Wikipedia:WikiProject Cue sports/Wanted cue sports biographies

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 2007 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.

Draft articles to be completed
The following are in some stage of development, and anyone should feel free to work on them and take them "live" when they are at least Start class:


 * List of World Eight-ball Champions is mingling actual eight-ball with blackball / British eight-ball pool, and needs to be split into:
 * List of World Blackball Champions – User:SMcCandlish/Incubator/List of World Blackball Champions (outdated draft)
 * List of World Eight-ball Champions – User:SMcCandlish/Incubator/List of World Eight-ball Champions (outdated draft)

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.
 * Anyone still red-linked in Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
 * Jack Breit (pool player) ("Jersey Red"; redlink at Luther Lassiter)
 * Marshall Carpenter ("The Tuscaloosa Squirrel")
 * Hubert Cokes ("Daddy Warbucks")
 * Arthur Cranfield (pool player) ("Babe") (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Maurice Daly (billiards player) (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; balkline champ & billiard writer)
 * James Evans (pool player)
 * Frank C. Ives .us? (redlink from William A. Spinks; turn-of-last-century carom champ also an English billiards pro)
 * Larry Johnson (pool player) ("Boston Shorty") (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Edwin Kelly ("Champagne Eddie", "Cue Ball Kelly") (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame, Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Jerome R. Keogh (redlink at Alfredo de Oro; continuous pool and straight pool champ from late 19th, early 20th c.; maybe also carom champ)
 * Johnny Layton (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Cicero Murphy (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Ben Nartzik (redlink from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Frank Paradise (a famous early cuemaker)
 * Charlie Peterson (billiards player) .us (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame, Balkline and straight rail; high run of over 10,000)
 * Herman J. Rambow (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Ray Schuler
 * George Franklin Slosson USA (redlink from William A. Spinks, Balkline and straight rail; turn-of-last-century balkline champ; many NYT references, often as George F. Slosson, so that should be a redir; one NYT piece calls him "George H. Slosson" by mistake, confusing him with G.H. Sutton apparently; born in Canada, grew up in and ran the Columbia Hall billiard parlor in Chicago; the press often also just called him George Slosson, so redir that as well; nicknamed "the Student" as of 1893, but that nick may not have stuck long)
 * Gus Szamboti (redir. Augustine Szamboti and just Szamboti to this; second most famous American cuemaker after Balabushka; his son is also a cuemaker, but probably non-notable - cover him in a "Legacy" section at Gus's article or something)
 * Eddie Taylor (pool plalyer) ("The Knoxville Bear") (redlinked from BCA Hall of Fame)
 * Maurice Vignaux .fr (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; straight rail champ)


 * See also and  for more historical players that probably qualify as "legends".

Balkline players (men)

 * Piet J. van Duppen BEL (1905 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redirs needed from "Van Duppen" & "VanDuppen" spellings)
 * Albert Colette BEL (1907 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006)
 * Piet Sels BEL (1909 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006)

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).

World Champions

 * Théo Moons BEL (1923 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redir from "Theo" spelling needed)
 * Victor Luypaerts BEL (early 1930 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006)
 * Gustaaf van Belle BEL (late 1930 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redirs needed from from "Van Belle" & "VanBelle" spellings)
 * Gaston de Doncker BEL (1933 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redirs. needed from "De Doncker" and "DeDonker" spellings)
 * René Gabriels BEL (1935 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redir from "Rene" spelling needed)
 * René Vingerhoedt BEL (1939 World Billiards Champion; honored on a Belgian postage stamp in 2006; redir from "Rene" spelling needed)

Update: Top 17 at 2022 World Cup event in Egypt
(Minus entries that would be blue links.)
 * Myung Woo Cho KOR (family name Cho; may appear as Cho Myung Woo, Cho Myung-Woo, Cho Myung-woo, Myung-Woo Cho, Myung-woo Cho)
 * Peter Ceulemans BEL (no. 1 three-cushion player in Belgium)
 * Duc Anh Chien Nguyen VNM (family name Nguyen)
 * Choong-Bok Lee KOR (family name Lee; may appear as Lee Choong-Bok, Lee Choong-bok, Lee Choong Bok, Choong-bok Lee, Choong Bok Lee)
 * Chang Hoon Seo KOR (family name Seo; may appear as Seo Chang Hoon, Seo Chang-Hoon, Seo Chang-hoon, Chang-Hoon Seo, Chang-hoon Seo)
 * José Juan García (billiards player) COL (may appear as Jose Juan Garcia (billiards player); needs disambiguation from José Juan García, Jose Juan Garcia)
 * Jun Tae Kim (billiards player) KOR (family name Kim; may appear as Kim Jun Tae (billiards player), Kim Jun-Tae (billiards player), Kim Jun-tae (billiards player), Jun-Tae Kim (billiards player), Jun-tae Kim (billiards player); needs disambiguation from Kim Jun Tae and Kim Jun-tae)
 * Pierre Soumagne FRA
 * Peter de Backer BEL (no. 1 player in Belgium in "mutiple disciplines")
 * Jean Paul de Bruijn NED (may also appear as Jean Paul De Bruijn)
 * Õmer Karakurt TUR
 * Ye Sung Jeong KOR (family name Jeong; may appear as Jeong Ye Sung, Jeong Ye-Sung, Jeong Ye-sung, Ye-Sung Jeong, Ye-sung Jeong)
 * Mehmet Goren TUR
 * Dustin Jäschke GER (may also appear as Dustin Jaeschke)

Group I

 * 1) Tonny Carlsen DEN
 * 2) Tayfun Tasdemir TUR
 * 3) Jaime Bedoya COL
 * 4) Martin Horn (billiards player) GER
 * 5) Ramon Rodriguez (billiards player) PER
 * 6) Richard Bitalis FRA
 * 7) Jacob Haack-sorensen DEN
 * 8) Luis Aveiga ECU

Group II

 * 1) Andreas Efler AUT
 * 2) Javier Serrano (billiards player) PER
 * 3) Akio Shimada JPN (redlink from Ryuuji Umeda; family name presumably Shimada, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
 * 4) Duong Anh Vu VIE (redlink from Ryuuji Umeda; Asian Games three-cushion runner up, year uncertain - after 1998; family name apparently Duong, but needs verification and actual Vietnamese spelling with diacritics)
 * 5) Sonny Cho USA (2005 US National Champion)
 * 6) Luis Corbalan ARG
 * 7) Louis Havermans NED
 * 8) Yorgos Sakkas GRE
 * 9) Gambos Rodolfo Covarrubias MEX

Group III

 * 1) Arie Weijenburg NED
 * 2) Gerwin Valentijn NED
 * 3) Ad Broeders NED
 * 4) Gustavo Hahn ARG
 * 5) Saldivar Gilberto Avalos MEX
 * 6) Csaba Fehér (billiards player) HUN
 * 7) Moo Soon Kim KOR (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
 * 8) Jung Gyu Kim KOR (family name presumably Kim, but needs verification, and order may be wrong)
 * 9) Stephan Kohout CZE

Group IV

 * 1) Jan Niederlander SWI
 * 2) Rafael Noya PER
 * 3) Kostas Papakonstantinou GRE
 * 4) Christoph Pilss AUT
 * 5) Ramon Querales VEN
 * 6) Jean Christophe Roux FRA
 * 7) Francis Forton BEL
 * 8) Henk Habraken NED
 * 9) Mike Kang USA
 * 10) Fabrice Puigvert FRA

Group V

 * 1) Jan Arnouts NED
 * 2) Oscar Casta COL
 * 3) Ad Koorevaar NED
 * 4) Peter Banyai HUN
 * 5) Juan Bouterin SPA
 * 6) Andre Burgener SWI
 * 7) Jean Paul De Bruyn NED (surname De Bruyn or de Bruyn; needs verification)
 * 8) Manuel Fradinho POR
 * 9) Ivan Gazdos CZE
 * 10) Rene Hendriksen DEN

Group VI

 * 1) Gerhard Kostistansky AUT
 * 2) Avila Luis Miguel MEX (surname presumably Miguel but could be Luis Miguel; needs verification)
 * 3) Michael Nilsson SWE
 * 4) Salvatore Papa (billiards player) ITA
 * 5) 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 (he is sometimes called Jef), Jef Bel Philipoom, and "bel" variants, if applicable)
 * 6) Eleazar Ramirez COL
 * 7) Tahir Alp TUR (name may really use Turkish special characters, needs verification)
 * 8) Francisco Taylor NCA
 * 9) Jens Eggers (billiards player) GER (needs disambiguation from Jens Eggers)

Group VII

 * 1) Hansen Brian Zola (what is "Zola"? Nickname?) DEN
 * 2) Jorge Rubio (billiards player) ECU
 * 3) Brumar Altamiranda VEN
 * 4) Rui Americo POR
 * 5) George Ashby (billiards player) USA
 * 6) Cayo Bardales PER
 * 7) Lars Becklen SWE
 * 8) Georges Demos FRA
 * 9) Roger Freymond SWI
 * 10) Pedro Gonzalez Jr. COL (redir to it from "Junior", "Jr", ", Jr.", ", Junior", ", Jr")

Group VIII

 * 1) Hiroshi Horigane JPN
 * 2) Jose Julio Jamad ARG
 * 3) Jose Ledesma ARG
 * 4) Philippe Loitron FRA
 * 5) Mats Noren SWE
 * 6) Antonio Oddo ITA
 * 7) Carloman Ortiz COL
 * 8) Enrique Penalva SPA
 * 9) Blancas Jose MEX (Nickname "Pinon" or more probably be "Piñon")
 * 10) Mario Ribeiro (billiards player) POR (may need a "Mário" redirect.)

Group IX

 * 1) Johann Schirmbrand GER
 * 2) Franz Stenzel AUT
 * 3) Frans Van Kuijk NED (surname Van Kuijk or van Kuijk, needs verification)
 * 4) Juan Villora SPA
 * 5) Eladio Alvarado CRC
 * 6) Nestor Alvarado VEN
 * 7) Carlos Barria PAN
 * 8) Saul Corro Espinosa MEX (surname presumably Espinosa but could be Corro Espinosa, needs verification)

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.


 * Rini van Bracht NLD (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions, CEB European Three-cushion Championship, Ludo Dielis; surname is van Bracht)
 * Edmound Sousa EGY (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions; zero GHits, do'h)
 * Henk Ronjins NLD (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
 * Henrique Miro SPA (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
 * Claudio Puigvert SPA (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions, CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Augusto Vergez ARG (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
 * René Vingerhoedt BEL (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions; redir from Rene Vingerhoedt)
 * Pedro Carrera ARG (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
 * Enrique Navarra ARG (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions)
 * Adolfo Suárez (billiards player) PERU (redlink from List of UMB World Three-cushion Champions; redir from "Suarez" spelling, of course)
 * Jean Paul de Bruijn NED (redlink from Daniel Sánchez (billiards player); 2005 UMB World Champ runner-up)
 * Murat Naci Çoklu TUR (redlink from Dick Jaspers; CEB European Three-cushion Championship; redir. from Murat Naci Coklu, Murat Çoklu, Murat Coklu)
 * Carlos Hallon USA? (redlink from Sang Lee; 1989 USBA National Three-cushion Champ)
 * Hugo Patiño USA (redlink from Pedro Piedrabuena, Carom billiards and is or should be redlinked from Three-cushion billiards; 2005 USBA National Three-cushion Champ; orig. from Colombia; co-holder of high run world record of 31, with Semih Sayginer; create a redir to him at Hugo Patino)
 * Franz Aeberhard SWI (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Joaquin Domingo SPA (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Bert Wevers NLD (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Bernard Siguret FRA (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Johann Scherz AUT (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Arnold de Paepe BEL (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Lennart Blomdahl SWE (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship; father of Torbjörn Blomdahl)
 * John Thijssens NLD (redlink from CEB European Three-cushion Championship)
 * Filipos Kasidokostas GRE (redlink from Dick Jaspers; actually notable?)
 * Richard Meuris Aus (Legends no. 1, 2004–2008;:What event is this? There is no article on it, and it is not listed at WP:CUEEVENTS. also apparently an inventor of new games, though this aspect is likely to have WP:NFT, WP:N, WP:V, WP:COI and WP:NOT problems)

Other carom players (men)

 * Maurice Daly (billiards player) USA (needs no intro; aside from carom stuff, he was a finger billiards trick shot artist)
 * Frank Ives USA (youngest World Balkline Champion; redlink from William A. Spinks, etc.; often known as Frank C. Ives, so redir that; nicknamed "the Napoleon", )
 * Edward Fournil FRA (redlink from William A. Spinks; turn-of-last-century carom champ)
 * Albert Garnier FRA? (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; first straight rail world champ, 1873, and author of Scientific Billiards)
 * William Sexton (billiards player) .us (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; straight rail champ; needs dab page, too; d. April 25, 1898, New York, New York )
 * George Spears USA (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; straight rail champ)
 * Joseph Dion (redlink from Balkline and straight rail; balkline champ)
 * William H. Catton USA (redlink from William A. Spinks; turn-of-last-century balkline champ; of both St. Louis and Chicago at various times; many refs. to him in NYT archives (often only by surname - he was a "face" of his era; often referred to as simply William Catton - that needs to be a DAB page); make William Catton (billiards player) a redir to William H. Catton.)
 * Edward McLaughlin (billiards player) USA (Philadelphia) (redlink from William A. Spinks; turn-of-last-century carom champ)
 * Thomas Gallagher (billiards player) USA (Chicago) (redlink from William A. Spinks; turn-of-last-century carom champ; apparently nicnamed "Grey"; active at least as early as 1894)
 * Rerolle FRA (redlink from Calvin Demarest; turn-of-last-century carom pro, former French Amateur Champion)

Three-cushion players (women)

 * Aygen Berk TUR (redlink from Semih Saygıner; Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey; note the Turkish char. in name - make redirs. for former married name at Aygen Berk Saygıner, Aygen Berk Sayginer)

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 ; the international governing body for billiards, plus various additions and changes since then. Although their relative ranking order has been maintained below Group 1 (top priority bios in this category), 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, so thus wasn't high up.

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.

Early 20th century notables
Not legends but notable enough, e.g. World Pocket Billiards Champions and runners-up.
 * Bennie Allen (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Arthur Church (billiards player) (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Walter Franklin (billiards player) (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Thomas Hueston (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Andrew St. Jean (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)
 * Arthur Woods (billiards player) (redlinked from Ralph Greenleaf)

Group 1

 * 1) Tony Robles USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)

Group 2

 * 1) 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)
 * 2) Andreas Roschkowsky GER
 * 3) Satoshi Kawabata JPN
 * 4) Francesco Diaz SPA (check name spelling - Spanish for "Francis" is almost always "Francisco")

Group 3

 * 1) Jeong Young Hwa KOR (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour; surname looks to be Jeong, but needs verification)
 * 2) Sven Pauritsch GER
 * 3) Ibrahim Ben Amir MAS (is that correct?)
 * 4) Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen MAS (Is that correct?)
 * 5) Dejan Dabovic (pool player) AUT
 * 6) Andy Worthington (pool player) GBR
 * 7) Dimitri Jungo SUI
 * 8) Gandy Valle PHI (redlink at WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour)

Group 4

 * 1) Gilliano Smit NED
 * 2) Huang Kun-chang TPE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Huang)
 * 3) Jesse Thehu NED
 * 4) Harun Arslan TUR
 * 5) Michael Felder AUT
 * 6) Harald Stolka GER
 * 7) Craig Osborne GBR
 * 8) Goran Mladenovic YUG (needs to be more specific; Yugoslavia gone bye-bye)

Group 5

 * 1) Wu Yu-lun TPE (redlink at List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Wu)
 * 2) Marcel Kirsten GER
 * 3) Matjaz Erculj SLO
 * 4) Kevin Becker GER
 * 5) Marcel Martens NED
 * 6) Jakob Belka GER
 * 7) Stephane Cohen FRA
 * 8) Roger Lysholm NOR
 * 9) Ernesto Dominguez (pool player) MEX
 * 10) Andreja Klasovic YUG

Group 6

 * 1) Bruno Muratore ITA
 * 2) Shawn Putnam USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
 * 3) Danny Harriman USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup)
 * 4) Naif al Jaweni KSA (surname might actually be Al Jaweni, needs verification)
 * 5) Sascha Tege GER
 * 6) Nguyen Thanh Nam VIE
 * 7) 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)
 * 8) Thomas Seiffert GER
 * 9) Vincent Facquet FRA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, World Pool Masters Tournament)

Group 7

 * 1) Antonio Fazanes SPA
 * 2) Yoshihiro Kitatani JPN
 * 3) Bahram Lotfy DEN
 * 4) Rafael Guzmann SPA
 * 5) Aki Heiskanen (pool player) FIN
 * 6) Evangelos Vettas GRE
 * 7) Nicolas Otterman GER
 * 8) Carlos Cabello SPA
 * 9) Thorsten Schober GER
 * 10) Gabe Owen USA (redlink from Alex Pagulayan; US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 2004)

Group 8

 * 1) Tony Crosby USA
 * 2) Mariusz Roter POL
 * 3) 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)
 * 4) Phil Stojanovic CRO
 * 5) José Garcia (pool player) USA (possibly should really be Jose Garcia (pool player), no accent, needs verification, and will need redir either way)
 * 6) Lambros Vrakas GRE
 * 7) Jochen Sannwald GER
 * 8) Philipp Stojanovic CRO
 * 9) Ronald Regli SUI

Group 9

 * 1) Ivica Putnik CRO
 * 2) Lee Chenman GBR
 * 3) Danny Barouty USA
 * 4) Jalal Yousif UAE
 * 5) Gou Takami JPN (surname looks to be Takami, but needs verification)
 * 6) Phil Reilly (pool player) AUS
 * 7) Philipp Ruthemann GER
 * 8) Chan Keng-kwang Sin (family name is Chan)
 * 9) Klaus Zobrekis GER
 * 10) Mike Ruffert GER

Group 10

 * 1) Angelo Millauro ITA
 * 2) Benjamin Baier (pool player) GER
 * 3) Hisashi Kusano JPN (surname looks to be Kusano, but needs verification)
 * 4) Eric Marendaz SUI
 * 5) Masaaki Tanaka JPN (surname looks to be Tanaka, but needs verification)
 * 6) Troy Frank USA
 * 7) David Reljic AUS
 * 8) Rob Saez USA
 * 9) Cetin Aslan AUT

Group 11

 * 1) Mohammed Yassin (pool player) GER
 * 2) Steve Lillis USA
 * 3) Steve Lipsky USA
 * 4) Chris Szuter USA
 * 5) David Alcoberro SPA
 * 6) Hanni al Howri UAE (surname may actually be Al Howri, needs verification)
 * 7) Mehmet Cankurt TUR
 * 8) Benjamin Belhassen FRA
 * 9) Konstantin Zolotilov RUS

Group 12

 * 1) Charles Bryant (pool player) USA
 * 2) Vittorio de Falco ITA (surname may actually be De Falco, needs verification)
 * 3) Hayato Hijikata JPN (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; surname looks to be Hijikata, but needs verification)
 * 4) Katsushi Hoshi JPN (surname looks to be Hoshi, but needs verification)
 * 5) Hisashi Yamamoto (pool player) JPN (surname looks to be Yamamoto, but needs verification; redlink from Hisashi Yamamoto DAB page)
 * 6) Tomoki Mekari JPN (surname looks to be Mekari, but needs verification)
 * 7) Michele Quitadamo ITA
 * 8) Rico Diks NED
 * 9) Timothy Hall (pool player) USA

Group 13

 * 1) Serge Das BEL
 * 2) Tuomas Riipinen FIN
 * 3) Kynthia Orfanidis NED
 * 4) Kim Woong Dae KOR (surname looks to be Kim, but needs verification; given name may really be Woong-dae or Woong-Dae, needs verification)
 * 5) Kevin Hew GBR
 * 6) Nicolas Guimond
 * 7) Park Shi-young KOR (surname looks to be Park, but needs verification; given name may really be Shi-Young or Shi Young, needs verification)
 * 8) Singh Lilly Dharminder IND
 * 9) Jarkko Honkanen FIN
 * 10) Gabor Solymosi HUN

Group 14

 * 1) Kasper Kristoffersen DEN
 * 2) Martin Kempter AUT
 * 3) Line Kjorsvik NOR
 * 4) Alain Martel CAN
 * 5) Nobuaki Itsuno JPN (surname looks to be Itsuno, but needs verification)
 * 6) Ralf Hintze SUI
 * 7) Nico Wehrner GER
 * 8) Huang Chien-chen TPE (family name is Huang)
 * 9) David Lopez (pool player) SPA (should probably be López, with Lopez redir)
 * 10) Michal Gavenciak CZE

Group 15

 * 1) Elvis Calasang PHI
 * 2) Liu Chun-chiang TPE (family name is Liu)
 * 3) Mitsuaki Kamada JPN (surname looks to be Kamada, but needs verification)
 * 4) Wang Hua-fong TPE (see also next entry - typo??; family name is Wang)
 * 5) Wang Hua-fang TPE (just a typo for the above??; family name is Wang)
 * 6) James Alortega UAE
 * 7) Djorje Radulovic SCG (real name may have non-English characters, needs verification)
 * 8) Takashi Toda JPN (surname looks to be Toda, but needs verification)
 * 9) Bob Maidhof USA
 * 10) Elmer Hoya PHI

Group 16

 * 1) Cheng Tsung-hue TPE (family name is Cheng)
 * 2) Adam Abdulrahim INA
 * 3) Wayne Catledge USA
 * 4) Louis Condo AUS
 * 5) Noel Bruinooghe BEL
 * 6) Matt Tetrault USA
 * 7) Carlos Cabella SPA
 * 8) Mike Zuglan USA
 * 9) Rolando Aravena USA
 * 10) Shervin Rahimi IRN

Group 17

 * 1) Zion Zvi Country?
 * 2) Joven Bustamente UAE (?? Spanish names not common in the United Arab Emirates..., he is Filipino, not UAE (the surname is the same as Francisco Bustamante), I think the nation in www.wpa-pool.com is mistake)
 * 3) Do Hoang Quan VIE (his exact name is DO Hoang Quan with DO is his family name)
 * 4) Lai Chia-hsiung TPE (family name is Lai)
 * 5) Jonathan Smith (pool player) USA
 * 6) Nien Rong-chih TPE (family name is Nien)
 * 7) Warren Horsley SAF
 * 8) Lu Hsun-chen TPE (family name is Lu)
 * 9) Kevin Smith (pool player) GBR

Group 18

 * 1) Jim Gottier USA
 * 2) Michael Valentine (pool player) GBR
 * 3) Ed Deska USA
 * 4) Jason Theron RSA (if that is Rhodesia, it's not called that any more)
 * 5) Hisashi Kasano JPN (surname looks to be Kasano, but needs verification)
 * 6) Tomoo Takano JPN (surname looks to be Takano, but needs verification)
 * 7) Cheng Chong-hua TPE (family name is Cheng)
 * 8) Carlos Viera USA
 * 9) Alejandro Carvajal CHI
 * 10) Omer el Serkal UAE (surname may really be El Serkal, needs verification)

Group 19

 * 1) Irfan Ahmed Khan PAK
 * 2) Phil Wilkinson NZL
 * 3) Enrique Rojas (pool player) CHI
 * 4) Kang Chin-ching TPE (family name is Kang)
 * 5) Jan Dulst Bel Country?? (surname presumably Bel but might be Dulst Bel, needs verification)

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.

Group A

 * Mike Eufemia USA? (redlink from Straight pool; a big name in the '60s and a Guiness Book recordholder)
 * Shannon Daulton "The Cannon" USA (South Carolina); male (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Rob Mollien NED (redlink from World Pool Masters Tournament)
 * Mike Gulyassy USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Dennis Hatch USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)

Group B

 * Michael Coltrain USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Mark Wilson (pool player) USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Tommy Donlon IRL (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Roger Griffis USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Paul Gerni USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Trick shot, Stefano Pelinga; M.C. player; also listed in the section, below)
 * Lee Tucker (pool player) ENG (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Lee Kendall (billiards player) ENG (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)

Group C

 * Andy Richardson (pool player) ENG (redlink from Mosconi Cup, M.C. player)
 * Jeff Carter (pool player) USA (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; lower-priority - 2nd place)
 * Thomas Hasch GER (redlink from Chao Fong-pang, List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; lower-priority - 2nd place)
 * Yasunari Itsuzaki JNP (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; lower-priority - 2nd place; family name looks to be Yasunari, needs verification)
 * Chang Hao-ping TPE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; lower-priority - 2nd place; family name is Chang)
 * Louie Roberts USA (redlink from Derby City Classic (see Louie Roberts A&E Award there), US Open Nine-ball Championship (1st, 1979); nick: "St. Louis Louie"; legendary road player; deceased)
 * Mike le Bron USA? (redlink from Earl Strickland, US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 1988; surname is le Bron, but if US or UK may actually spell it Le Bron, or LeBron; needs verification; has been reported as Le'Bron also)
 * David Howard (pool player) USA? (redlink from Earl Strickland, US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 1986)
 * Tommy Kennedy (pool player) USA? (redlink from Earl Strickland, US Open Nine-ball Championship, 1st, 1992)

Group D

 * Edgar Acaba PHL (redlink from Ronato Alcano; winner of 2000 Rising Stars Tournament)
 * George Breedlove USA (redlink from Jeanette Lee; Lee's husband and a pool pro)
 * Jorn Kjolaas NOR (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors)
 * Christian Goteman GER (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors)
 * Lu Hui-chan TPE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; family name is Lu)
 * Brian Naithani GER (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors)
 * John Vassalos GRE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; lower-priority - 2nd place)
 * Shane Hennen USA (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; lower-priority - 2nd place)
 * Sean Lanigan GBR? IRL? (redlink from Tony Drago and ...)
 * Nick Mannino USA? (redlink from Earl Strickland; 1990s pro)

Group E

 * Ronnie Wiseman (redlink from Alex Pagulayan, in photo caption; notability unknown)
 * Ryan Shand SCO (redlink at Mika Immonen; Gran Canaria Open Nine-Ball Champion, 2001)

IPT Tour players

 * Colin Colenso (redlink at Kevin Trudeau, but material may move to IPT)
 * Bernie Friend (redlink at Kevin Trudeau, but material may move to IPT)
 * Alex Levy (pool player) (redlink at Kevin Trudeau, but material may move to IPT; needs disambiguation from Alex Levy)
 * Stefan Santl (redlink at Kevin Trudeau, but material may move to IPT)

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.


 * Chou Chieh-yu TWN (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions; family name is Chou, sometimes referred to as Chieh-Yu Chou or Chieh-yu Chou in Western media)
 * Zhou Meng-meng CHN (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; family name is Zhou)
 * Mary Ann Rakin USA (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors)
 * Anna Kostanian USA (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; lower priority - 2nd place; WPBA Most-improved Player Award, 2009)
 * Helen Athanasiou GRE (redlink from List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions, juniors; lower priority - 2nd place)
 * Natalia Seroshtan RUS (2019 Treviso Open, 2019 Veldhoven Open quarter-finalist)
 * Melisa Rademakers NED (2019 Treviso Open redlink) possibly related to Tamara Peeters.
 * Ine Helvik NOR (redlink at 2019 Veldhoven Open, 2019 Antalya Open)
 * Christine Steinlage GER (redlink at 2019 Veldhoven Open, 2019 Antalya Open)
 * Helena Thornfeldt "Sledgehammer" SWE (WPBA Hall of Fame in 2017; WPBA US Open winner; runner-up at 1996 Women's World 9-Ball; died August 20, 2019 at 52; lots of obits )

Trick shot and artistic pool players

 * Prioritize by prominence, redlinks. Note: Only players not already notable as pool players generally are listed here; others are above.
 * Tom Rossman USA (founder of artistic pool and the World Artistic Pool Championship; notable outside of AP; redirs needed from Dr. Cue, Dr Cue, Doctor Cue)
 * Nick Nikolaidis ("Nick" probably short for "Nicholas", "Nicolas" or something similar - find out and redir if needed; 2006 APTSA Masters champ; 2007 APTSA US Open runner-up, nick: "Quick Nick"[same source]; 2007 APTSA US Open semi-finalist, 2007 APTSA Masters semi-finalist, 2008 APTSA Masters quarter-finalist, 2006 WPA World Championship quarter-finalist)
 * Paul Gerni USA (redlink from Mosconi Cup, Trick shot, Stefano Pelinga; M.C. player; also listed in the section, above)
 * Yoshikazu Kimura JPN (one of the pioneers of the discipline)
 * Mark Dimick USA (OK) (2008 APTSA Masters champ, 2007 WPA W.C. contender)
 * Sebastian Giumelli ARG (2007 WPA W.C. runner up, 2008 APTSA Masters semi-finalist, 2006 WPA World Championship semi-finalist, 2007 APTSA Masters quarter-finalist; his homepage)
 * Eric Yow USA (TN) (2006 WPA World Championship semi-finalist; 2007 WPA W.C. quarter-finalist; nick: "the Preacher"[same source]; 2008 APTSA Masters runner-up, 2007 APTSA Masters quarter-finalist)
 * Lucasz Szywala POL (Krakow) (2007 WPA W.C. semi-finalist; nick: "Cool Hand Luke"[same source])
 * Bruce Barthelette USA (MA) (2008 APTSA Masters semi-finalist; 2007 WPA W.C. quarter-finalist; nick: "the Big Guy"[same source]; 2008 APTSA Masters quarter-finalist)
 * Dave Nangle USA (MD) (2007 APTSA US Open semi-finalist, 2007 WPA W.C. quarter-finalist)
 * Matt MacPhail USA (MA) (Matthew MacPhail likely real name - find out and redir if needed; 2007 APTSA US Open semi-finalist, nick: "No Fail MacPhail"[same source]; 2006 WPA World Championship quarter-finalist)
 * Sal Conti USA (CT) (Samuel Conti (pool player) likely real name - find out and disambig if needed; 2007 APTSA US Open semi-finalist, nick: "Cool Cat"[same source]; 2007 APTSA Masters quarter-finalist)
 * Jason Lynch USA (MI) (2007 APTSA US Open semi-finalist; nick: "the Michigan Kid"[same source])
 * Steve Geller USA (ND) (2007 WPA W.C. contender; nick: "Stellar"[same source] - but is it "Stellar" alone, "Steve Stellar", or "Stellar Geller"?; 2006 WPA World Championship quarter-finalist)
 * Charles Darling (pool player) USA (MO) (2001 AP World Champion, 2008 APTSA Masters semi-finalist, 2007 WPA W.C. contender; nick: "Spitball Charlie"[same source]; nice article on him; update the Charles Darling DAB page)
 * Alexander Kasyanov (billiards player) UKR (2007 WPA W.C. contender)
 * Sergiy Vaskovskyy UKR (Kiev) (2007 WPA W.C. contender)
 * Mike Mossin RUS (Moscow) (likely really Mikhail Mossin in full - find out and redir if necessary; 2007 WPA W.C. contender; nick: "the Russian Mike Massey"[same source])
 * Jim Sommer DNK (Roskilde) (likely James Sommer in full - find out and redir it if needed; 2007 WPA W.C. contender)
 * Javier Gómez (pool player) MEX (2007 WPA W.C. contender; create a Javier Gómez DAB page)
 * Marcell Kaiser GER (Ratheim) (2007 WPA W.C. contender; nick: "the Visa"[same source])
 * Nate Bryant USA (GA) (probably either Nathan Bryant or Nathaniel Bryant in full - find out which and redir it; 2007 WPA W.C. contender; nick: "Okinawa Slim"[same source])
 * Arkadiy Loshakov RUS (Moscow) (2007 WPA W.C. contender)
 * Tim Chin USA (MA) (2008 APTSA Masters contender; 2007 APTSA Masters contender; 2006 WPA World Championship contender)
 * Jamey Gray ("Sharpshooter") (allegedly notable; listed at http://www.trickshotworldcup.com/player_bio.php?form_player_name=jameygray but with no data)
 * Lars Riiber (Lars Harald Riiber of Oslo, Norway - #2 AP player in the world in 2004; tied for 3rd in inaugural Trick Shot Magic in 2000.)

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


 * This list is transcluded from WikiProject Snooker/Wanted snooker bios a.k.a. WP:SNOOKERBIOS.

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)
 * Joe Chapman (billiards player) GBR? (redlink at Tom Reece)
 * Alfred Bowles ENG
 * John North (billiards player) 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)
 * 1920s–1970s notables
 * Albert Johnson (billiards player) ENG
 * H. A. O. Lonsdale ENG (first Eng. Am. Champ., defeated W. D. Courtney 500–334 for the title)


 * Modern notables (men)
 * Paul Bennett (billiards player) ENG (redlink at 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship; 2007 Pro World quarter-finalist; Joseph, Bernard, Paul Bennett - related?)
 * Devendra Joshi IND (redlink from 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship [quarter-finalist], 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)
 * 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)
 * Mark Hirst (billiards player) ENG (redlink from 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship, 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship; 2007 Pro World group round entrant)
 * Micheal Kreuziger AUT (redlink from 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship, 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship; 2007 Pro World group round entrant; redir from Michael Kreuziger)
 * B. Bhaskar [B. ??] IND (redlink from 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship [quarter-finalist], 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship)
 * Rob Hall (billiards player) ENG & Phil Mumford ENG (redlinked at English Amateur Billiards Championship as top 2 players of 2014)
 * Martin Goodwill ENG (redlink from English Amateur Billiards Championship [2009 champ], 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship [quarter-finalist])
 * 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)
 * More redlinked entries at 2008 World Professional Billiards Championship, 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship


 * Modern notables (women)
 * Alena Asmolava BELARUS (mentioned but not redlinked at Chitra Magimairaj, as 2014 Senior Women's Snooker Championship runner-up; may not be notable enough)

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)

Misc. games

 * Albert Raminsch LAT (redlink from Novuss; first pro. novuss champ)
 * Leo Taelman - co-creator? of bumper pool. Needs sourcing. Some unsourced stuff at nl:Leo Taelman

Notable as non-players
Priority should first be given to those listed in the section instead of here, then to those that are the most redlinked from other articles and by achievements.  They are otherwise listed somewhat haphazardly, with "some" eye to priority.


 * Mitch Laurance (redlink from Ewa Mataya Laurance; ESPN pool commentator; make higher priority than seems warranted - more articles in Category:Cue sports non-player personalities will help protect the cat. from CfD)
 * George Fels (redlink from Cue sports techniques; pool author)
 * Bob Jewett (writer) (redlink from Alex Pagulayan; pool writer)
 * Jerry Briesath (best-known pool instructor in the world, and also a billiards writer; redirs needed from Gerry Briesath, Jerry Breisath and other plausible typos)
 * Tim Miller (pool instructor) (second-best-known pool instructor in the world, and pool writer; The Monk needs to become a DAB page [move current article to book's full title], and an entry is needed at Monk (disambiguation))
 * Hugh W. Collender (co-founder of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company (and a presently a redir to that article), author of Modern Billiards: A Complete Text-book of the Game, Containing Plain and Practical Instructions How to Play and Acquire Skill at This Scientific Amusement, and Regulations Governing the Various Games, 1881 by Trow's, repub'd. 1804 by B.B.C. Co., 1909 by B.B.C. Co.; may have been a notable player in his day as well; also known as Hugh Collender and H. W. Collender/H.W. Collender)
 * Mark Griffin (entrepreneur) (effective redlink at Billiard Congress of America and (when it exists) at CueSports International, maybe some event articles; billiards promoter and owner of CueSports Intl.; presently circularly redirs to CueSports Intl. section at BCA article)

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, famous people (presidents, whatever) who were serious players, but whose articles don't mention this (Jules Grèvy was one, now fixed).

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]

Common wikilink errors

 * List of World 9-Ball Champions &rArr; List of WPA World Nine-ball Champions
 * Robert Byrne &rArr; Robert Byrne (author) (there's already an article on a different Robert Byrne)