Jimmy White

Jimmy White is proof that you do not need the trophy to win the crowd. "The Whirlwind" earned his nickname with attacking, high-wire snooker that was simply more fun to watch than the percentage game, and ten ranking titles place him firmly among the greats. Yet it is the near-misses, those agonizing World Championship finals he never quite closed out, that made him beloved as the people's champion. There is something deeply human about a player you root for harder because he keeps falling just short. To me, his enduring popularity is the better trophy.

Name (English)

Jimmy White

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・ホワイト

Reading

じみー・ほわいと

Born

May 2, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Tooting, United Kingdom

Occupation

snooker player / actor / pool player

University

Ernest Bevin College

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.jimmywhitesnooker.com
• Xhttps://x.com/jimmywhite147
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20White
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366681

Tags

• snooker player
• actor
• pool player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.