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Wikipedia's coverage of the cue sports in general, and particularly with regard to biographies of players and other individuals famous because of their involvement in billiards, is still somewhat sparse. It is the aim of this page to help foster coverage in the area. What follows is an abbreviated list of prominent, relevant individuals, arranged by game and where appropriate by gender). Any name that is red-linked indicates that there is no known Wikipedia article for that person. A word of caution: by virtue of the way much of this list was compiled (namely from recent player rankings), many prominent figures, possibly some of the most famous, may be omitted. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if a notable person is missing, please add his or her name to an appropriate section (at the bottom, alphabetically, or in an "Unranked but notable" subsection, depending on the section).

Entries will be removed from the list when they are no longer redlinks.

Contents

[edit] Legends

These are by far the most important missing cue sports biography articles with regard to carom billiards and pool.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles. They are otherwise listed here simply alphabetically.

[edit] Three-cushion players (men)

The following players are taken from the top 100 in the larger listing by world rank as of 1999, maintained by the Billiards Worldcup Association. Although their relative ranking order has been generally maintained (players with extant articles are missing from the list), and all of these players are notable by virtue of making the list, where a player falls in the standings is not necessarily an indication of his prominince in the sport.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, then in the order in which they appear in this list (or a combination of these factors, when tied).

[edit] Group 1

  1. Tonny Carlsen DEN
  2. Dion Nelin DNK (redlink from Dick Jaspers)
  3. Tayfun Tasdemir TUR
  4. Jaime Bedoya COL
  5. Jorge Theriaga POR
  6. Eddy Merckx (billiards player) BEL (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions, CEB European Three-cushion Championship; change Eddy Merckx to DAB page, and redirs to it from Eddie Merckx, Eddy Merkx, etc., with {{R from misspelling}})
  7. Martin Horn GER

[edit] Group 2

  1. Ramon Rodriguez (billiards player) PER
  2. Richard Bitalis FRA
  3. Jacob Haack-sorensen DEN
  4. Luis Aveiga ECU
  5. Andreas Efler AUT
  6. Javier Serrano PER
  7. Akio Shimada JPN (family name presumably Shimada, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  8. Sonny Cho USA (2005 U.S. National Champion)
  9. Christian Rudolph (billiards player) GER (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
  10. Luis Corbalan ARG

[edit] Group 3

  1. Louis Havermans NED
  2. Yorgos Sakkas GRE
  3. Gambos Rodolfo Covarrubias MEX
  4. Ryugi Umeda JPN (family name presumably Umeda, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  5. Arie Weijenburg NED
  6. Gerwin Valentijn NED
  7. Raimond Burgman NED
  8. Ad Broeders NED
  9. Gustavo Hahn ARG
  10. Saldivar Gilberto Avalos MEX

[edit] Group 4

  1. Cs. Feher HUN (What on earth is "Cs."?)
  2. Moo Soon Kim KOR (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  3. Jung Gyu Kim KOR (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  4. Stephan Kohout CZE
  5. Jan Niederlander SWI
  6. Rafael Noya PER
  7. Kostas Papakonstantinou GRE
  8. Christoph Pilss AUT
  9. Ramon Querales VEN
  10. Jean Christophe Roux FRA

[edit] Group 5

  1. Francis Forton BEL
  2. Henk Habraken NED
  3. Mike Kang USA
  4. Eddy Leppens BEL
  5. Fabrice Puigvert FRA
  6. Jan Arnouts NED
  7. Oscar Casta COL
  8. Ad Koorevaar NED
  9. Peter Banyai HUN
  10. Juan Bouterin SPA

[edit] Group 6

  1. Andre Burgener SWI
  2. Jean Paul De Bruyn NED (surname De Bruyn or de Bruyn; needs verification)
  3. Manuel Fradinho POR
  4. Ivan Gazdos CZE
  5. Rene Hendriksen DEN
  6. Gerhard Kostistansky AUT
  7. Avila Luis Miguel MEX (surname presumably Miguel but could be Luis Miguel; needs verification)
  8. Michael Nilsson SWE
  9. Salvatore Papa ITA
  10. Jozef Bel Philipoom BEL (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions, CEB European Three-cushion Championship; surname presumably Philipoom but could be Bel Philipoom or bel Philipoom, needs verification; create redirs at Jozef Philipoom, Jef Philipoom, Jef Bel Philipoom, and "bel" variants, if applicable)

