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Jim Garrison

1921 - 1992

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James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the prosecution of New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw to that effect in 1969, which ended in Shaw's acquittal. Garrison believed the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving the CIA, the Mafia and other organizations. He wrote three published books, one of which became a prime source for Oliver Stone's film JFK in 1991, in which Garrison was portrayed by Kevin Costner, while Garrison himself made a cameo appearance as Earl Warren. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Garrison is the 9,913th most popular politician (down from 5,926th in 2019), the 3,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,893rd in 2019) and the 321st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jim Garrison ranks 9,913 out of 19,576. Before him are Hugh X of Lusignan, Daumantas of Pskov, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, and Prince Hisaaki. After him are William Windom, Alexander Schallenberg, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Sabina of Bavaria, Dragan Čović, and Bubo, Duke of the Frisians.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jim Garrison ranks 162. Before him are Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, Eugenio Coșeriu, Georges Wilson, Lionel Terray, and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow. After him are Carlo Furno, Jetty Paerl, Gaston Reiff, Meir Amit, Sergio Sollima, and Heinz G. Konsalik. Among people deceased in 1992, Jim Garrison ranks 108. Before him are Jean Dieudonné, Allen Newell, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Fritz Leiber, Alex Haley, and Tevfik Esenç. After him are Arthur Cronquist, František Tomášek, Franco Cristaldi, Lenny Montana, Gaston Reiff, and Jeff Porcaro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Garrison ranks 3,791 out of 20,380. Before him are Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961), Mel Blanc (1908), Carmine Coppola (1910), Calista Flockhart (1964), Eric Singer (1958), and Marie Laveau (1801). After him are William Windom (1827), Seymour Hersh (1937), Sean Michaels (1958), Phil Scott (1958), Scott Carpenter (1925), and Peter Krause (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jim Garrison ranks 321. Before him are Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Harry Hopkins (1890), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Marie Smith Jones (1918), and R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941). After him are William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Robert Gates (1943), Dolley Madison (1768), and William P. Clark Jr. (1931).

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