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Ken Doherty

1969 - Today

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Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player from Ranelagh in Dublin. He is the sport's only world champion from the Republic of Ireland, having won the title in 1997, making him one of just four players from outside the United Kingdom—in addition to Cliff Thorburn from Canada, Neil Robertson from Australia, and Luca Brecel from Belgium—to have won the World Snooker Championship in the sport's modern era. He combines his ongoing playing career with regular commentary and punditry work on televised snooker broadcasts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Doherty has received more than 1,145,111 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.

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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).