1901 - 1978
Joseph Davis (15 April 1901 – 10 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is now played, such as break-building. With the help of equipment manufacturer Bill Camkin, he drove the creation of the World Snooker Championship by persuading the Billiards Association and Control Council to recognise an official professional snooker championship in 1927. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Davis has received more than 800,605 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Joe Davis is the 7,677th most popular politician (down from 6,471st in 2019), the 1,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,409th in 2019) and the 255th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Joe Davis ranks 7,677 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexander Mach, Kim Yong-il, Fazlollah Zahedi, Diodotus II, Soraya Tarzi, and Theodemir. After him are Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Mikhail Kasyanov, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Alexander II Zabinas, and Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino.
1902 - 1980
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,671
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,672
1897 - 1963
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,673
252 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,674
1899 - 1968
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,675
430 - 474
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,676
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,677
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,678
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 7,679
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 7,680
1773 - 1796
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 7,681
190 BC - 123 BC
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 7,682
1493 - 1570
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 7,683
Among people born in 1901, Joe Davis ranks 103. Before him are Marino Marini, Jean Prouvé, Fred Uhlman, Eiji Tsuburaya, Michel Leiris, and Henri Cochet. After him are Souvanna Phouma, Stella Adler, Hellmuth Stieff, Ho Feng-Shan, René Pleven, and Pavel Rotmistrov. Among people deceased in 1978, Joe Davis ranks 73. Before him are Lilya Brik, Robert Shaw, Wadie Haddad, Leo Ryan, José Manuel Moreno, and Max Mallowan. After him are Pancho Vladigerov, Gaston Julia, Max Decugis, Charles Best, Salvador de Madariaga, and Karl Lennart Oesch.
1901 - 1980
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 97
1901 - 1984
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 98
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 99
1901 - 1970
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 100
1901 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 101
1901 - 1987
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 102
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 103
1901 - 1984
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 104
1901 - 1992
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 105
1901 - 1944
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 106
1901 - 1997
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 107
1901 - 1993
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 108
1901 - 1982
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 109
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 67
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 68
1927 - 1978
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 69
1925 - 1978
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 70
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 71
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 72
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 73
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 74
1893 - 1978
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 75
1882 - 1978
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 76
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 77
1886 - 1978
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 78
1892 - 1978
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 79
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Davis ranks 1,606 out of 7,765. Before him are Lionel Robbins (1898), Andy Gibb (1958), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Sean Harris (1966), John Nelson Darby (1800), and Rædwald of East Anglia (550). After him are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Penelope Wilton (1946), Richard Adams (1920), and Taliesin (518).
1898 - 1984
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 1,600
1958 - 1988
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 1,601
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 1,602
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 1,603
1800 - 1882
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 1,604
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 1,605
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 1,606
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 1,607
1903 - 1930
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 1,608
1756 - 1827
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 1,609
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 1,610
1920 - 2016
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 1,611
518 - 599
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 1,612
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Joe Davis ranks 255. Before him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), Margaret Douglas (1515), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), and Rædwald of East Anglia (550). After him are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Catherine Ashton (1956), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), and Owain Glyndŵr (1359).
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 249
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 250
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 251
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 252
1455 - 1483
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 253
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 254
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 255
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 256
1297 - 1316
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 257
1536 - 1553
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 258
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 259
1694 - 1773
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 260
1359 - 1415
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 261