Snooker writers and broadcasters

John Virgo (born 3 March 1946 in Salford, Lancashire) is an English former professional snooker player and more recently a snooker commentator and TV personality.

John Parrott, MBE (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality, remembered as one of the best players in the early 1990s.

Mark Wildman (born 25 January 1936) is an English snooker and pool commentator and a retired professional snooker and English billiards player.

Clive Harold Everton (born 7 September 1937) is an English veteran former BBC snooker commentator, journalist, author and former professional snooker player.

Ray Edmonds (born 25 April 1936, Grimsby) is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker.

Jim Wych (born 11 January 1954) is a sports announcer and former Canadian professional snooker and pocket billiards player.

Mark Johnston-Allen (born 28 December 1968 in Bristol) is a former professional snooker player.

Joe Johnson (born 29 July 1952, Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English former professional snooker player.

John Spencer (18 September 1935 – 11 July 2006) was an English professional snooker player who won the World Professional title at his first attempt, was the first winner at the Crucible Theatre, was the inaugural winner of the Masters and Irish Masters and was the first player to make a 147 break in competition.

Neal Foulds (born 13 July 1963) is a former English professional snooker player and is now a commentator on the sport.

Herbert John Pulman (12 December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game throughout the 1960s.

William Joseph "Willie" Thorne (born 4 March 1954) is an English former professional snooker player who is now a sports commentator.

Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976 in Turnhout, Belgium) is a Belgian retired professional snooker player.

Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale on 29 December 1971) is a Welsh professional snooker player and occasional snooker commentator and presenter for the BBC.

Steve Davis, OBE (born 22 August 1957) is an English former professional snooker player from Plumstead, London.

Jack Karnehm (18 June 1917, Tufnell Park, north London, England – 28 July 2002, Crowthorne, Berkshire) was a British snooker commentator, who was regularly heard on BBC television from 1978 until 1993, and a former amateur world champion and professional national champion at the game of English billiards.

Jim Meadowcroft (15 December 1946 – 25 September 2015) was an English professional snooker player who latterly was a coach and a commentator on the game.

Dennis Taylor (born Denis Taylor, 19 January 1949 in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator.

Edwin Charles Ernest Lowe, MBE (1 November 1920 – 1 May 2011), known as Ted Lowe, was an English snooker commentator for the BBC.

Lasse Münstermann (born 6 April 1979) is a German retired snooker player and pundit.

Keith Macklin (19 January 1931 – 1 August 2009) was a British journalist, author, broadcaster and sports commentator.