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Roy Cohn

1927 - 1986

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Roy Marcus Cohn ( KOHN; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–53) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent legal and political fixer in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Cohn is the 19th most popular lawyer (up from 61st in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,412th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Roy Cohn ranks 19 out of 136. Before her are Paul Alexander, J. Edgar Hoover, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Merrick Garland, Rudolf von Jhering, and Doug Emhoff. After her are Tribonian, Bill Gates Sr., Navi Pillay, Carla Del Ponte, Muhammad al-Shaybani, and Raphael Lemkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Roy Cohn ranks 45. Before her are Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, Emmanuelle Riva, Raúl Alfonsín, Harry Mulisch, and Juliette Gréco. After her are Robert Ludlum, Sydney Brenner, William Perry, Hugo Pratt, Geneviève Page, and George O. Abell. Among people deceased in 1986, Roy Cohn ranks 36. Before her are Chiune Sugihara, Erich Koch, Benny Goodman, Stanley Rous, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and Samora Machel. After her are L. Ron Hubbard, Nikolay Semyonov, James Cagney, Ray Milland, Megumu Tamura, and Lê Duẩn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Cohn ranks 1,081 out of 20,380. Before her are Benjamin Thompson (1753), Judith Butler (1956), Kevin Kline (1947), Henry Mancini (1924), Tobin Bell (1942), and Donald J. Cram (1919). After her are Arthur Kennedy (1914), Leon M. Lederman (1922), Richard Kiel (1939), John Searle (1932), Keith Haring (1958), and Ritchie Valens (1941).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Roy Cohn ranks 7. Before her are John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Paul Alexander (1946), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), Merrick Garland (1952), and Doug Emhoff (1964). After her are Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Warren Christopher (1925), Scooter Libby (1950), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Judy Sheindlin (1942), and James B. Donovan (1916).

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