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Louis Brandeis

1856 - 1941

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Louis Dembitz Brandeis ( BRAN-dysse; November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. Starting in 1890, he helped develop the "right to privacy" concept by writing a Harvard Law Review article of that title, and was thereby credited by legal scholar Roscoe Pound as having accomplished "nothing less than adding a chapter to our law." He was a leading figure in the antitrust movement at the turn of the century, particularly in his resistance to the monopolization of the New England railroad and advice to Woodrow Wilson as a candidate. In his books, articles and speeches, including Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It, and The Curse of Bigness, he criticized the power of large banks, money trusts, powerful corporations, monopolies, public corruption, and mass consumerism, all of which he felt were detrimental to American values and culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Brandeis is the 76th most popular lawyer (down from 60th in 2019), the 6,429th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,063rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Louis Brandeis ranks 76 out of 136. Before him are René David, William Rehnquist, Hisashi Owada, Leo Frank, Robert Treat Paine, and Koen Lenaerts. After him are Michael Cohen, Lawrence Lessig, John Selden, Dmitry Bogrov, Karim Ahmad Khan, and Ken Starr.

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Among people born in 1856, Louis Brandeis ranks 98. Before him are Władysław Ślewiński, Aleksander Brückner, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ernesto Schiaparelli, and Helene von Druskowitz. After him are Alberto Palacio, Paul von Jankó, Andrew Watson, Keir Hardie, Gabrielle Réjane, and Elbert Hubbard. Among people deceased in 1941, Louis Brandeis ranks 146. Before him are Anton Reichenow, Chris Watson, Franciszek Kleeberg, Štefan Banič, Afife Jale, and Hugo Strauß. After him are Sueo Ōe, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Nikolai Gastello, Penelope Delta, Lev Dovator, and Frederick Moloney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Brandeis ranks 6,430 out of 20,380. Before him are Al Ernest Garcia (1887), Richard Powers (1957), Chief Joseph (1840), Eva Cassidy (1963), Horace W. Babcock (1912), and Mary McLeod Bethune (1875). After him are Eric Heiden (1958), Donald Byrd (1932), Mark Tobey (1890), Edward Douglass White (1845), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), and Mariel Hemingway (1961).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Louis Brandeis ranks 20. Before him are Robert Bilott (1965), William J. Brennan Jr. (1906), Alan Dershowitz (1938), William Rehnquist (1924), Leo Frank (1884), and Robert Treat Paine (1731). After him are Michael Cohen (1966), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Ken Starr (1946), Wendell Willkie (1892), Clarence Darrow (1857), and Amy Chua (1962).

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