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Jimmy White

1962 - Today

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James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won four seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, swift and attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, a record four-time World Seniors Champion (2010, 2019, 2020, 2023), 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy White has received more than 2,401,199 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy White is the 7th most popular snooker (down from 5th in 2019), the 3,728th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,299th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Snooker.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Jimmy White ranks 7 out of 56. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis, John Higgins, and Ray Reardon. After him are Mark Selby, Mark Williams, John Pulman, Neil Robertson, Dennis Taylor, and Fred Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jimmy White ranks 239. Before him are David Bryan, Nathaniel Parker, Mari Jungstedt, Ahn Cheol-soo, David Arnold, and Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu. After him are Kim Vilfort, Arnaud Montebourg, Choi Myung-gil, Leopoldo Serantes, Lisa Randall, and Andrew McCarthy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy White ranks 3,728 out of 7,765. Before him are Sam Smith (1992), Joe Hart (1987), Kate Atkinson (1951), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), and Michael Grant (1914). After him are Ted Drake (1912), Sebastian Cabot (1918), Joe Alwyn (1991), David Allan (1744), Saint Mungo (518), and G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903).

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Among SNOOKERS In United Kingdom

Among snookers born in United Kingdom, Jimmy White ranks 7. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Stephen Hendry (1969), Alex Higgins (1949), Steve Davis (1957), John Higgins (1975), and Ray Reardon (1932). After him are Mark Selby (1983), Mark Williams (1975), John Pulman (1923), Dennis Taylor (1949), Fred Davis (1913), and Judd Trump (1989).

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