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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

1841 - 1935

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions – particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy – and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the Supreme Court. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is the 15th most popular lawyer (up from 63rd in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,617th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 15 out of 136. Before him are Gaius, Al-Nawawi, Aemilius Papinianus, Tobias Asser, Paul Alexander, and J. Edgar Hoover. After him are Merrick Garland, Rudolf von Jhering, Doug Emhoff, Roy Cohn, Tribonian, and Bill Gates Sr..

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Among people born in 1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 16. Before him are Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, Henry Morton Stanley, and Félix Faure. After him are Armand Fallières, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Ferdinand Buisson, Armand Guillaumin, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Ernst Schröder. Among people deceased in 1935, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 21. Before him are Charles Richet, André Citroën, Henri Barbusse, Carlos Gardel, Hugo de Vries, and Paul Dukas. After him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Jane Addams, Komitas, Josef Suk, Max Liebermann, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 786 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert Ellis (1913), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Rod Steiger (1925), Howard Hawks (1896), James Ivory (1928), and Keith Jarrett (1945). After him are William Alfred Fowler (1911), Edgar Cayce (1877), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), Paul D. Boyer (1918), and David Lee (1931).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 4. Before him are John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Paul Alexander (1946), and J. Edgar Hoover (1895). After him are Merrick Garland (1952), Doug Emhoff (1964), Roy Cohn (1927), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Warren Christopher (1925), Scooter Libby (1950), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), and Judy Sheindlin (1942).

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