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players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements or contributions to the game as identified by various specific sources.

People recognized by bridge organizations

American Contract Bridge League

Hall of Fame

The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by ''

The Bridge World ''The Bridge World'' (TBW), the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing technical advances in bidding and the pla ...

'' in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The

American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...

adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame in 1995 by accepting the original nine and adding eight others that year. Annually thereafter, new members have been added in as many as three award categories. * Open Award – "living individuals who have achieved prominence in the game of bridge and have an outstanding tournament record" CBL Hall of Fame Charterbr>"American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame Operating Procedures"
. ACBL. March 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-15. * von Zedtwitz Award – "living or deceased individuals who have achieved prominence in the game of bridge and have an outstanding tournament record but who may not have been in the limelight for a significant period of time" (20 people in 19 years to 2014) * Blackwood Award – "individuals who have contributed greatly to the game of bridge without necessarily being world class players" (19 people to 2014) In 2008, ACBL established the Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge (FPAB) "to support the preservation of bridge history, to recognize individuals for their excellence and service to the game of bridge and to inspire the participation of youth through scholarships and grants."

Most influential personalities

In 2012, the

celebrated the 75th anniversary of its creation by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in October 1937. In partial recognition, the League published a list of the 52 most influential personalities during its history.The ACBL announced its selections in four issues of its membership magazine ''Bridge Bulletin''. February 2012, pp. 22–25. March 2012, pp. 22–25. April 2012, pp. 14–17. May 2012, p. 63. Criteria included: * contributions to bidding theory that have stood the test of time; * contributions to bridge literature of enduring importance; * contributions to law, regulation or administration making bridge more accessible or more fun; * charisma that has broadened the appeal of bridge to non-players. Selections were not limited to ACBL members or North American residents.

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year is awarded to the ACBL player accumulating the most platinum masterpoints in the calendar year.

Canadian Bridge Federation – Hall of Fame

The

Canadian Bridge Federation The Canadian Bridge FederationCBF, (La Fédération Canadienne de Bridge''FCB), is the primary organizational body for contract bridge in Canada. Like its American counterpart, the United States Bridge Federation, the CBF promotes bridge by running ...

(CBF) is the national bridge organization for Canada and established th
CBF Hall of Fame
in 2010 to recognize the achievements and contributions of Canadian bridge personalities.

European Bridge League – Awards and Distinctions

The

European Bridge League The European Bridge League is a confederation of National Bridge Federations (NBFs) that organize the card game of contract bridge in European nations. In turn the EBL organizes bridge competition at the European level. It is a member of the Europe ...

(EBL) is a confederation of national bridge organizations for European countries, established 1947.
Honorary Titles

Plaques
* Medals. Since 1975, the EBL recognizes distinguished bridge people.

World Bridge Federation – Awards and Distinctions

The

World Bridge Federation The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigiou ...

(WBF) is the world

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

for bridge, established in 1958.
Women Stars

WBF Master Point Records
including titles such as "World Grand Master" (directory; some lists maintained infrequently or not at all)
Medals
(to 2006)
Hall of Fame
(inactive)
Plaques & Trophies
(to 2006)
Youth Awards
(to 2006)

People recognized in bridge books

Numerous biographical entries are contained in the ''Encyclopedia of Bridge'' (1935), the various editions of ''

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge ''The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge'' (OEB) presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards. It is "official" in reference to the American Contract Bridge League ...

'' (1964–2011), ''The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia'' (1967), and in the ''British Bridge Almanack'' (2004). In addition, the following books provide biographical information about bridge people as of the date of publication.

''Aces All'' by Guy Ramsey (1955)

In the foreword of ''Aces All'', Ramsey writes that "it is a book about some, though by no means all, of the leading players of today and the immediate yesterday..." He presents biographies of the following (all either British or playing in Britain): *

Leslie Dodds Leslie William Dodds (2 February 1903 – 1975) was an English international bridge player and, by profession, an import-export merchant, from London. He was a member of the British team which won the Bermuda Bowl in 1955. In his youth he was a ches ...

* Harold Franklin *

Nico Gardener Nico Gardener (né Goldinger, 27 January 1906 – 10 December 1989) was a British international bridge player and a leading bridge teacher in London and on cruise ships.

Maurice Harrison-Gray Maurice Harrison-Gray (13 November 1899 – 24 November 1968), known always as 'Gray', was an English professional contract bridge player. For about thirty years from the mid-thirties to the mid-sixties he was one of the top players. As a member o ...

* Ewart Kempson *

Kenneth Konstam Kenneth Walter "Konnie" Konstam (born Adolf Walter Konstam; 25 February 1906 – 21 May 1968) was an English international bridge player who won seven international titles. In 1955 he played on the only Great Britain team to win the Bermuda Bowl (t ...

Richard Lederer Richard Lederer (born May 26, 1938) is an American linguist, author, speaker, and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on wordplay such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He has been dubbed "the Wizard of Idiom," ...

Iain Macleod Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister. A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Researc ...

Rixi Markus "Rixi" Markus MBE (27 June 1910 – 4 April 1992) was an Austrian and British international contract bridge player. She won five world titles, and was the first woman to become a World Grand Master within the World Bridge Federation.

* J. C. H. Marx *

Adam Meredith Adam Theodore "Plum" Meredith (16 June 1913 – 30 January 1976) was a British professional bridge player and world tournament champion.Truscott (1976) Early life Meredith was born in Bangor, County Down, Ireland, (now Northern Ireland), to H ...

Terence Reese John Terence Reese (28 August 1913 – 29 January 1996) was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields. He was born in Epsom, Surrey, England to middle-class parents, and was educated at Bradfiel ...

Boris Schapiro Boris Schapiro (22 August 1909 – 1 December 2002) was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl (the world championship for national teams) ...

Jim Sharples Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Ji ...

* Bob Sharples * S. J. (Skid) Simon * Dr. Paul Stern *

Joel Tarlo Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to: * Joel (given name) Joel is a male given name derived from יוֹאֵל Standard Hebrew, Yoʾel, Tiberian Hebrew, or Yôʾēl, meaning "Yahu is god", "YHWH is God", or the modern t ...

* Louis Tarlo

''The Bridge Immortals'' by Victor Mollo (1968)

''The Bridge Immortals'' gives brief biographies of the "greatest bridge people living today", listed here in alphabetical order. *

Walter Avarelli Walter Avarelli (3 June 1912 – 1987) was an Italian bridge player, a member of the famous Blue Team, with whom he won nine Bermuda Bowls and three World Team Olympiads from 1956 to 1972. Avarelli was born in Rome and became a judge there. He fi ...

B. Jay Becker B. Jay Becker (May 5, 1904 – October 9, 1987)''Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American lawyer and bridge champion from Flushing, Queens. Biography He was born and raised in Philadelphia, where ...

Giorgio Belladonna Giorgio Belladonna (7 June 1923 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian bridge player, one of the greatest of all time. He won 16 world championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Walter Avarelli from 1956 to 1969 and later with Benito Garozzo. ...

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* Jean Besse *

Massimo D'Alelio Massimo "Mimmo" D'Alelio (1916–1998) was an Italian bridge player. He won 13 world championships with the Italian national Blue Team, playing in partnership with Camillo Pabis Ticci during the second half of his career. D'Alelio was born in Na ...

* Claude Deruy *

Pietro Forquet Pietro Forquet (2 July 1925 – 27 January 2023) was an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 15 World championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Eugenio Chiaradia, Guglielmo Siniscalco and, for the ...

Richard L. Frey Richard Lincoln Frey (February 12, 1905 – October 17, 1988) was an American contract bridge player, writer, editor and commentator. From New York City, he died of cancer there in 1988. An original member of the championship Four Aces (bridge), ...

Nico Gardener Nico Gardener (né Goldinger, 27 January 1906 – 10 December 1989) was a British international bridge player and a leading bridge teacher in London and on cruise ships.

Benito Garozzo Benito Garozzo (born 5 September 1927) is an Italian American bridge player. He won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, starting in 1961 when he was added as a last minute substitute for the Bermuda Bowl, playing in regular ...

Fritzi Gordon Fritzi Gordon (1905 or 1916 – 8 February 1992) was an Austrian-born British bridge player, half of the most famous and tempestuous female partnership in the game's history. Following her long-time partner Rixi Markus, she was the second woman t ...

Dorothy Hayden Dorothy Hayden Truscott (November 3, 1925 – July 4, 2006) was an American bridge player, winner of four world championships and the top-ranked woman for many years. In the late 1960s, she authored two books on the game and later co-authored two ...

Oswald Jacoby Oswald "Ozzie", "Jake" Jacoby (December 8, 1902 – June 27, 1984) was an American contract bridge player and author, considered one of the greatest bridge players of all time and a key innovator in the game, having helped popularize widely used bi ...

Pierre Jaïs Pierre Jaïs (13 October 1913 – 24 June 1988) was a French bridge player and writer from Paris. He and his regular partner Roger Trézel were on the France team that won the inaugural World Team Olympiad in Turin, 1960, and they won the inaugura ...

Edgar Kaplan Edgar Kaplan (April 18, 1925 – September 7, 1997) was an American bridge player and one of the principal contributors to the game. His career spanned six decades and covered every aspect of bridge. He was a teacher, author, editor, administrator, ...

Norman Kay Norman Kay may refer to: *Norman Kay (bridge) (1927–2002), American bridge player *Norman Kay (composer) (1929–2001), British composer *Norman Kaye (1927–2007), Australian actor and musician {{hndis, Kay, Norman ...

Theodore Lightner Theodore Alexander "Teddy" Lightner (14 September 1893 – November 1981) was an American bridge player. He developed the Lightner double, a bridge bidding convention. Lightner was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and moved to Chicago and later ...

Paul Lukacs Paul Lukacs (born Lukács Pàl; he, פאול לוקאץ'; 23 April 1918 – 1982) ''Palestine, Illegal Immigration from German-Occupied Europe, 1938-1945 (USHMM)'' was a Hungarian-Israeli mathematician, analyst and composer of problems in t ...

* Rafael Munoz *

Camillo Pabis Ticci Camillo Pabis Ticci (1920–2003) was an Italian bridge player. He joined the national Blue Team in 1963 and played in the Bermuda Bowl tournament with Giorgio Belladonna, whose long-time partner Walter Avarelli was unavailable. From 1964 he play ...

Carl'Alberto Perroux Carl'Alberto Perroux (also Carlo Alberto; 20 November 1905 – 20 August 1977), was an Italian contract bridge official, the founder and long-time non-playing captain of the Blue Team, the most successful team in bridge history. As Blue Team captai ...

Alvin Roth Alvin Eliot Roth (born December 18, 1951) is an American academic. He is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at Stanford University and the Gund professor of economics and business administration emeritus at Harvard University.

Howard Schenken Howard Schenken (September 28, 1903 – February 20, 1979) was an American bridge player, writer, and long-time syndicated bridge columnist. He was from New York City. He won three Bermuda Bowl titles, and set several North American records. Most r ...

* Cornelis Slavenburg *

Sam Stayman Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

Roger Trézel Roger Trézel (11 May 1918 – 3 November 1986)Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965'. Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. was a French bridge player and writer. He and his long-time regular partner Pierre Jaïs were the first two of ten players ...

Alan Truscott Alan Fraser Truscott (16 April 1925 – 4 September 2005) was a British-American bridge player, writer, and editor. He wrote the daily bridge column for ''The New York Times'' for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005, and served as Executive Editor for th ...

Egmont von Dewitz Egmont may refer to: * Egmont Group, a media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark * Egmond family (often spelled "Egmont"), an influential Dutch family, lords of the town of Egmond ** Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568), the bes ...

* Einar Werner

''World Class'' by Marc Smith (1999)

''World Class: conversations with the bridge masters'' features "''the crème de la crème'' of the world of bridge" in their own words. Here is Smith's classification of his interviews. All-time Greats: * John Collings *

Bob Hamman Robert David "Bob" Hamman (born August 6, 1938 in Pasadena, California) is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time. He is from Dallas, Texas. Hamman and Bobby Wolff played as partners for nearly three decade ...

* Per Olof Sundelin *

Dorothy Hayden Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott (November 3, 1925 – July 4, 2006) was an American bridge player, winner of four world championships and the top-ranked woman for many years. In the late 1960s, she authored two books on the game and later co-authored two ...

Stars of Today: *

Gabriel Chagas Gabriel Pinheiro Chagas Filho (born 7 December 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian bridge player. He was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo 1976, Bermuda Bowl in Perth 1989, World Open Pairs Championship in Geneva 1990, as ...

Geir Helgemo Geir Helgemo (born 14 February 1970) is a professional bridge player who was born in Norway but is now a citizen of Monaco. Through 2012 he had won three world championships in competition. As of August 2018 he ranked first among Open World Gra ...

* Apolinary Kowalski * Magnus Lindkvist *

Zia Mahmood Mir Zia Mahmood (born 7 January 1946) is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master. Biogra ...

Jeff Meckstroth Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called trip ...

Andrew Robson Andrew Michael Robson Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 1964) is an English professional Contract bridge, bridge player, writer and teacher. He is a British and English international. Robson is the bridge columnist for ''The Times'' and ...

* Alfredo Versace Women Stars: *

Sabine Auken Sabine Auken ( Zenkel, born 4 January 1965) is a German bridge player. She has also played as Sabine Zenkel. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 24th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world maste ...

Maria Erhart Maria Erhart (''née'' Kirner; 15 November 1944 – 2 September 2011), was an Austrian international bridge player, who had the rare distinction of playing for her country's Open team as well as for the Women's team.''Bridge Magazine'', December 20 ...

* Karen McCallum * Nicola Smith Rising Stars: *

Boye Brogeland Boye Brogeland (born 1973) is a Norwegian professional bridge player. After a successful junior career, he won three Bermuda Bowl medals with the Norwegian team, including the gold in Shanghai 2007, and several North American Bridge Championships. ...

Fred Gitelman Frederick "Fred" Gitelman (born February 6, 1965) is a Canadian-American bridge player, developer of bridge software, and a founder of the online bridge platform Bridge Base Online. Biography Gitelman has won one world championship, nine North A ...

* Jason Hackett and Justin Hackett * Morten Lund Madsen Star Writers: *

Larry N. Cohen Larry Neil Cohen (born April 14, 1959) is an American bridge player, writer and teacher. He is best known as an advocate for the "Law of Total Tricks" as a guide in the . He has won 25 North American Bridge Championships (NABC) events including ...

Eddie Kantar Edwin Bruce Kantar (November 9, 1932 – April 8, 2022) was an American bridge player, winner of two open world championships for national teams (Bermuda Bowls), and prolific writer of bridge books and columns. Kantar was from Santa Monica, Califor ...

Ron Klinger Ron Klinger (born 8 November 1941) is an Australian contract bridge player and a leading English-language bridge writer, the author of more than 70 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International ...

* Mike Lawrence

''British Bridge Almanack'' by Peter Hasenson (2004)

The Editor's Choice nominations are listed alphabetically as follows: 20 Greatest Players of All Time *

Norberto Bocchi Norberto Bocchi (born September 29, 1961 in Parma, Italy) is an Italian bridge player. Bocchi has won five World teams championships along with six consecutive European teams championships and a seventh European in 2010. For many years his regular ...

Billy Eisenberg William Eisenberg (born September 5, 1937The 1st World Mind Sports Games
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Eric Rodwell Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the United States five times and is one of ten players who have won the triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World ...

Michael Rosenberg Michael Rosenberg (born March 7, 1954) is an American bridge player. Rosenberg was born in New York City, moved to Scotland as a child, and returned to New York in 1978. He lived in New York State with his wife Debbie, also a top player, from 1 ...

Tim Seres Thomas Peter "Tim" Seres (1 April 1925 – 27 September 2007) was an Australian bridge player, generally considered among the best to represent the country internationally. He was a contributor to several magazines and awarded the Medal of the Or ...

Paul Soloway Paul Soloway (October 10, 1941 – November 5, 2007) was a world champion American bridge player. He won the Bermuda Bowl world team championship five times and won 30 North American Bridge Championships "national"-level events. Soloway was induc ...

Bobby Wolff Robert S. (Bobby) Wolff (born October 14, 1932, San Antonio, Texas) is an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is the only person to win world championships in five different categories. He is a graduate of Trinity University. ...

19 Greatest Partnerships of the last 30 Years *

Cezary Balicki Cezary Jacek Balicki (born 5 August 1958) is a Polish bridge and chess player. After 2014 competition, he ranked 17th among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places ahead of his longtime partner Adam Żmudzińsk ...

Adam Żmudziński Adam Artur Żmudziński (born 18 January 1956) is a Polish bridge player. After 2014 competition, he ranked 22nd among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places behind his longtime partner Cezary Balicki. They ranke ...

& Giorgio Duboin *

Marcelo Branco Marcelo Castello Branco (born 1945) is a Brazilian bridge player from Rio de Janeiro. Among other successes, he was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Monte Carlo 1976, Bermuda Bowl in Perth 1989, and World Open pairs Championship in New Orleans ...

Paul Chemla Paul Chemla (born January 2, 1944) is a famous French bridge player. Chemla was born in Tunis. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris where he took up playing bridge. His wins include three European Pairs Championships (1976 with ...

Michel Perron Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

* Tony Forrester &

Piotr Gawryś Piotr Gawryś (born 1955) is a Swiss bridge player. Gawrys, WBF Grand Master, has won 4 world championships; World Team Olympics in 1984, Transnational Mixed Teams 2000, Transnational Open Teams 2005 and Bermuda Bowl 2015. His other first places ...

& Marcin Leśniewski * Bobby Goldman &

Tor Helness Tor Helness (born 25 July 1957) is a Norwegian professional bridge player. He was a stalwart on Norway junior and open teams for thirty years before moving to Monaco. Through 2012 he has won four world championships in competition. As of October ...

& Mike Lawrence *

Sami Kehela Sami R. Kehela (born 1934), sometimes spelled Sammy Kehela, is a Canadian contract bridge player. A member of the Halls of Fame of both the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and the Canadian Bridge Federation, he and his long-time partner, th ...

& Eric Murray *

Lorenzo Lauria Lorenzo Lauria (born July 17, 1947 ) is an Italian international bridge player. He is a six-time world champion and a World Grand Master of the World Bridge Federation (WBF). As of July 2014 he ranks fifth among Open World Grand Masters and his re ...

& Alfredo Versace *

Alain Levy Alain Levy is an entertainment industry executive. He was born in Metz, France, on 19 December 1946. Biography He graduated from the Ecole des Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1970. He received his MBA from Wharton Business Scho ...

Christian Mari Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ (title), Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive ...

Chip Martel Charles U. "Chip" Martel (born 1953) is an American computer scientist and bridge player. Martel was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014. He is married to Jan Martel, also in the ACBL Hall of Fame. Academic life Martel received a B.S. ...

Lew Stansby Lew Stansby (born 1940) is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 na ...

* Krzysztof Martens & Marek Szymanowski *

Alan Sontag Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book ''The Bridge Bum'', a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge bo ...

Peter Weichsel Peter M. Weichsel (born 1943) is an American professional bridge player from Encinitas, California. College and war years Early Weichsel started playing bridge at home with his family, but did not get hooked until 1963 when he was a student at ...

16 Greatest Female Partnerships of All Time * Carla Arnolds &

Bep Vriend Brechiena (Bep) Vriend (born 1946) is a Dutch bridge player and teacher. She ranked number 8 among Women World Grand Masters as of April 2011 and number 20 among 69 WGM as of June 2014.Daniela von Arnim Daniela von Arnim (born 10 July 1964 in Munich) is a German bridge player. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 35th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 13th by placing p ...

* Véronique Bessis &

Catherine D'Ovidio Catherine D'Ovidio (1959 – 28 August 2020) was a French bridge player. She was 61 years old. Bridge accomplishments Wins * World Mixed Teams (1) 2004World Mixed Teams Championship * Venice Cup (2) 2005, 2011 * North American Bridge Championshi ...

* Marisa Bianchi & Anna Valenti * Mildred Breed &

Shawn Quinn Shawn Quinn is an American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (18) ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (5) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (5) 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 201 ...

* Sally Brock &

Sandra Landy Sandra Landy (née Ogilvie; 19 June 1938 – 4 January 2017) was a contract bridge player who played at international level for England and for Great Britain, and was a member of the England teams which won the women's world championship, the ...

Bénédicte Cronier Bénédicte Cronier is a French bridge player. Cronier was born in 1961. Bridge accomplishments Wins * Venice Cup (2) 2005, 2011 * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2015 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Team ...

Sylvie Willard Sylvie Willard (born 7 August 1952) is a French bridge player. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October) ranked 4th among 73 living Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 8th by placing points that ...

* Pat Davies & Nicola Smith *

Lynn Deas Lynn Davis Deas (June 16, 1952 – May 10, 2020) was a professional American bridge player. At the time of her death, she was second in the World Bridge Federation (WBF) All time Women Ranking by Placement Points, which do not decay over time. De ...

Beth Palmer Mary "Beth" Palmer (August 14, 1952 – October 2, 2019) was an American bridge player from Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was an attorney. At the time of her death, she was 11th in the World Bridge Federation women's rankings by PPs (which do not age ...

* Joan Durran & Jane Priday *

& Doris Fischer *

Emma Jean Hawes Emma Jean Hawes (''née'' Fisher; July 5, 1912 – July 28, 1987)"Hawes, Emma Jean" ...

* Karen McCallum &

Kerri Sanborn Sharon Lou "Kerri" Sanborn (born July 29, 1946) is an American bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Kerri Davis and Kerri Shuman as well. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), Sanbor ...

Jacqui Mitchell Jacquelyn M. "Jacqui" Mitchell (born 1936) Mitchell... is as utterly self disciplined at the table as she is away from it... She passes much of her time at the table doing embroidery as though determined to remain detached, but those who trifle w ...

& Gail Moss Greenberg *

Judi Radin Judi Radin, née Friedenberg (born 1950), is a professional American bridge player from New York City. She played also as Judi Solodar. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), Radin ranked 33rd among 73 Women World ...

& Kathie Wei Greatest Player Ever: *

Greatest Authors: * Mike Lawrence *

''Simply the Best - 20 of the Greatest Bridge Players of all Time'' by Brian Senior (2015)

In this seventy-page booklet,

Senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

provides commentary about twenty individuals he regards as the best bridge players or personalities of all time. *

Harold Vanderbilt Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family. Early life He was born in Oakdale, ...

Ely Culbertson Elie Almon Culbertson (July 22, 1891 – December 27, 1955), known as Ely Culbertson, was an American contract bridge entrepreneur and personality dominant during the 1930s. He played a major role in the popularization of the new game and was wide ...

P. Hal Sims Philip Hal Sims (November 8, 1886 – February 26, 1949) was an American bridge player. In 1932 he was ranked by Shepard Barclay, bridge commentator of the ''New York Herald Tribune'', the second best player in the US during the preceding year.&nbs ...

Charles Goren Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was an American bridge player and writer who significantly developed and popularized the game. He was the leading American bridge personality in the 1950s and 1960s – or 1940s and 1950s, as " ...

Helen Sobel Helen Elizabeth Sobel Smith (''née'' Martin; May 22, 1909 – September 11, 1969) was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time" and "may well have been the most brilliant card player of ...

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

* Mike Lawrence *

George Rosenkranz George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz; 20 August 1916 – 23 June 2019) was a pioneering Mexican scientist in the field of steroid chemistry, who used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials. He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerl ...

Point leaders

American Contract Bridge League

Grand Life Masters (GLM) defined by lifetime ACBL master points (MP), with some condition on major achievements
MP leaders all-time, including deceased members, GLM only
Players of the Decade – defined by ACBL platinum master points * 1990s * 2000s * 2010s �
Leaders, 2010 to present

European Bridge League

Lists of the top European Master Points (EMP) holders in various categories and for various periods

World Bridge Federation

The World Bridge Federation measures achievement in tournament play by a dual system of

Master Points Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally, recipients must be members in good standing of the issuing organization. At t ...

and Placing PointsMaster Points
. WBF. and provides ranked lists in Open, Women, and Seniors categories. Short colloquialisms like "Fulvio Fantoni is number one in the world" refer to the WBF Open Ranking. It ranks by Master Points those all-time players whose Placing Points accord "World Grand Master" status. MPs decay but PPs do not, so retired and deceased World Grand Masters remain on the list but drift toward the bottom.

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audio-video interviews of numerous players including almost 30 members of its

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Audrey Grant Audrey Lindop Grant is a Canadian professional educator and a contract bridge teacher and writer known for her simple and humorous approach to the game. Grant is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Grant and the world champion player Eric Rodwell co-w ...

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Mike Becker
ACBL Hall of Fame
David Berkowitz
ACBL Hall of Fame
David Berkowitz
accepting Hall of Fame induction
Boye Brogeland
interviewed by John Carruthers
John Carruthers
interviewed by Bridge Kids
Gabriel Chagas and Zia Mahmood
explaining online money-bridge
Larry Cohen
presenting Berkowitz for Hall of Fame induction
Larry Cohen and Jeff Meckstroth
talking bridge on a cruise
Joshua Donn and Roger Lee
interviewed by Bridge Winners after Blue Ribbon 2011 victory
Billy Eisenberg
ACBL Hall of Fame
Billy Eisenberg
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Henry Francis
ACBL Hall of Fame
Benito Garozzo
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Fred Gitelman
interviewed by Bridge Kids
Bobby Goldman
ACBL Hall of Fame
Joe Grue
interviewed by

Gavin Wolpert Gavin Wolpert (born 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-American professional bridge player. Personal life Garvin Wolpert was born in Toronto, Ontario to a bridge playing family. His mother Hazel, a bridge teacher, started to teach him bridge ...

Fred Hamilton
ACBL Hall of Fame
Bob Hamman
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Bob Hamman
ACBL Hall of Fame
Bob Hamman
interviewed by Bridge Kids
Eddie Kantar
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Eddie Kantar
ACBL Hall of Fame
Edgar Kaplan
ACBL Hall of Fame
Sami Kehela
ACBL Hall of Fame
Betty Ann Kennedy
ACBL Hall of Fame
Eric Kokish
ACBL Hall of Fame
Mark Lair
ACBL Hall of Fame
Sidney Lazard
ACBL Hall of Fame
Bobby Levin
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Bobby Levin
interviewed by Bridge Topics
Zia Mahmood
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Zia Mahmood
ACBL Hall of Fame
Jan Martel
ACBL Hall of Fame
Jeff Meckstroth
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Jeff Meckstroth
interviewed by Bridge Kids
Jeff Meckstroth
interviewed by Bridge Topics
Mark Molson
interviewed by Audrey Grant
Eric Murray
ACBL Hall of Fame
Aileen Osofsky
ACBL Hall of Fame
Mike Passell
ACBL Hall of Fame
George Rapée
ACBL Hall of Fame
Barry Rigal
interviewed by John Carruthers
Eric Rodwell
interviewed by

Mark Horton Mark Horton may refer to: * Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime and historical archaeologist, television presenter and writer * Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British author, journalist and expert on bridge * Mary Ann Horto ...

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Eric Rodwell
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Steve Robinson
ACBL Hall of Fame
Carol Sanders
ACBL Hall of Fame
Kerri Sanborn
ACBL Hall of Fame
Alfred Sheinwold
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Alan Sontag
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Katherine Wei-Sender
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Synopsis of Moonraker with its famous bridge hand, in ''

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'' features bridge. * The characters played by

Chico Marx Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx (; March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian, actor and pianist. He was the oldest brother in the Marx Brothers comedy troupe, alongside his brothers Adolph ("Harpo"), Julius ("Groucho"), Milton ...

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Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Grou ...

, in the 1930 film ''

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* Norma DesmondThe 1950 Hollywood feature film ''

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'' features a bridge game hosted by the former silent film star Norma Desmond.
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"Exploring ''Sunset Boulevard''"
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and WoodstockCharles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip ''

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'', was a "bridge enthusiast" and ''Peanuts'' sometimes featured bridge. A series of strips during May 1997, among others, featured a table constituted by the dog Snoopy, Woodstock, and other bird friends.
Truscott, Alan (10 July 2000). "BRIDGE; Snoopy's Finest Card Game (Trump That, Red Baron!)". ''The New York Times''

Retrieved 2015-01-10. * Lily Bart, in Edith Wharton's 1905 novel ''

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'' * E.F. Benson's ''

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'' novels (1920–1939) feature bridge. *

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features bridge. *The movie ''Sunset Boulevard'' features bridge

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Truscott, Alan (21 August 2004). "World's Best-Known Player? His Daughter Enjoys It Too". ''The New York Times''

Retrieved 8 April 2011. * Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight EisenhowerAlder, Philip (18 January 2009). "Eisenhower's Other Title: Bridge Player in Chief". ''The New York Times''

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Lauritz Melchior Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973) was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Wagnerian tenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type. Late in his career, Me ...

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* John W. Hubbell * Carl Hudecek * Roy Hughes *

Edward Hymes Edward Hymes Jr. (December 4, 1908 – October 17, 1962) was an American bridge and chess player. Hymes was an attorney and was from New York City. At age 26, he joined the ACBL Laws Commission, which stipulates the rules of bridge. His main ...

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Zeke Jabbour Xique "Zeke" Jabbour is a professional American bridge player and writer from Boca Raton, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1989 * Barry Crane Top 500 (1) 1989 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** T ...

* George Jacobs *

Marc Jacobus Marc S. Jacobus (born 1951) is a professional American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2000 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1972 ** Vanderb ...

Krzysztof Jassem Krzysztof Jassem (born 1965) is a Polish bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 2008 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Vanderbilt (1) 2008 Runners-up * World Transnational Open Teams Champions ...

Marilyn Johnson Marilyn Kinsman Johnson (February 18, 1928 – October 31, 2007) was an American bridge player from Houston, Texas. She won three world championships, one at women pairs and two at women teams, all in partnership with Mary Jane Farell. Farell an ...

* Henry Jones (Cavendish) * Robert F. Jordan *

Patrick Jourdain Patrick David Jourdain (1 November 1942 – 28 July 2016) was a British bridge player, teacher and journalist. Over six decades he played in more than seventy international matches for Wales, more than any other player. He was bridge corresponde ...

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Charles Kalme Charles Ivars Kalme ( lv, Kārlis Ivars Kalme, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002) was a Latvian American chess master and a mathematician. Kalme was born in Riga, Latvia on November 15, 1939. At the conclusion of World War II, Kalme and wh ...

Mike Kamil Michael Kamil is an American Contract bridge, bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (9) ** Reisinger (1) 2016 ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2013 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1992 ** Roth Ope ...

Edwin Kantar Edwin Bruce Kantar (November 9, 1932 – April 8, 2022) was an American bridge player, winner of two open world championships for national teams (Bermuda Bowls), and prolific writer of bridge books and columns. Kantar was from Santa Monica, Califor ...

* Fred Kaplan *

Peggy Kaplan Peggy Kaplan is an American bridge player. Kaplan lives in Minnesota. Kaplan was one of the contributing editors to the 7th edition of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** ...

* Kalin Karaivanov * Gaylor Kasle *

Ralph Katz Ralph Katz (born 1957) is an American bridge player. Katz is from Burr Ridge, Illinois and graduated from University of Steubenville. In 2018 he was a first-ballot selection for the ACBL Hall of Fame. Domestically, he has won 23 North American B ...

* Richard H. Katz *

Amalya Lyle Kearse Amalya Lyle Kearse (born June 11, 1937)Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", ''The New York Times'', June 25, 1979. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a worl ...

Hugh Kelsey Hugh Walter Kelsey (1926 – 18 March 1995) was a British bridge player and writer, best known for advanced books on the play of the cards. Life Kelsey was born and died in Edinburgh. He was a combatant in World War II, and subsequently lived ...

Alicia Kempner Alicia Kempner is an American bridge player from Palm Springs, California. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1962, 1969 ** Barclay Trophy (1) 1954 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a- ...

Betty Ann Kennedy Betty Ann Kennedy (March 13, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American bridge player from Shreveport, Louisiana. She won five world championships, including four from 1974 to 1984 in partnership with Carol Sanders of Tennessee and the 2003 Venice ...

Roy Kerr Roy Patrick Kerr (; born 16 May 1934) is a New Zealand mathematician who discovered the Kerr metric, Kerr geometry, an exact solutions in general relativity, exact solution to the Einstein field equation of general relativity. His solution mo ...

* Richard Khautin *

* Martin de Knijff *

Putte Kock Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a football player, being voted the best left winger after the tournament. He also ...

Eric Kokish Eric O. Kokish (born 1947) is a Canadian professional bridge player, writer, and coach from Montreal. Kokish graduated from McGill University. In 1978, Kokish finished second in the World Open Pairs. Kokish has been the coach of Nick Nickell's pr ...

Daniel Korbel Daniel Korbel is a Canadian bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (3) ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2015 ** 2016 Jacoby Swiss Teams ** Grand National Teams (1) 2019 (Championship Flight) * Canadia ...

* Warren Kornfeld *

Valentin Kovachev Valentin (Val/Valio) Kovachev ( bg, Валентин Ковачев) (born May 6, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian professional bridge player who lives in Las Vegas. Career Kovachev has been playing professional bridge since 2003. Kovache ...

* Boris Koytchou * Jim Krekorian *

Michał Kwiecień Michał Kwiecień (born March 1, 1957) is a Polish bridge player. Kwiecień won the 1998 World Open Pairs Championship with Jacek Pszczoła Jacek Pszczoła (born January 10, 1967) References External links * * 1957 births Polish contra ...

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Mark Lair Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas. Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 67,800 masterpoints (as of October 2018). He is an ACBL Grand ...

Hemant Lall Hemant Lall (born 1951 in India) is an American bridge player from Nottingham and Dallas, Texas. His son, Justin Lall, was also a bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master P ...

Harry Lampert Harry Lampert (November 3, 1916 – November 13, 2004) was an American cartoonist and bridge teacher and writer. Biography Born in New York City, Lampert began cartooning when he was sixteen years old, and worked for the legendary Max Fleische ...

* Steve Landen *

Alvin Landy Alvin Landy (1905–1967) was an American bridge administrator and player. Creator of the Landy convention, he was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame in 1998. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame 1998 ...

* Kyle Larsen *

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...

* Mike Lawrence * Sidney H. Lazard * Robert Lebi *

Michael Ledeen Michael Arthur Ledeen (; born August 1, 1941) is an American historian, and neoconservative foreign policy analyst. He is a former consultant to the United States National Security Council, the United States Department of State, and the United St ...

* Peter Lee * Linda Lee * James Lemon *

Sidney Lenz Sidney Samuel Lenz (1873 – 1960) was an American contract bridge player and writer. He is a member of the American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame, being inducted in the second (1965) class. Career Lenz was born July 12, 1873 in a suburb of ...

Sam Lev Sam Lev is an Israeli bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1992, 2004 * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2008 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1999, 2004 ** Reisinger ( ...

Peter Leventritt Peter A. Leventritt (October 5, 1915 – December 6, 1997) was an American bridge player, president of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) for 1945–1946. Leventritt was from New York City. Leventritt was inducted into the ACBL Hall of ...

Bobby Levin Robert J. (Bobby) Levin (born November 19, 1957) is an American professional bridge player, from Aventura, Florida. He was the youngest winner of the Bermuda Bowl world championship for national teams from 1981 until 2015, when 19-year old Michal K ...

Jill Levin Jillian Shane "Jill" Levin (born October 13, 1961) is an American Contract bridge, bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Jillian Blanchard as well as Jill Levin. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summ ...

Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina (born June 8, 1954) is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate in 1984 and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has won five world champio ...

Harold Lilie Harold J. Lilie was an American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1982 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1995 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1982 ** Mitc ...

Espen Lindqvist Espen Lindqvist is a Norwegian bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (2) 2014, 2017 Wins * Buffett Cup (1) 2008 * North American Bridge Championships (7) **Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 2013, 2015, 2016 ** Spingold (2) ...

Robert Lipsitz Robert H. Lipsitz (8 Oct 1942 - 10 May 2020) is an American bridge player from Annandale, Virginia. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1976 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs ...

* Clyde E. Love *

Carolyn Lynch Carolyn Hoff Lynch (''née'' Carolyn Ann Hoff; August 26, 1946 – October 1, 2015) was an American philanthropist and contract bridge multi-national and gold medal world champion. Philanthropy Lynch, along with her husband Peter Lynch, Pet ...

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* Christina Lund Madsen * Jim Mahaffey * Tom Mahaffey *

Merwyn Maier Merwin D. "Jimmy" Maier (August 14, 1908 – February 15, 1942) was an American attorney and bridge player from New York City. He was a member of the Four Aces from 1937 until his death from an unknown virus in New York in 1942. Maier was born i ...

* Renee Mancuso *

Ed Manfield Edward Adam Manfield (May 1, 1943 – March 29, 1999) was a professional American bridge player. He was a member of the U.S. team that won the Rosenblum Cup at the 1986 World Bridge Championships, after taking silver in 1982. Biography Manfield w ...

Jo Ann Manfield JoAnn Sprung (, died 2022) was an American Contract bridge, bridge player. She won a World Championship in 2010. She lost in the final of the McConnell Cup in 1994 and reached the semi-final stage of the same event at the 1998 World Championship in ...

* Ronald Mansbridge *

* Jan Martel * Krzysztof Martens *

Jack Marx Jackson Gregory Marx, known as Jack Marx, is an Australian journalist and author. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales. Career Marx moved to Sydney in his late teens to pursue a career in music with the rock band I Spartacus (previous ...

Lew Mathe Lewis Lawrence Mathe (March 27, 1915 – March 10, 1986) was an American world champion bridge player and administrator from Canoga Park, California. Mathe, a native of New York, served in the Army during World War II; he enlisted two days before ...

* Karen McCallum *

Pat McDevitt Pat McDevitt is an Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern ...

* Rose Meltzer *

Jill Meyers Jill J. Meyers (born February 13, 1950) is an American Contract bridge, bridge player from Santa Monica, California. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 7th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by worl ...

* Marion Michielsen *

Marshall Miles Marshall Lauren MilesState of California ( CA Birth Index). AFamily Tree Legends Retrieved 2009-07-02. (December 16, 1926 – February 5, 2013) was an American bridge player, teacher and writer. Bridge career Miles learned to play bridge largely ...

Victor Mitchell Victor Mitchell (born December 12, 1965) is an American businessman and former legislator in Colorado. Since 2008, he has been CEO of Lead Funding, a national real estate lender. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican ...

* Sol Mogal *

John Mohan John A. Mohan (born 1939) is an American bridge player from Santa Monica, California. Mohan graduated from the University of Chicago. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Player of the Year (1) 1999 * Herman Trophy (1) 1977 Wins * North Amer ...

Victor Mollo Victor Mollo (17 September 1909 – 24 September 1987) was a British contract bridge player, journalist and author. He is most famous for his "Menagerie" series of bridge books, depicting vivid caricatures of players with animal names and man ...

Mark Molson John Markland "Mark" Molson (28 April 1949 – 19 January 2006) was a Canadian professional bridge player from Montreal and Fenton, Michigan. He was a member of the Molson family and attended Selwyn House School. Most frequently partnered with Bo ...

* Albert H. Morehead *

Larry Mori Lawrence K. "Larry" Mori (1948-2022) was a professional American bridge player from Charlton, New York. Mori was raised in Tokyo. He was a licensed psychotherapist, educated at Wayne State University and University of Michigan. Bridge accomplishme ...

* Dan Morse * Jo Morse *

Brad Moss Michael Brad Moss (born February 5, 1971) is an American bridge player from Berkeley, California and New York City. He is the son of Gail Greenberg. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL King or Queen of Bridge (1) 1989 * ACBL Player of the Y ...

Bauke Muller Bauke Muller (born 17 February 1962) is a Dutch bridge player living in Hoorn. Muller was World Champion Open Teams (Bermuda Bowl) in 1993 and 2011 and European Champion Open Teams (Tenerife) in 2005. In 2007 he won the bronze medal at both the ...

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Bobby Nail George Robert Nail (April 21, 1925 – May 25, 1995) was an American bridge player and a club owner and teacher in Houston, Texas. Nail was born in Kansas City, Missouri, with the congenital bone disorder osteogenesis imperfecta. In the 1960s he m ...

Nick Nickell Frank T. "Nick" Nickell (born 1947) is an American bridge player. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, as of 1994. Nickell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008. At the time he lived i ...

Claudio Nunes Claudio Nunes (born 23 March 1968) is an Italian professional bridge player. He is a five-time world champion, a World Grand Master of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), and the WBF second-ranked player as of April 2011. He is one of 10 player ...

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Harold Ogust Harold Ogust (1917-April 24, 1978) was an United States, American Contract bridge, bridge player who invented the Ogust convention He was born and died in New York City, New York. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championsh ...

Jack Olsen Jack Olsen (June 7, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American journalist and author known for his crime reporting. Olsen was senior editor-in-chief for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1954. He was Midwest bureau chief for ''Time (magazine), Tim ...

* Lou Ann O'Rourke *

Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Jaime Ortiz-Patiño (20 June 1930 – 3 January 2013) was an art collector, golf course owner and former President of the World Bridge Federation. Ortiz-Patiño was born on 20 June 1930 in Paris. His father Jorge Ortiz-Linares was Ambassador of B ...

Aileen Osofsky Aileen Shirley Osofsky née Bryant (September 6, 1926 – June 22, 2010) was an American community leader, philanthropist and bridge player. She served as the chairman of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Goodwill Committee for more t ...

Géza Ottlik Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose". Bi ...

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Mike Passell Michael Passell (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. Passell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008 Richard Pavlicek Richard Pavlicek (born 1945) is an American bridge player, teacher, and writer from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Career Pavlicek began to play bridge in 1964 at the age of 18 while stationed in Stuttgart, West Germany, with the US Arm ...

Jordanis Pavlides Jordanis Theodore Pavlides ( gr, Ιορδάνης Θεόδωρος Παυλίδης; Iordanis Theodoros Pavlidis; 12 October 1903 – 26 February 1985)''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' was a Greek-British contract bridge ...

Peter Pender Peter Alexander Pender (August 10, 1936 – November 18, 1990) was an American Contract bridge, bridge player and figure skater from Forestville, California. He died of AIDS in San Francisco, California. Pender, who was born in Pennsylvania, an e ...

Leonard Pennario Leonard Pennario (July 9, 1924 – June 27, 2008) was an American classical pianist and composer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles, attending Los Angeles High School remaining in L.A. for his entire career. He firs ...

Olive Peterson Olive Stone Avery Peterson (January 20, 1898 – February 10, 1965)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American bridge player and teacher from St. Davids, Pennsylvania, on the Philadelphia Main Line. ...

Hubert Phillips Hubert Phillips (13 December 1891 – 9 January 1964) was a British economist, journalist, broadcaster, bridge player and organiser, composer of puzzles and quizzes, and the author of some 70 books. Life Education and early career Phil ...

Sue Picus Susan Jean Picus (27 August 1948 – 17 November 2021) was an American bridge player from New York City. A graduate of NYU and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she had worked as a software engineering manager and director at Bell Laborato ...

* Josef Piekarek *

Brian Platnick Brian Platnick is an American bridge player. Biography Platnick was born and raised in Bluefield, West Virginia, in Mercer County, West Virginia. He was taught bridge by his mother and played in tournaments with his brother as his partner througho ...

William Pole William Pole FRS FRSE MICE (22 April 181430 December 1900) was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist. Life He was born in Birmingham on 22 April 1814, the son of Thomas Pole. Pole was apprenticed as an engineer t ...

Rozanne Pollack Rozanne Marel Pollack (born April 29, 1948) is an American bridge player from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Dr. Pollack is a graduate of Radcliffe College and Columbia University. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championshi ...

* Michael Polowan *

Gary Pomerantz Gary M. Pomerantz (born November 17, 1960) is an American journalist and author who lectures in the graduate program in journalism at Stanford University. His books include ''Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn'' (1996 ''New York Times'' Notabl ...

* Helen Portugal *

Julian Pottage Julian Y. Pottage (born 1962) is a British contract bridge player, writer, and teacher, who studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.Tony Priday Richard Anthony (Tony) Priday (13 August 1922 – 9 October 2014) was an English bridge player and journalist, who had a longstanding and successful partnership with Claude Rodrigue. He was a member of Great Britain teams that finished third in th ...

* Ricco van Prooijen *

Tommy Prothro James Thompson "Tommy" Prothro Jr. (July 20, 1920 – May 14, 1995) was an American football coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State University from 1955 to 1964 and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1965 to 1970, compili ...

