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Stephen Breyer

1938 - Today

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Stephen Gerald Breyer ( BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and retired jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. Since his retirement, he has been the Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Breyer is the 23rd most popular judge (down from 20th in 2019), the 6,451st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,077th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Stephen Breyer ranks 23 out of 53. Before him are Elliott Belgrave, Antonin Scalia, Edward Coke, Thurgood Marshall, Sonia Sotomayor, and Samuel Alito. After him are Nasirul Mulk, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Fathima Beevi, Walter Q. Gresham, David Souter, and Warren E. Burger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Stephen Breyer ranks 357. Before him are Frans van der Lugt, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Nani Bregvadze, Lynn Conway, Aydin Ibrahimov, and Stien Kaiser. After him are Kazım Ayvaz, Gyula Török, Jaki Liebezeit, Herman Daly, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, and Roy Thinnes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 6,452 out of 20,380. Before him are Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Eudora Welty (1909), Walter Burley Griffin (1876), Greg K. (1965), Louis Jordan (1908), and Eric Shinseki (1942). After him are George Horine (1890), Clarke Scholes (1930), Allen J. Bard (1933), Martha Vickers (1925), Tony Hawk (1968), and RuPaul (1960).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 11. Before him are Clarence Thomas (1948), Earl Warren (1891), Antonin Scalia (1936), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), and Samuel Alito (1950). After him are Walter Q. Gresham (1832), David Souter (1939), Warren E. Burger (1907), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), and John Paul Stevens (1920).

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