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Erin Brockovich

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Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California, for attorney Ed Masry in 1993. Their successful lawsuit was the subject of the Oscar-winning film, Erin Brockovich (2000), starring Julia Roberts as Brockovich and Albert Finney as Masry. Since then, Brockovich has become a media personality, hosting the TV series Challenge America with Erin Brockovich on ABC and Final Justice on Zone Reality, and became president of Brockovich Research & Consulting. She also works as a consultant for the New York law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg, which has a focus on personal injury claims for asbestos exposure, and Shine Lawyers in Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Erin Brockovich is the 373rd most popular businessperson (down from 283rd in 2024), the 4,567th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,160th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Erin Brockovich ranks 373 out of 847. Before her are Timothy Dexter, David Richards, Ma Huateng, Toto Wolff, Arthur Guinness, and Viktor Vekselberg. After her are Jorge Mendes, Theo Albrecht, Charles Pathé, Gennady Timchenko, Johanna Quandt, and Arnold Rothstein.

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Among people born in 1960, Erin Brockovich ranks 144. Before her are Agim Çeku, and Reza Hosseini Nassab. After her are Marcel Koller, Kate Brown, Mark Rylance, John Taylor, Damon Wayans, Tommy Thayer, Franz Welser-Möst, Mart Laar, Jürgen Schult, and Richard Linklater.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erin Brockovich ranks 4,567 out of 20,380. Before her are Clarence Clemons (1942), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Edward Gorey (1925), Josephine Hull (1877), Elihu Yale (1649), and Hyman Minsky (1919). After her are AJ McLean (1978), Allen Woodring (1898), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Robert Bilott (1965), Adrian Belew (1949), and Milton Glaser (1929).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Erin Brockovich ranks 119. Before her are Paul Castellano (1915), John Sculley (1939), Jack Welch (1935), David Stern (1942), Roger Ailes (1940), and Timothy Dexter (1747). After her are Arnold Rothstein (1882), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Sylvia Beach (1887), Robert Mercer (1946), Howard Schultz (1953), and Peter Lynch (1944).

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