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Paolo Borsellino

1940 - 1992

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Paolo Emanuele Borsellino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo borselˈliːno]; 19 January 1940 – 19 July 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia. After a long and distinguished career, culminating in the Maxi Trial in 1986–1987, on 19 July 1992, Borsellino was killed by a car bomb in Via D'Amelio, near his mother's house in Palermo. Borsellino's life parallels that of his close friend Giovanni Falcone. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Borsellino is the 5th most popular judge, the 884th most popular biography from Italy (down from 731st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Judge.

Paolo Borsellino was a judge and anti-mafia crusader who was assassinated in 1992.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Paolo Borsellino ranks 5 out of 53Before him are Deborah, Giovanni Falcone, Adly Mansour, and Roland Freisler. After him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Maryanne Trump Barry, Fritz Bauer, Carlo Biotti, John Roberts, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, and Panagiotis Pikrammenos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Paolo Borsellino ranks 59Before him are Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, David Koch, Patrick Leahy, Raquel Welch, and John Lewis. After him are Nancy Pelosi, Thomas A. Steitz, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Roberto Cavalli, Eduardo Galeano, and Astrud Gilberto. Among people deceased in 1992, Paolo Borsellino ranks 22Before him are Daniel Bovet, Karl Carstens, Ernst Happel, Joan Fuster, Jan Oort, and Benny Hill. After him are Félix Guattari, Satyajit Ray, Peter D. Mitchell, Anthony Perkins, Aribert Heim, and Nureddin al-Atassi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Borsellino ranks 884 out of 5,161Before him are Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), and Joseph of Cupertino (1603). After him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Berengar II of Italy (900), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), and Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249).

Among JUDGES In Italy

Among judges born in Italy, Paolo Borsellino ranks 2Before him are Giovanni Falcone (1939). After him are Carlo Biotti (1901).