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Wikipedia's coverage of the cuesports in general, and particularly with regard to biographies of players and other individuals famous because of their involvement in the cuesports, is extremely sparse. It is the aim of this repository to help foster coverage in the area. What follows is an abbreviated list of prominent individuals who are related in some way to the various cuesports. Any name that is red-linked indicates that there is no Wikipedia article extant for that person. A word of caution: by virtue of the way this list was compiled, many prominent figures, possibly some of the most famous, may be omitted. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and if a person is missing, please feel free to add his or her name to an appropriate category (at the bottom or alphabetically depending on the section).

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

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.

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).

  1. Marco Zanetti (Italy) (redlink from Raymond Ceulemans)
  2. Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) (redlink from Dick Jaspers; and redir. needed at Frederic Caudron)
  3. Tonny Carlsen (Denmark)
  4. Daniel Sanchez (billiards player) (Spain) (redlink from Dick Jaspers; needs dab page; should that be Sánchez?)
  5. Dion Nelin (Denmark) (redlink from Dick Jaspers)
  6. Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey)
  7. Jaime Bedoya (Colombia)
  8. Jorge Theriaga Por
  9. Eddy Merckx Bel
  10. Martin Horn Ger
  11. Ramon Rodriguez (billiards player) Per
  12. Richard Bitalis Fra
  13. Jacob Haack-sorensen Den
  14. Luis Aveiga Ecu
  15. Andreas Efler Aut
  16. Javier Serrano Per
  17. Akio Shimada Jpn (family name presumably Shimada, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  18. Sonny Cho Usa (family name is Cho)
  19. Christian Rudolph Ger
  20. Luis Corbalan Arg
  21. Louis Havermans Ned
  22. Yorgos Sakkas Gre
  23. Gambos Rodolfo Covarrubias Mex
  24. Ryugi Umeda Jpn (family name presumably Umeda, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  25. Arie Weijenburg Ned
  26. Gerwin Valentijn Ned
  27. Raimond Burgman Ned
  28. Ad Broeders Ned
  29. Gustavo Hahn Arg
  30. Saldivar Gilberto Avalos Mex
  31. Cs. Feher Hun (What on earth is "Cs."?)
  32. Moo Soon Kim Kor (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  33. Jung Gyu Kim Kor (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
  34. Stephan Kohout Cze
  35. Jan Niederlander Swi
  36. Rafael Noya per
  37. Kostas Papakonstantinou Gre
  38. Christoph Pilss Aut
  39. Ramon Querales Ven
  40. Jean Christophe Roux Fra
  41. Francis Forton Bel
  42. Henk Habraken Ned
  43. Mike Kang Usa
  44. Eddy Leppens Bel
  45. Fabrice Puigvert Fra
  46. Jan Arnouts Ned
  47. Oscar Casta Col
  48. Ad Koorevaar Ned
  49. Peter Banyai Hun
  50. Juan Bouterin Esp
  51. Andre Burgener Swi
  52. Jean Paul De Bruyn Ned (surname De Bruyn or de Bruyn; needs verification)
  53. Manuel Fradinho Por
  54. Ivan Gazdos Cze
  55. Rene Hendriksen Den
  56. Gerhard Kostistansky Aut
  57. Avila Luis Miguel Mex (surname presumably Miguel but could be Luis Miguel; needs verification)
  58. Michael Nilsson Swe
  59. Salvatore Papa Ita
  60. Jef Bel Philipoom Bel (surname presumably Philipoom but could be Bel Philipoom or bel Philipoom, needs verification)
  61. Eleazar Ramirez Col
  62. Tahir Alp Tur (name may really use Turkish special characters, needs verification)
  63. Nikos Polychronopoulos Gre
  64. Francisco Taylor Nca
  65. Jens Eggers Ger
  66. Hansen Brian Zola Den
  67. Junichi Komori Jpn (family name presumably Komori, but needs verification, and may be in wrong order)
  68. Jorge Rubio Ecu
  69. Brumar Altamiranda Ven
  70. Rui Americo Por
  71. George Ashby Usa
  72. Cayo Bardales per
  73. Lars Becklen Swe
  74. Georges Demos Fra
  75. Roger Freymond Swi
  76. Pedro Gonzalez Jr. Col (redir to it from "Junior", "Jr", ", Jr.", ", Junior", ", Jr")
  77. Hiroshi Horigane Jap
  78. Jose Julio Jamad Arg
  79. Jose Ledesma Arg
  80. Philippe Loitron Fra
  81. Mats Noren Swe
  82. Antonio Oddo Ita
  83. Carloman Ortiz Col
  84. Enrique Penalva Esp
  85. Blancas Jose Pinon Mex
  86. Mario Ribeiro Por
  87. Johann Schirmbrand Ger
  88. Mazin Shooni Usa
  89. Franz Stenzel Aut
  90. Frans Van Kuijk Ned (surname Van Kuijk or van Kuijk, needs verification)
  91. Juan Villora Esp
  92. Eladio Alvarado Crc
  93. Nestor Alvarado Ven
  94. Carlos Barria Pan
  95. Saul Corro Espinosa Mex (surname presumably Espinosa but could be Corro Espinosa, needs verification)

