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Clarence Thomas

1948 - Today

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Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George H. W. Bush nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and has been its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. He has also been the Court's oldest member since Stephen Breyer retired in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clarence Thomas is the 15th most popular judge, the 4,452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,910th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Clarence Thomas ranks 15 out of 53. Before him are Carlo Biotti, John Roberts, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, John Marshall, and Georg Konrad Morgen. After him are Earl Warren, Elliott Belgrave, Antonin Scalia, Edward Coke, Thurgood Marshall, and Sonia Sotomayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Clarence Thomas ranks 291. Before him are Kim Hwang-sik, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jean-Pierre Adams, Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, and Pinchas Zukerman. After him are Peggy March, Luis Caffarelli, Gérard Darmon, Phil Hartman, Tony Ramos, and Ray Clemence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarence Thomas ranks 4,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Dennis Sullivan (1941), Norman Finkelstein (1953), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Burt Kennedy (1922), and Nick Bollettieri (1931). After him are David Rasche (1944), Timothy Dexter (1747), Robert Surtees (1906), David Riesman (1909), Reginald Arvizu (1969), and Alexander Vandegrift (1887).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Clarence Thomas ranks 5. Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), John Roberts (1955), and John Marshall (1755). After him are Earl Warren (1891), Antonin Scalia (1936), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), Stephen Breyer (1938), and Walter Q. Gresham (1832).

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