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Ken Doherty

1969 - Today

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Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who was World Snooker Champion in 1997. In addition to his ongoing playing career, he works as a regular commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Doherty has received more than 1,062,109 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Doherty is the 22nd most popular snooker (up from 24th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 371st in 2019) and the most popular Irish Snooker.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ken Doherties by language

Over the past year Ken Doherty has had the most page views in the with 112,616 views, followed by German (10,295), and Chinese (4,580). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (51.37%), Egyptian Arabic (46.34%), and Bulgarian (42.11%)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Ken Doherty ranks 22 out of 67Before him are Terry Griffiths, Walter Donaldson, Alan McManus, Ali Carter, Cliff Thorburn, and Peter Ebdon. After him are Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, John Spencer, Stuart Bingham, Graeme Dott, and Luca Brecel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Ken Doherty ranks 560Before him are Ashley Jensen, Petra Kronberger, Chin Han, Jason Blum, Motohiro Yamaguchi, and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. After him are David Hayter, Earnie Stewart, John Tobias, Ivana, Tate Taylor, and Mark Millar.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ken Doherty ranks 376 out of 549Before him are Finn Bálor (1981), Frank Stapleton (1956), Kian Egan (1980), Henry Grattan (1746), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), and Éamonn Ceannt (1881). After him are Joe Kinnear (1946), Dominique McElligott (1986), James Mitchel (1864), John Redmond (1856), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and T. P. McKenna (1929).

Among SNOOKERS In Ireland

Among snookers born in Ireland, Ken Doherty ranks 1After him are Fergal O'Brien (1972).