# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:39.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-davis"
name: "Joe Davis"
slug: "joe-davis"
description: "Joseph Davis was an English professional snooker and billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is now played, such as break-building. He drove the creation of the World Snooker Championship by persuading the Billiards Association and Control Council to recognise an official professional snooker championship in 1927. Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946, and he is the only undefeated player in World Snooker Championship history. In 1935, he scored the championship's first century break."
tagline: "English snooker and billiards player (1901–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Davis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1901-04-15"
deathDate: "1978-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.12
  momentum:             3.085106382978723
  historical:           20.49871733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump