# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-higgins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:59:10.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-higgins"
name: "Alex Higgins"
slug: "alex-higgins"
description: "Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion, remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed \"Hurricane Higgins\" for his rapid play, and known as the \"People's Champion\" for his popularity and charisma, he is often credited as being a key figure in snooker's success as a mainstream televised sport in the 1980s."
tagline: "Northern Irish snooker player (1949–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexhiggins2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-03-18"
deathDate: "2010-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.32847466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2105484"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alexhurricanehiggins.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ալեքս Հիգինս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ალექს ჰიგინსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "အဲလက်စ် ဟစ်ဂင်စ်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alex Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529328"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1567000"
    title: "Alex Higgins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump