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John Higgins

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John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 31 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (41) and Stephen Hendry (36). He has won four World Championships, three UK Championships and two Masters titles, for a total of nine Triple Crown titles, putting him level with Mark Selby and behind only O'Sullivan (23), Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Higgins has received more than 2,086,743 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. John Higgins is the 8th most popular snooker (down from 5th in 2019), the 3,806th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,965th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Snooker.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, John Higgins ranks 8 out of 67. Before him are Alex Higgins, Steve Davis, John Pulman, Stephen Hendry, Dennis Taylor, and Jimmy White. After him are Ray Reardon, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, Fred Davis, Judd Trump, and Marco Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, John Higgins ranks 137. Before him are Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Marion Jones, Preity Zinta, Lou Bega, Sebastián Rulli, and Sara Ramirez. After him are Félix Sánchez Bas, Tino Chrupalla, Sean Lennon, Leigh Bardugo, Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, and Mel B.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Higgins ranks 3,806 out of 8,785. Before him are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Allan Clarke (1942), Wallace Ford (1898), William McGregor (1846), May Sutton (1886), and Craig Armstrong (1959). After him are Ron Harris (1944), Cecil Griffiths (1900), Katherine Waterston (1980), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), and Michael Hurst (1957).

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Among SNOOKERS In United Kingdom

Among snookers born in United Kingdom, John Higgins ranks 8. Before him are Alex Higgins (1949), Steve Davis (1957), John Pulman (1923), Stephen Hendry (1969), Dennis Taylor (1949), and Jimmy White (1962). After him are Ray Reardon (1932), Mark Selby (1983), Mark Williams (1975), Fred Davis (1913), Judd Trump (1989), and Terry Griffiths (1947).

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