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Lawrence Lessig

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Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He is the founder of Creative Commons and of Equal Citizens. Lessig was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election but withdrew before the primaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Lawrence Lessig is the 78th most popular lawyer (down from 72nd in 2024), the 6,583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,537th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Lawrence Lessig ranks 78 out of 136. Before him are Hisashi Owada, Leo Frank, Robert Treat Paine, Koen Lenaerts, Louis Brandeis, and Michael Cohen. After him are John Selden, Dmitry Bogrov, Karim Ahmad Khan, Ken Starr, Wendell Willkie, and Louise Arbour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Lawrence Lessig ranks 221. Before him are Yuji Sugano, Phil Campbell, Anita Hegerland, Moungi Bawendi, Anders Järryd, and Ronnie Brunswijk. After him are Jeremy Northam, Hideo Nakata, Koji Kondo, Danny Carey, Paolo Barilla, and Mike Lindell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Lessig ranks 6,585 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene V. Debs (1855), James Salter (1925), Connie Willis (1945), Herbert Copeland (1902), Paul George (1990), Thurston Moore (1958), and Frank Gorshin (1933). After him are Barry Van Dyke (1951), David Hammond (1881), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), Sandy Koufax (1935), and Will Rogers (1879).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Lawrence Lessig ranks 22. Before him are Alan Dershowitz (1938), William Rehnquist (1924), Leo Frank (1884), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Louis Brandeis (1856), and Michael Cohen (1966). After him are Ken Starr (1946), Wendell Willkie (1892), Clarence Darrow (1857), Amy Chua (1962), Robert Lighthizer (1947), and Roscoe Pound (1870).

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