# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-higgins-q295376
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:53:38.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-higgins-q295376"
name: "John Higgins"
slug: "john-higgins-q295376"
description: "John Higgins is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He has won four World Championships, three UK Championships and two Masters titles, for a total of nine Triple Crown titles, behind only four players. He first entered the top 16 in the 1995–96 world rankings and remained there continuously for over 29 years until September 2024, setting a record for the longest uninterrupted tenure as a top-16 player. He reached the world number one position four times."
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1975-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump