# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-balabushka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:39:21.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-balabushka"
name: "George Balabushka"
slug: "george-balabushka"
description: "George Balabushka was a Russian-born billiards cue maker, arguably one of the most prominent members of that profession. His full name or last name standing alone is often used to refer to a cue stick made by him. Arriving in the U.S. in 1924, he worked at various carpentry and toy and furniture making jobs. He was an avid pool player and purchased a pool room with a business partner in 1959 and thereafter started making cues as gifts for friends, which quickly blossomed into a business when others wanted to purchase them."
tagline: "Russian-born billiards cue maker"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/George_Balabushka.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1912-12-09"
deathDate: "1975-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             5.28376581201868
  historical:           5.305366666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%AF%D5%A1"
    title: "Ջորջ Բալաբուշկա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balabushka"
    title: "George Balabushka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balabushka"
    title: "George Balabushka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balabushka"
    title: "George Balabushka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balabushka"
    title: "George Balabushka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Балабушка, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305694"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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