Jacek Pszczoła Jacek Pszczoła (born January 10, 1967)The 1st World Mind Sports Games
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George Rapée George Nicholas Rapée (May 22, 1915 – April 1, 1999) was an American bridge player. From 1942 to 1980 he was the most successful player in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) in its three most important tournaments, the Vanderbilt, Sping ...

Barbara Rappaport Barbara Rappaport is an American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1971 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (3) ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1977 ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1971, 1 ...

Stella Rebner Stella Rebner is an American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Barclay Trophy (2) 1952, 1953 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1963 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (2) 1957, 1962 Runner ...

Doris Rhodes Doris Mary, Lady Rhodes (1898–1982) was Britain's leading female bridge player until the arrival of Rixi Markus. Rhodes was from London. Born Doris Mary Adams, she married Sir John Phillips Rhodes, 2nd Bt. She was described in the June 1947 is ...

Kay Rhodes Kathryn Mary "Kay" Rhodes (March 22, 1910 – June 19, 1996) was an American bridge player of New York City and later Rohnert Park, California. Rhodes was born in Washington, DC, on March 22, 1910, to parents with surnames Vandekoolwyk (father) an ...

Barry Rigal Barry Rigal (born 1958) is a bridge player, author, commentator and journalist. Born in England, he was married to world champion Sue Picus and lives in New York. Rigal has represented England in the Camrose Trophy Home International series five ...

* Arthur G. Robinson * Steve Robinson *

Jim Robison Jim Robison (born 1942) is a professional American bridge and poker player from Los Angeles, California. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1998 ** Fast Open Pairs (1) 2001 ** Silodor ...

* Bill Root *

Eunice Rosen Eunice Marya Rosen (born September 6, 1930) is an American bridge player. She is married to fellow bridge champion William Rosen. In 1958 and in 1966, Eunice and Bill won the Master Mixed Teams, now known as the Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match tourn ...

* Billy Rosen * Debbie Rosenberg *

* Hugh Ross *

Dan Rotman Daniel "Danny" Rotman (born 1932) is a professional American bridge player from Aventura, Florida. Rotman is a retired businessman and graduated from Bradley University. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** v ...

Jeff Rubens Jeff Rubens (born 1941) is an American bridge player, editor, and writer of books including ''Secrets of Winning Bridge'' and ''Expert Bridge Simplified''. He is best known for long association with ''The Bridge World'' monthly magazine, as co-edit ...

* Ron Rubin *

Ira Rubin Ira Rubin (1930 – February 6, 2013) was an American professional contract bridge player. Rubin attended the Bronx High School of Science and later New York University. Rubin lived in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Fair Lawn and resided in nearby Paramus, ...

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Carol Sanders Carol Melton Sanders (July 30, 1932 – August 28, 2012) was an American Contract bridge, bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee. She was married to Thomas K. Sanders, also a bridge player. She won four world championships, all in partnership with ...

Thomas K. Sanders Thomas Koonce Sanders, Sr. (July 21, 1932 – December 11, 2011) was an American Contract bridge, bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee. He was married to Carol Sanders, a women's teams world champion player. Sanders was a graduate of Vanderbilt ...

* John Schermer * Meyer Schleifer * Peter Schneider * Kay Schulle * Richard Schwartz * Ron Schwartz *

Barbara Seagram Barbara Seagram (born 1949 in Barbados, West Indies) is a Canadian Registered Nurse and contract bridge writer, teacher, and administrator. She is co-author of thirty-two published bridge books, including co-writing with Marc Smith '' 25 Bridge C ...

Michael Seamon Michael Seamon (January 15, 1960 – 2017) was an American professional bridge player from Miami Beach, Florida. Born to bridge players Rita and William Seamon, Michael was the youngest of three children. His sister, Janice Seamon-Molson, is also ...

William Seamon William Edward Seamon (October 19, 1917 – April 25, 1992)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American bridge player. Seamon was born in Newark, New Jersey. He lived for years in Miami Beach, Florid ...

Janice Seamon-Molson Janice Seamon-Molson (born June 6, 1956) is an American bridge player. Career She has won major tournaments under the name Janice Seamon as well. As of 2016, Seamon–Molson ranked 3rd among women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and ...

A. J. Sefi Alexander Joseph Sefi (1889 in St. Pancras, LondonWho Was Who in British Philately ...

Martin Seligman Martin Elias Peter Seligman (; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of positive psychology and of well-being. His ...

Antonio Sementa Antonio Sementa is an Italian bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * Bermuda Bowl (1) 2013 * Rosenblum Cup (1) 1998 Brian Senior Brian R. Senior (born 1953) is a professional bridge player and writer from Nottingham. He has represented Great Britain, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland in international competition and has won all the major English Bridge Union competiti ...

Alfred Sheinwold Alfred (Freddy) Sheinwold (January 26, 1912 – March 8, 1997) was an American bridge player, administrator, international team captain, and prolific writer. He and Edgar Kaplan developed the Kaplan–Sheinwold bidding system. Among other administr ...

Shen Chun-shan Shen Chun-shan (29 August 1932 – 12 September 2018) was a Taiwanese physicist who served as president of National Tsing Hua University from 1994 to 1997. He was known as one of the "four princes of Taiwan" along with Chen Li-an, Fredrick Chie ...

Ruth Sherman Ruth Therese Sherman (November 24, 1903 – April 6, 1965) was an American bridge player from New York City. In 1944 she became ACBL Life Master number 45, the sixth woman to achieve the rank.Jaggy Shivdasani *

Rita Shugart Rita Shugart (née Kennedy) is an American Contract bridge, bridge player. Shugart won her first national title in 1998. She won the Reisinger, arguably the most difficult of all the North American Bridge Championships to win, in consecutive year ...

Allan Siebert Allan P. Siebert (born 1942) is an American bridge player from Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 18, 2022 he was suspended by the American Contract Bridge League pending a disciplinary hearing. One of his online partners was suspended the same day. ...

Sidney Silodor Sidney Silodor (November 13, 1906 – August 4, 1963) was an American bridge player. Silodor was a World Champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl in 1950. Silodor is currently 6th on the all-time list of North American Bridge Championships wins with 34. ...

S. J. Simon Simon Jacoblivitch Skidelsky (russian: Семён Яковлевич Скидельский; 4 July 1904''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 27 July 1948), also known as S. J. "Skid" Simon, Seca Jascha Skidelsky, and Simon Jasha Skidelsky, was ...

Dorothy Rice Sims Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Characters *Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...

Steve Sion Steve Sion is a former American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1984 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** North American Pairs (1) 1984 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1989 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams ...

* Alexander Smirnov *

Helen Sobel Smith Helen Elizabeth Sobel Smith (''née'' Martin; May 22, 1909 – September 11, 1969) was an American bridge player. She is said to have been the "greatest woman bridge player of all time" and "may well have been the most brilliant card player of ...

* Marc Smith * Nicola Smith *

Mike Smolen Michael Jerrold Smolen (November 18, 1940 – November 25, 1992) was an Americans, American Contract bridge, bridge player from Chicago. He was the inventor of the popular Stayman convention#Smolen convention, Smolen convention, an extension of St ...

Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow (born July 15, 1942) is an American bridge player. She won major tournaments as Tobi Deutsch as well. As of 2016, she ranked 10th among women in the world by masterpoints and 11th by placing points that do not decay over time.

* Charles J. Solomon *

Peggy Solomon Margery Lee Golder Solomon (''née'' Mastbaum; August 14, 1908 – March 4, 1995), was an American bridge player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As Peggy Golder in 1942, she became ACBL Life Master number 33, the third woman to achieve the ran ...

Nathan B. Spingold Nathan Spingold (1886–June 14, 1958) was a motion picture executive and a leading administrator in the game of contract bridge. Biography Born in Chicago, Spingold studied law at the Kent College of Law before becoming a newspaper reporter. He ...

* Ivar Stakgold * JoAnna Stansby *

Allan Stauber Allan G. Stauber (born February 7, 1944) is an American bridge player from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1981 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Wernher Open Pairs (2) 1981, 1 ...

Samuel Stayman Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

Sherman Stearns Sherman Drakeley Stearns (December 27, 1899 – January 11, 1965) was an American contract bridge player from New York and a member of the championship Four Aces team. A real estate broker, Stearns was born in Illinois but later moved to New Yor ...

Paul Stern Paul Stern (4 April 1892 – 12 June 1948) was an Austrian international bridge player and lawyer, who fled to London in 1938. He was a bidding theorist and administrator who contributed to the early growth of the game. He founded the Austrian Br ...

* Fred Stewart *

Tobias Stone Tobias Stone (June 6, 1919 – February 15, 2012) was an American bridge player and writer from New York City. Stone was born in Manhattan. He and Janice Gilbert married in 1955; divorced in 1975. He retired from bridge and in 1986 moved to Las Ve ...

* P.O. Sundelin *

John Sutherlin John C. Sutherlin (born November 7, 1936, died May 12, 2018 ) was an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. He won the North American Bridge Championships 12 times and received both the Fishbein Trophy and the Mott-Smith Trophy. Bridge accomp ...

Peggy Sutherlin Peggy Sutherlin née Berry (born 1937) is an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. Sutherlin earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University and worked as an airline flight attendant. "When I applied for the job, I told them I wanted to be ...

* John Swanson * Paul Swanson * Ralph Swimer *

Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, (2 August 1927 – 26 December 2018) was an English mathematician specialising in number theory at the University of Cambridge. As a mathematician he was best known for his part in the ...

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Haig Tchamitch Haig Tchamitch (born 1951) is an American bridge player. Haig is an Armenian, who was born and grew up in Lebanon, lived for a few years in Canada and currently lives in Arizona. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1992 Wins * No ...

* Tom Townsend *

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Helen Utegaard Helen Utegaard is an American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born in Beijing. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1988 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1974 ** Machlin Wo ...

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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family. Early life He was born in Oakdale, ...

* Alfredo Versace *

Daniela von Arnim Daniela von Arnim (born 10 July 1964 in Munich) is a German bridge player. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 35th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 13th by placing p ...

Ron Von der Porten Ronald P. "Ron" Von der Porten (born 1936) is an American bridge player from Orinda, California. Books * ''Introduction to Defensive Bidding'' (Prentice-Hall, 1967), 151 pp. * ''Introduction to Competitive Bidding'', Charles Goren and Von der P ...

Waldemar von Zedtwitz Waldemar Konrad von Zedtwitz (May 8, 1896 – October 5, 1984) was a German-born American bridge player and administrator. Life Von Zedtwitz was born in Berlin, Germany. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Breckinridge Caldwell, daughter of American b ...

Bep Vriend Brechiena (Bep) Vriend (born 1946) is a Dutch bridge player and teacher. She ranked number 8 among Women World Grand Masters as of April 2011 and number 20 among 69 WGM as of June 2014.Margaret Wagar Margaret Wagar (April 6, 1902 – January 6, 1990) was an American bridge player from Delaware, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. The premier American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) annual championship for women teams since 1976 is the Wagar Women's Knoc ...

Rhoda Walsh Rhoda Walsh (born 1933) is an American bridge player from Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate from Loyola Law School and is an attorney. Walsh is a World Bridge Federation (WBF) Master and a North American (ACBL) Grand Life Master. In co ...

Louis H. Watson Louis Henry Watson (September 27, 1906 – February 14, 1936) was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and writer who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality and one of the most brilliant of the younger generation of cont ...

* C. C. Wei * Katherine Wei-Sender *

Howard Weinstein Howard M. Weinstein (born 1953) is an American bridge player from Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of University of Minnesota. He is related to Josh (J. Elvis) Weinstein from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Bridge accomplishments Wins * N ...

Steve Weinstein Steve Weinstein (born 1964) is an American people, American professional Contract bridge, bridge and poker player. He is known best as the youngest winner of the American Contract Bridge League, ACBL Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Life Master Pa ...

Albert Weiss Albert "Dingy" Weiss (December 24, 1900 - September 1981) was an American bridge player from Miami Beach, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** Senior Masters Individual (1) 1947 ** Open Pairs (19 ...

Roy Welland Roy Welland (born October 2, 1962) is a wine connoisseur and world class bridge player. He plays for Germany and currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Biography Early life Welland was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Evanston, Illinois ...

* Valerie Westheimer *

Berry Westra Berry Westra (born February 28, 1961) is a Dutch bridge professional. At age 18 he made his debut with former bridge world champion Hans Kreijns in the ''meesterklasse'' (the highest competitive level in the Dutch bridge league). In 1986 Westra ...

Charles Wigoder Charles Wigoder (born 2 March 1960) is an English telecommunications entrepreneur, associated with building both Peoples Phone and Telecom Plus (The Utility Warehouse) into substantial and successful businesses. Biography The son of The Right ...

Adam Wildavsky Adam Wildavsky (born March 24, 1960) is an American bridge player from Jackson Heights, New York. Wildavsky began playing bridge while in high school in Oakland, California and continued while he earned a degree in computer science from MIT. Brid ...

Chris Willenken Chris Willenken (born October 30, 1975) is an American bridge player. Born in New York City, Willenken graduated from Collegiate School in 1993 and Williams College in 1997. While at Williams, Willenken competed in the American Parliamentary Deb ...

Eddie Wold Edward M. "Eddie" Wold (born 1951) is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that ...

* Jenny Wolpert *

Joel Wooldridge Joel Powhatan Wooldridge (born July 19, 1979) is an American multi national champion and world junior champion in contract bridge as well as an expert foosball player. In 1990, Wooldridge broke Sam Hirschman's previous record for the youngest to ...

Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey (born Christopher Robin Woolsey in 1943) is an American bridge and backgammon player. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2005. Personal life Woolsey was born in Washington, DC. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964 and ...

* Sally Woolsey *

Milton Work Milton Cooper Work (September 15, 1864 – June 27, 1934) was an American authority on whist, bridge whist, auction and contract bridge. At least during the 19th century he was a cricket player, writer, and official. Work, Sidney Lenz, and Oswald ...

* Meike Wortel X Y Z *

Sally Young Sally may refer to: People *Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name Military *Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port *Sally, the Allied reporting nam ...

Richard Zeckhauser Richard Jay Zeckhauser (born 1940) is an American economist and the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He holds a BA (''summa cum laude'') and a PhD in economics from Harvard ...

Jack Zhao Jie "Jack" Zhao (born 14 June 1969) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional contract bridge player. He became a World Bridge Federation Grand Master (WGM) in 2014. Bridge career Zhao and Zhong Fu won the quadrennial World Open Pairs Championshi ...

* Pierre Zimmermann *

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''Aces All'' by Guy Ramsey (1955)

''The Bridge Immortals'' by Victor Mollo (1968)

''World Class'' by Marc Smith (1999)

''British Bridge Almanack'' by Peter Hasenson (2004)

''Simply the Best - 20 of the Greatest Bridge Players of all Time'' by Brian Senior (2015)

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