John Wilkinson (1728), Neil Murray (1950), Ken Livingstone (1945), Hereward the Wake (1035), and Margaret Mee (1909).

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Among SNOOKERS In United Kingdom

Among snookers born in United Kingdom, Dennis Taylor ranks 6. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Alex Higgins (1949), Steve Davis (1957), John Pulman (1923), and Stephen Hendry (1969). After him are Jimmy White (1962), John Higgins (1975), Ray Reardon (1932), Mark Selby (1983), Mark Williams (1975), and Fred Davis (1913).

British born Snookers

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