# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-werbeniuk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:28:14.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-werbeniuk"
name: "Bill Werbeniuk"
slug: "bill-werbeniuk"
description: "William Alexander Werbeniuk was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed \"Big Bill\". Werbeniuk was a four-time snooker World Championship quarter-finalist and also a snooker UK Championship semi-finalist, reaching a career high world ranking of #8 for the 1983–84 season."
tagline: "Canadian snooker player (1947–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Bill_Werbeniuk.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-01-14"
deathDate: "2003-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.611068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7929943/"
    handle:    "nm7929943"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Білл Вербенюк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Вербенюк, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Werbeniuk"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862646"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5934981"
    title: "Bill Werbeniuk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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