Three-cushion players (women)

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.

  1. Fabio Petroni Ita (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  2. Andreas Roschkowsky Ger
  3. Daryl Peach Gbr (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  4. Roman Hybler Cze
  5. Christian Reimering Ger
  6. Markus Juva Fin
  7. Vilmos Foeldes Hun (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions)
  8. Michael Schmidt (pool player) Ger
  9. Radoslaw Babica Pol
  10. Jörn Kaplan Ger (and redirs from Jorn Kaplan, Joern Kaplan)
  11. Jonni Fulcher Sui
  12. Mike Davis (pool player) Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Michael Davis dab)
  13. Charles Williams (pool player) (Charlie) Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Charles Williams dab, Billiard Congress of America)
  14. Huidji See Ned
  15. Max Eberle Usa
  16. Satoshi Kawabata Jpn
  17. 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)
  18. Francesco Diaz Esp
  19. Jeong Young Hwa Kor (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour; surname looks to be Jeong, but needs verification)
  20. Sven Pauritsch Ger
  21. Ibrahim Ben Amir Mas
  22. Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen Mas
  23. Dejan Dabovic Aut
  24. Andy Worthington Gbr
  25. Dimitri Jungo Sui
  26. 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)
  27. Chang Pei-wei Tpe (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place; family name is Chang)
  28. Gandy Valle Phi (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour)
  29. Luc Salvas Can (redlink at Tony Drago, Speed pool)
  30. Gilliano Smit Ned
  31. Huang Kun-chang Tpe (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Huang)
  32. Jesse Thehu Ned
  33. Tomasz Kaplan Pol
  34. Harun Arslan Tur
  35. Michael Felder Aut
  36. Harald Stolka Ger
  37. Hsia Hui-kai Tpe (redlinked from Rodolfo Luat, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, Tony Drago; family name is Hsia)
  38. Craig Riley Gbr
  39. Craig Osborne Gbr
  40. Goran Mladenovic Yug
  41. Wu Yu-lun Tpe (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Wu)
  42. Marcel Kirsten Ger
  43. John Schmidt (pool player) Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Alex Pagulayan; 2006 US Open Nine-ball Champ)
  44. Matjaz Erculj Slo
  45. Kevin Becker Ger
  46. Raj Hundal Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  47. Marcel Martens Ned
  48. Jakob Belka Ger
  49. Stephane Cohen Fra
  50. Roger Lysholm Nor
  51. Allen Hopkins (pool player) Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup, US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 1977)
  52. Tony Robles Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
  53. Ernesto Dominguez Mex
  54. Andreja Klasovic Yug
  55. Bruno Muratore Ita
  56. Shawn Putnam Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
  57. Danny Harriman Usa (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
  58. Naif al Jaweni Ksa (surname might actually be Al Jaweni, needs verification)
  59. Sascha Tege Ger
  60. Thanh Nam Nguyen Vie
  61. 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)
  62. Thomas Seiffert Ger
  63. Vincent Facquet Fra (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Snooker Trickshot Championship, World Pool Masters Tournament)
  64. Mateusz Sniegocki Pol
  65. Antonio Fazanes Spa
  66. Yoshihiro Kitatani Jpn
  67. Bahram Lotfy Den
  68. Rafael Guzmann Esp
  69. Aki Heiskanen Fin
  70. Evangelos Vettas Gre
  71. Nicolas Otterman Ger
  72. Carlos Cabello Esp
  73. Thorsten Schober Ger
  74. Gabe Owen Usa (redlink from Alex Pagulayan; US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 2004)
  75. Tony Crosby Usa
  76. Mariusz Roter Pol
  77. Robert Hunter (pool player) (Bobby) Usa (redlink from Johnny Archer, Mosconi Cup, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place; headache-inducingly, there may be a separate Robert and Bobby Hunter both Mosconi Cup players - see Talk:Mosconi Cup)
  78. Phil Stojanovic Cro
  79. José Garcia (pool player) Usa (possibly should really be Jose Garcia (pool player), no accent, needs verification, and will need redir either way)
  80. Lambros Vrakas Gre
  81. Jochen Sannwald Ger
  82. Fu Jianbo Chn (given name probably really Jian-bo, needs verification; family name is Fu)
  83. Philipp Stojanovic Cro
  84. Ronald Regli Sui
  85. Ismael Paez Mex (redlink from Chao Fong-pang, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, 2nd place)
  86. Ivica Putnik Cro
  87. Lee Chenman Gbr
  88. Danny Barouty Usa
  89. Jalal Yousif Uae
  90. Jeff De Luna Phi
  91. Gou Takami Jpn (surname looks to be Takami, but needs verification)
  92. Phil Reilly Aus
  93. Philipp Ruthemann Ger
  94. Chan Keng-kwang Sin (family name is Chan)
  95. Klaus Zobrekis Ger
  96. Mike Ruffert Ger
  97. Angelo Millauro Ita
  98. Benjamin Baier Ger
  99. Warren Kiamco Phi (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, Marlon Manalo; winner of 2003 Tirador Tournament in Manila, Philippines)
  100. Hisashi Kusano Jpn (surname looks to be Kusano, but needs verification)
  101. Eric Marendaz Sui
  102. Zoran Svilar Scg
  103. Masaaki Tanaka Jpn (surname looks to be Tanaka, but needs verification)
  104. Troy Frank Usa
  105. David Reljic Aus
  106. Rob Saez Usa
  107. Cetin Aslan Aut
  108. Mohammed Yassin Ger
  109. Steve Lillis Usa
  110. Steve Lipsky Usa
  111. Chris Szuter Usa
  112. Paul Potier Can
  113. Danny Basavich Usa
  114. David Alcoberro Esp
  115. Hanni al Howri Uae (surname may actually be Al Howri, needs verification)
  116. Mehmet Cankurt Tur
  117. Benjamin Belhassen Fra
  118. Konstantin Zolotilov Rus
  119. Charles Bryant Usa
  120. Vittorio de Falco Ita (surname may actually be De Falco, needs verification)
  121. Hayato Hijikata Jpn (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; surname looks to be Hijikata, but needs verification)
  122. Katsushi Hoshi Jpn (surname looks to be Hoshi, but needs verification)
  123. Christoph Reintjes Ger
  124. Hisashi Yamamoto Jpn (surname looks to be Yamamoto, but needs verification)
  125. Tomoki Mekari Jpn (surname looks to be Mekari, but needs verification)
  126. Michele Quitadamo Ita
  127. Rico Diks Ned
  128. Timothy Hall Usa
  129. Serge Das Bel
  130. Tuomas Riipinen Fin
  131. Kynthia Orfanidis Ned
  132. Kim Woong Dae Kor (surname looks to be Kim, but needs verification; given name may really be Woong-dae or Woong-Dae, needs verification)
  133. Kevin Hew Gbr
  134. Nicolas Guimond
  135. Park Shi-young Kor (surname looks to be Park, but needs verification; given name may really be Shi-Young or Shi Young, needs verification)
  136. Singh Lilly Dharminder Ind
  137. Jarkko Honkanen Fin
  138. Gabor Solymosi Hun
  139. Kasper Kristoffersen Den
  140. Santos Sambajon Phi (redlink from Alex Pagulayan)
  141. Martin Kempter Aut
  142. Line Kjorsvik Nor
  143. Alain Martel Can
  144. Nobuaki Itsuno Jpn (surname looks to be Itsuno, but needs verification)
  145. Ralf Hintze Sui
  146. Nico Wehrner Ger
  147. Huang Chien-chen Tpe (family name is Huang)
  148. David Lopez (pool player) Esp (should probably be López, with Lopez redir)
  149. Michal Gavenciak Cze
  150. Elvis Calasang Phi
  151. Liu Chun-chiang Tpe (family name is Liu)
  152. Mitsuaki Kamada Jpn (surname looks to be Kamada, but needs verification)
  153. Wang Hua-fong Tpe (see also next entry - typo??; family name is Wang)
  154. Wang Hua-fang Tpe (just a typo for the above??; family name is Wang)
  155. James Alortega Uae
  156. Djorje Radulovic Scg (real name may have non-English characters, needs verification)
  157. Takashi Toda Jpn (surname looks to be Toda, but needs verification)
  158. Bob Maidhof Usa
  159. Elmer Hoya Phi
  160. Cheng Tsung-hue Tpe (family name is Cheng)
  161. Adam Abdulrahim Ina
  162. Wayne Catledge Usa
  163. Louis Condo Aus
  164. Noel Bruinooghe Bel
  165. Matt Tetrault Usa
  166. Carlos Cabella Spa
  167. Mike Zuglan Usa
  168. Rolando Aravena Usa
  169. Shervin Rahimi Irn
  170. Zion Zvi Country?
  171. Roberto Gomez Phi
  172. Joven Bustamente Uae
  173. 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)
  174. Lai Chia-hsiung Tpe (family name is Lai)
  175. Jonathan Smith Usa
  176. Nien Rong-chih Tpe (family name is Nien)
  177. Warren Horsley Saf
  178. Lu Hsun-chen Tpe (family name is Lu)
  179. Kevin Smith Gbr
  180. 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)
  181. Jim Gottier Usa
  182. Michael Valentine Gbr
  183. Ed Deska Usa
  184. Jason Theron Rsa
  185. Hisashi Kasano Jpn (surname looks to be Kasano, but needs verification)
  186. Tomoo Takano Jpn (surname looks to be Takano, but needs verification)
  187. Cheng Chong-hua Tpe (family name is Cheng)
  188. Carlos Viera Usa
  189. Alejandro Carvajal Chi
  190. Omer el Serkal Uae (surname may really be El Serkal, needs verification)
  191. Irfan Ahmed Khan Pak
  192. Phil Wilkinson Nzl
  193. Enrique Rojas Chi
  194. Kang Chin-ching Tpe (family name is Kang)
  195. Jan Dulst Bel Country?? (surname presumably Bel but might be Dulst Bel, needs verification)

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.

Snooker players

Presently unprioritized; see WP:SNOOKER for some marginal priortization (by member request level).

English billiards players

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

Five-pins players

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

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

Unranked but notable

Other players (and some non-player personalities) 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.

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.

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