[edit] Group 7

  1. Eleazar Ramirez COL
  2. Tahir Alp TUR (name may really use Turkish special characters, needs verification)
  3. Nikos Polychronopoulos GRE
  4. Francisco Taylor NCA
  5. Jens Eggers GER
  6. Hansen Brian Zola (what is "Zola"? Nickname?) DEN
  7. Jorge Rubio (billiards player) ECU
  8. Brumar Altamiranda VEN
  9. Rui Americo POR

[edit] Group 8

  1. George Ashby (billiards player) USA
  2. Cayo Bardales PER
  3. Lars Becklen SWE
  4. Georges Demos FRA
  5. Roger Freymond SWI
  6. Pedro Gonzalez Jr. COL (redir to it from "Junior", "Jr", ", Jr.", ", Junior", ", Jr")
  7. Hiroshi Horigane JPN
  8. Jose Julio Jamad ARG
  9. Jose Ledesma ARG
  10. Philippe Loitron FRA

[edit] Group 9

  1. Mats Noren SWE
  2. Antonio Oddo ITA
  3. Carloman Ortiz COL
  4. Enrique Penalva SPA
  5. Blancas Jose MEX (Nickname "Pinon" or more probably be "Piñon")
  6. Mario Ribeiro POR
  7. Johann Schirmbrand GER
  8. Franz Stenzel AUT
  9. Frans Van Kuijk NED (surname Van Kuijk or van Kuijk, needs verification)

[edit] Group 10

  1. Juan Villora SPA
  2. Eladio Alvarado CRC
  3. Nestor Alvarado VEN
  4. Carlos Barria PAN
  5. Saul Corro Espinosa MEX (surname presumably Espinosa but could be Corro Espinosa, needs verification)

[edit] Unranked, but notable

Other players not ranked above may be notable enough for articles because of major tournament victories or for some other reason.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles and by titles won or other achievements. They are otherwise listed somewhat haphazardly, with some eye to priority.

[edit] Other carom players (men)

[edit] Three-cushion players (women)

  • Aygen Berk Saygıner TUR (redlink from Semih Saygıner; Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey; note the Turkish char. in name - make a redir. at Aygen Berk Sayginer)

[edit] Pool players (men)

The following men are taken from top 250 of the larger listing by world rank as of 2006, maintained by the World Pool-Billiard Association ([1]); the international governing body for billiards. Although their relative ranking order has been maintained (players with extant articles have been removed from the list), and all of these players are notable by virtue of making the list, where a player falls in the standings is not necessarily an indication of his prominince in the sport. For instance, Mike Sigel, listed at 204 while he was still a redlink, is one of the more famous pool players, but was retired for ten years.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, then in the order in which they appear in this list.

[edit] Early 20th century notables

Not legends but notable enough, e.g. World Pocket Billiards Champions and runners-up.

[edit] Modern, Group 1

  1. Fabio Petroni ITA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  2. Andreas Roschkowsky GER
  3. Roman Hybler CZE
  4. Christian Reimering GER
  5. Markus Juva FIN
  6. Michael Schmidt (pool player) GER
  7. Radoslaw Babica POL
  8. Jörn Kaplan GER (and redirs from Jorn Kaplan, Joern Kaplan)

[edit] Group 2

  1. Mike Davis (pool player) USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Santos Sambajon, Michael Davis DAB, Mike Davis DAB; 2004 BCA Open Nine-ball Championship finalist)
  2. Charles Williams (pool player) (Charlie) USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Charles Williams DAB, Billiard Congress of America, Glossary of cue sports terms)
  3. Huidji See NED (redlink from World Straight Pool Championship, Oliver Ortmann, Warren Kiamco)
  4. Max Eberle USA
  5. Satoshi Kawabata JPN
  6. Jeremy Jones (pool player) USA (redlink from Ralf Souquet, Mosconi Cup, Johnny Archer, Billiard Congress of America, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place; 2002 US Open Nine-Ball Champ; needs a dab page)
  7. Francesco Diaz SPA
  8. Jeong Young Hwa KOR (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour; surname looks to be Jeong, but needs verification)
  9. Sven Pauritsch GER
  10. Ibrahim Ben Amir MAS (Is that correct?)

