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Thurgood Marshall

1908 - 1993

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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice. Before his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Marshall was a prominent figure in the movement to end racial segregation in American public schools. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thurgood Marshall is the 20th most popular judge (down from 16th in 2019), the 5,253rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,286th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Thurgood Marshall ranks 20 out of 53. Before him are Georg Konrad Morgen, Clarence Thomas, Earl Warren, Elliott Belgrave, Antonin Scalia, and Edward Coke. After him are Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Nasirul Mulk, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, and Fathima Beevi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Thurgood Marshall ranks 197. Before him are Erik Lundqvist, Karl Hohmann, Juan Botasso, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Jacques Herbrand, and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling. After him are Ethel Merman, Anna Sipos, Władysław Raginis, Marcel Langiller, Gualberto Villarroel, and Joseph Keilberth. Among people deceased in 1993, Thurgood Marshall ranks 141. Before him are Valentina Grizodubova, Reuben Fine, Melchior Ndadaye, Sam Wanamaker, Mick Ronson, and Bertus Aafjes. After him are Edward Bernard Raczyński, David Koresh, