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Ken Starr

1946 - 2022

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Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. Starr received the most public attention for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Starr is the 82nd most popular lawyer (down from 81st in 2019), the 7,163rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,727th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Ken Starr ranks 82 out of 136. Before him are Louis Brandeis, Michael Cohen, Lawrence Lessig, John Selden, Dmitry Bogrov, and Karim Ahmad Khan. After him are Wendell Willkie, Louise Arbour, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Clarence Darrow, George Hadley, and Gu Kailai.

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Among people born in 1946, Ken Starr ranks 493. Before him are Gram Parsons, Giovanni Bramucci, Ángel Bargas, Mieke Bal, Juan José Millás, and Marc Forné Molné. After him are Leonid Filatov, Anatoly Kvashnin, Abdallah Lamrani, Ola Brunkert, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, and Stanislav Karasi. Among people deceased in 2022, Ken Starr ranks 375. Before him are Mark Forest, Harm Ottenbros, Luigi De Magistris, Hushang Ebtehaj, Regimantas Adomaitis, and Jonny Nilsson. After him are Anatoly Kvashnin, Frédérick Tristan, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Nélida Piñon, Gennady Burbulis, and Giuseppe Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Starr ranks 7,165 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Moe Howard (1897), John Berry (1917), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), Isabela Moner (2001), and Sam Childers (1963). After him are Evan Peters (1987), Carolyn Porco (1953), Ralph Towner (1940), Mike Larrabee (1933), William Bradford (1755), and Peter Norton (1943).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Ken Starr ranks 23. Before him are William Rehnquist (1924), Leo Frank (1884), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Louis Brandeis (1856), Michael Cohen (1966), and Lawrence Lessig (1961). After him are Wendell Willkie (1892), Clarence Darrow (1857), Amy Chua (1962), Robert Lighthizer (1947), Roscoe Pound (1870), and Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870).

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