[edit] Group 3

  1. Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen MAS (Is that correct?)
  2. Dejan Dabovic AUT
  3. Andy Worthington GBR
  4. Dimitri Jungo SUI
  5. Chang Jung-ling TPE (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour; given name may be Jung-lin with no "g", needs verification; family name is Chang)
  6. Chang Pei-wei TPE (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place; family name is Chang)
  7. Gandy Valle PHI (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour)
  8. Gilliano Smit NED
  9. Huang Kun-chang TPE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Huang)

[edit] Group 4

  1. Jesse Thehu NED
  2. Tomasz Kaplan POL
  3. Harun Arslan TUR
  4. Michael Felder AUT
  5. Harald Stolka GER
  6. Hsia Hui-kai TPE (redlinked from Rodolfo Luat, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, Tony Drago, Danny Basavich, among others - increasing in prominence; family name is Hsia)
  7. Craig Riley GBR
  8. Craig Osborne GBR
  9. Goran Mladenovic YUG (needs to be more specific; Yugoslavia gone bye-bye)
  10. Wu Yu-lun TPE (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Wu)

[edit] Group 5

  1. Marcel Kirsten GER
  2. John Schmidt (pool player) USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Alex Pagulayan, US Open Nine-ball Championship)
  3. Matjaz Erculj SLO
  4. Kevin Becker GER
  5. Raj Hundal USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  6. Marcel Martens NED
  7. Jakob Belka GER
  8. Stephane Cohen FRA
  9. Roger Lysholm NOR
  10. Tony Robles USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)

[edit] Group 6

  1. Ernesto Dominguez MEX
  2. Andreja Klasovic YUG
  3. Bruno Muratore ITA
  4. Shawn Putnam USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
  5. Danny Harriman USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
  6. Naif al Jaweni KSA (surname might actually be Al Jaweni, needs verification)
  7. Sascha Tege GER
  8. Thanh Nam Nguyen VIE
  9. Chen Ying-chieh TPE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; given name may be Ying-chie w/o "h", need verification; family name is Chen)
  10. Thomas Seiffert GER

[edit] Group 7

  1. Vincent Facquet FRA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Snooker Trickshot Championship, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  2. Mateusz Sniegocki POL
  3. Antonio Fazanes SPA
  4. Yoshihiro Kitatani JPN
  5. Bahram Lotfy DEN
  6. Rafael Guzmann SPA
  7. Aki Heiskanen FIN
  8. Evangelos Vettas GRE
  9. Nicolas Otterman GER
  10. Carlos Cabello SPA

[edit] Group 8

  1. Thorsten Schober GER
  2. Gabe Owen USA (redlink from Alex Pagulayan; US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 2004)
  3. Tony Crosby USA
  4. Mariusz Roter POL
  5. Robert Hunter (pool player) (Bobby) USA (redlink from Johnny Archer, Mosconi Cup, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place; see Talk:Mosconi Cup for a minor source we can use)
  6. Phil Stojanovic CRO
  7. José Garcia (pool player) USA (possibly should really be Jose Garcia (pool player), no accent, needs verification, and will need redir either way)
  8. Lambros Vrakas GRE
  9. Jochen Sannwald GER
  10. Fu Jianbo CHN (given name probably really Jian-bo, needs verification; family name is Fu)

[edit] Group 9

  1. Philipp Stojanovic CRO
  2. Ronald Regli SUI
  3. Ismael Paez MEX (redlink from Chao Fong-pang, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place)
  4. Ivica Putnik CRO
  5. Lee Chenman GBR
  6. Danny Barouty USA
  7. Jalal Yousif UAE
  8. Gou Takami JPN (surname looks to be Takami, but needs verification)
  9. Phil Reilly AUS

[edit] Group 10

  1. Philipp Ruthemann GER
  2. Chan Keng-kwang Sin (family name is Chan)
  3. Klaus Zobrekis GER
  4. Mike Ruffert GER
  5. Angelo Millauro ITA
  6. Benjamin Baier GER
  7. Hisashi Kusano JPN (surname looks to be Kusano, but needs verification)
  8. Eric Marendaz SUI
  9. Zoran Svilar SCG
  10. Masaaki Tanaka JPN (surname looks to be Tanaka, but needs verification)

[edit] Group 11

  1. Troy Frank USA
  2. David Reljic AUS
  3. Rob Saez USA
  4. Cetin Aslan AUT
  5. Mohammed Yassin GER
  6. Steve Lillis USA
  7. Steve Lipsky USA
  8. Chris Szuter USA
  9. Paul Potier CAN
  10. David Alcoberro SPA

