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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 2,383,670 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy White is the 7th most popular snooker, the 3,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,720th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Snooker.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jimmy Whites by language

Over the past year Jimmy White has had the most page views in the with 279,766 views, followed by German (23,960), and Chinese (21,641). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (151.84%), Irish (48.91%), and Armenian (40.38%)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Jimmy White ranks 7 out of 67. Before him are Ronnie O'Sullivan, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis, John Pulman, Stephen Hendry, and Dennis Taylor. After him are John Higgins, Ray Reardon, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, Fred Davis, and Judd Trump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jimmy White ranks 252. Before him are Mic Michaeli, Anatoly Khrapaty, Július Bielik, Lou Diamond Phillips, Borislav Cvetković, and Mari Jungstedt. After him are David Furnish, Masakazu Katsura, Andrey Lavrov, Akie Abe, Max Raabe, and Fred Rutten.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy White ranks 3,606 out of 8,785. Before him are John Taylor (1808), Amelia Edwards (1831), Phil Neal (1951), Ken Stott (1954), Bill Roberts (1912), and Pat Barker (1943). After him are Aldhelm (639), Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Robert Douglas (1909), Louis Fraser (1810), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), and Mary Moser (1744).

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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), Alex Higgins (1949), Steve Davis (1957), John Pulman (1923), Stephen Hendry (1969), and Dennis Taylor (1949). After him are John Higgins (1975), Ray Reardon (1932), Mark Selby (1983), Mark Williams (1975), Fred Davis (1913), and Judd Trump (1989).

British born Snookers

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