[edit] Group 12

  1. Hanni al Howri UAE (surname may actually be Al Howri, needs verification)
  2. Mehmet Cankurt TUR
  3. Benjamin Belhassen FRA
  4. Konstantin Zolotilov RUS
  5. Charles Bryant (pool player) USA
  6. Vittorio de Falco ITA (surname may actually be De Falco, needs verification)
  7. Hayato Hijikata JPN (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; surname looks to be Hijikata, but needs verification)
  8. Katsushi Hoshi JPN (surname looks to be Hoshi, but needs verification)
  9. Christoph Reintjes GER
  10. Hisashi Yamamoto JPN (surname looks to be Yamamoto, but needs verification)

[edit] Group 13

  1. Tomoki Mekari JPN (surname looks to be Mekari, but needs verification)
  2. Michele Quitadamo ITA
  3. Rico Diks NED
  4. Timothy Hall USA
  5. Serge Das BEL
  6. Tuomas Riipinen FIN
  7. Kynthia Orfanidis NED
  8. Kim Woong Dae KOR (surname looks to be Kim, but needs verification; given name may really be Woong-dae or Woong-Dae, needs verification)
  9. Kevin Hew GBR
  10. Nicolas Guimond
  11. Park Shi-young KOR (surname looks to be Park, but needs verification; given name may really be Shi-Young or Shi Young, needs verification)

[edit] Group 14

  1. Singh Lilly Dharminder IND
  2. Jarkko Honkanen FIN
  3. Gabor Solymosi HUN
  4. Kasper Kristoffersen DEN
  5. Martin Kempter AUT
  6. Line Kjorsvik NOR
  7. Alain Martel CAN
  8. Nobuaki Itsuno JPN (surname looks to be Itsuno, but needs verification)
  9. Ralf Hintze SUI
  10. Nico Wehrner GER

[edit] Group 15

  1. Huang Chien-chen TPE (family name is Huang)
  2. David Lopez (pool player) SPA (should probably be López, with Lopez redir)
  3. Michal Gavenciak CZE
  4. Elvis Calasang PHI
  5. Liu Chun-chiang TPE (family name is Liu)
  6. Mitsuaki Kamada JPN (surname looks to be Kamada, but needs verification)
  7. Wang Hua-fong TPE (see also next entry - typo??; family name is Wang)
  8. Wang Hua-fang TPE (just a typo for the above??; family name is Wang)
  9. James Alortega UAE
  10. Djorje Radulovic SCG (real name may have non-English characters, needs verification)

[edit] Group 16

  1. Takashi Toda JPN (surname looks to be Toda, but needs verification)
  2. Bob Maidhof USA
  3. Elmer Hoya PHI
  4. Cheng Tsung-hue TPE (family name is Cheng)
  5. Adam Abdulrahim INA
  6. Wayne Catledge USA
  7. Louis Condo AUS
  8. Noel Bruinooghe BEL
  9. Matt Tetrault USA
  10. Carlos Cabella SPA
  11. Mike Zuglan USA

[edit] Group 17

  1. Rolando Aravena USA
  2. Shervin Rahimi IRN
  3. Zion Zvi Country?
  4. Roberto Gomez PHI (runner up at the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship and redlinked there; redlink at Daryl Peach)
  5. Joven Bustamente UAE (?? Spanish names not common in the United Arab Emirates...)
  6. Quan Do Hoang VIE (surname looks to be Quan, but needs verification, and if so article should refer to him as Hoang, per Vietnamese addressing convention)
  7. Lai Chia-hsiung TPE (family name is Lai)
  8. Jonathan Smith (pool player) USA
  9. Nien Rong-chih TPE (family name is Nien)
  10. Warren Horsley SAF

[edit] Group 18

  1. Lu Hsun-chen TPE (family name is Lu)
  2. Kevin Smith GBR
  3. Ko Pin-yi TPE (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; given name may be Ping-i, needs verification; family name is Ko)
  4. Jim Gottier USA
  5. Michael Valentine GBR
  6. Ed Deska USA
  7. Jason Theron RSA (if that is Rhodesia, it's not called that any more)
  8. Hisashi Kasano JPN (surname looks to be Kasano, but needs verification)
  9. Tomoo Takano JPN (surname looks to be Takano, but needs verification)
  10. Cheng Chong-hua TPE (family name is Cheng)

[edit] Group 19

  1. Carlos Viera USA
  2. Alejandro Carvajal CHI
  3. Omer el Serkal UAE (surname may really be El Serkal, needs verification)
  4. Irfan Ahmed Khan PAK
  5. Phil Wilkinson NZL
  6. Enrique Rojas CHI
  7. Kang Chin-ching TPE (family name is Kang)
  8. Jan Dulst Bel Country?? (surname presumably Bel but might be Dulst Bel, needs verification)

[edit] Unranked but notable

Other players not ranked above may be notable enough for articles because of major tournament victories or for some other reason.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles and by titles won or other achievements. They are otherwise listed somewhat haphazardly, with some eye to priority.

[edit] Group 1

  • Michael Coltrain USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Mark Wilson (pool player) USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Tommy Donlon GBR (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Roger Griffis USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Paul Gerni USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Lee Tucker GBR (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • Lee Kendall GBR (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
  • John DiToro USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player; surname may actually be diToro, di Toro or Di Toro, needs verification)
  • C.J. Wiley USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player; founder of the PCA)
  • Antonio Gabica PHL (redlink from Ronato Alcano; definitely an up-and-coming player, mentioned frequently in the billiards press the last couple of years)

[edit] Group 2

[edit] Group 3

[edit] Group 4

  • Sean Lanigan GBR? IRL? (redlink from Tony Drago and ...)
  • Nick Mannino USA? (redlink from Earl Strickland; 1990s pro)
  • Darren Appleton GBR? (redlink from Mark Selby; WEPF World Eight-ball Championship (blackball, really) 2006 finalist)
  • Dave Pearson (pool player) "the Ginger Wizard" (redlink from Speed pool; multiple-time World Champion at that game)
  • Huidji See (redlink from Oliver Ortmann, Warren Kiamco; 2007 World Straight Pool Championship runner-up)
  • Ronnie Wiseman (redlink from Alex Pagulayan, in photo caption; notability unknown)
  • Ronnie Allen (pool player) (redlink at Keith McCready; notable road player)
  • Jimmy Reid (pool player) (redlink at Keith McCready; notable road player)
  • Ryan Shand SCO (redlink at Mika Immonen; Gran Canaria Open Nine-Ball Champion, 2001)

[edit] IPT Tour players

[edit] Pool players (women)

Section under construction - please begin adding names now. Start with WPBA top 50.

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles, then in the order in which they appear in this list.

[edit] Snooker players

Presently rather unprioritized; priority should probably go to a balance of achievement level and number of redlinks.

This list is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject Snooker/Wanted snooker bios a.k.a. WP:SNOOKERBIOS.
High priority for internal reasons
  • Mark Williams (English snooker player) (or Mark X. Williams where "X" is his middle initial; needed to disambuate between the two Mark Williamses of snooker, even if this one's not tremendously notable; just a stub with stats and middle initial would do; see Mark J. Williams for evidence that they get confused even within the industry)
Players in the 2007/2008 rankings
Recent notables
Is Mifsud not Australian? Alex Holowczak (talk) 12:49, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Historical notables
  • Fred Lawrence (snooker player) (1928 World Championship runner-up)
  • Sidney Smith (snooker player) (1938 & 1939 World Championship runner-up)
  • Fred Van Rensburg (1965 World Championship runner-up)
Other


[edit] Players of English billiards

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles. They are otherwise listed simply alphabetically. Many if not most of these are redlinked from World Professional Billiards Championship (which is too long to add to every entry below).

Legends and early notables
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindrum (Frederick William Lindrum I) AUS (redlink from Walter Lindrum; first World Champ from .au)
  • Frederick William Lindrum II AUS (redlink from Walter Lindrum; World Champ after defeating John Roberts Sr.)
  • Frederick William Lindrum III AUS (redlink from Walter Lindrum; Australian Champ)
  • Edward Kentfield a.k.a. Jonathan Kentfield (?!?) ENG? (champion for 24 years beginning in 1825; presumably full-named Edward Jonathan Kentfield or Jonathan Edward Kentifield; either that or there's a typo lurking around somewhere)
  • John Roberts, Sr. ENG (redlink from Walter Lindrum, English billiards, Alfredo de Oro; World Champ until defeated by F.W. Lindrum II.; redir to it from John Roberts Sr., etc.)
  • John Roberts, Jr. (billiards player) ENG (redlink at English billiards; "had a monopoly on" E.b. until surprise-beaten by Frank Ives, in the Legends section above, after Ives had only played the game a few weeks, because E.b. players did not know nurse shots - source - ca. 1890ish, so too late to have been Roberts Sr.)
  • Joe Chapman GBR? (redlink at Tom Reece)
  • Joseph Bennett (billiards player) ENG (Joseph, Bernard, Paul Bennett - related?)
  • Alfred Bowles ENG
  • Billy Mitchell (billiards player) ENG (redir from William Mitchell (billiards player), have name as William (Billy) Mitchell in article - he was better known as Billy but some sources give him as William.
  • William Peall ENG
  • John North (billiards player) ENG
  • Charles Dawson (billiards player) ENG
  • Harry Stevenson ENG
  • Melbourne Inman ENG
  • Albert Williams (billiards player) ENG
  • S.W. Stanley ENG? (redlink from John Roberts Jr. (billiards player); not a world champ or runner up so maybe non-notable)
  • Edward Diggle ENG? (redlink from English billiards image caption)
1920s–1970s notables
  • Claude Falkiner ENG
  • John Barrie ENG
  • Leslie Driffield ENG
  • Albert Johnson (billiards player) ENG
  • Jack Karnehm ENG (surname is not a typo for "Karneham" or anything; England and World Amateur and Professional Champ.; made instructional video Understanding Modern Snooker, ASIN B00004CK8J, Beckmann, 1994)
Modern notables
  • Paul Bennett (billiards player) ENG? AUS? (2007 Pro World quarter-finalist; Joseph, Bernard, Paul Bennett - related?)
  • David Causier ENG (redlink from Geet Sethi; 2000 & 2004 Pro World semi-finalist at least, 2006 quarter-finalist, 2007 semi-finalist)
  • Norman Dagley AUS
  • Robby Foldvari AUS (redir from Robert Foldvari to it)
  • Peter Gilchrist SING (redlink from Geet Sethi; 1994 & 2002 Pro World finalist at least, 2007 quarter-finalist)
  • Devendra Joshi IND (redlink from Geet Sethi, Pankaj Advani; 1994 Pro World finalist, 2007 quarter-finalist)
  • Lee Lagan ENG (redlink from Geet Sethi; 2003 IBSF Amateur World Champion, 2006 Pro World finalist)
  • Steve Mifsud MAL (redlink from Pankaj Advani; with Advani, one of only two players as of 2007 to win both the IBSF Snooker and Billiards World Championships; also listed in snooker section, above)
  • Ashok Shandilya IND? (redlink from Geet Sethi; 2001 Pro World finalist; broze medalist with Sethi in doubles at 2006 [15th] Asian Games; middle name Harishankar)
  • Chris Shutt ENG (redlink from Geet Sethi, Mike Russell (billiards player), Pankaj Advani; 2005 Pro World Champion, 2007 finalist)
  • Michael Ferreira ??? (redlink from Geet Sethi; apparently a legendary name in his time)
  • 2007 Pro World group round entrants (maybe, maybe not notable; look for 2006, 2005, etc., stats):
  • Mark Hirst ENG? AUS?
  • Michael Kreuziger ENG? AUS? GER?
  • Dhruv Sitwala IND?
  • Ian Williamson SCO? ENG? AUS?
  • Sourav Kothari IND?
  • Arvind Savur IND (redlink from Pankaj Advani; coach to Advani and perhaps others, so presumbly a champ in his day, but perhaps not, and if not probably non-notable)

[edit] Five-pins players

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles. They are otherwise listed simply alphabetically. Nationality given at main article.

Winners of the World Five-pins Championship and/or Five-pins Pro World Cup:

  • Domenico Acanfora (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Michelangelo Aniello (redlinked from Five-pins; 2nd priority in this section, as current champ as of early 2007)
  • Anselmo Berrondo ("la Bibbia") (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Miguel Angel Borrelli (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Fabio Cavazzana ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Carlo Cifalà (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Ricardo Fantasia (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Manuel Gomez (billiards player) (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Nestor Gomez (billiards player) ("Nené") (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Crocefisso Maggio ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Salvatore Mannone ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • David Martinelli ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Giampiero Rosanna ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Attilio Sessa ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Gustavo Torregiani ITA (redlinked from Five-pins)
  • Gustavo Zito ITA (redlinked from Five-pins; 1st priority in this section; has 2x as many titles as the best of the rest)

[edit] Misc. games

  • Albert Raminsch LAT (redlink from Novuss; first pro. novuss champ)

[edit] Notable as non-players

Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles and by achievements. They are otherwise listed somewhat haphazardly, with some eye to priority.

[edit] Marginally cue-sports related

This section is for people referred to repeatedly from cue sports articles, but only marginally related to the sport. A good example would be actors and directors in pool movies, announcers, etc.

Priority should be given to those with the most redlinks from cue sports articles only, not in Wikipedia as a whole.

  • [no entries at present]

[edit] Common wikilink errors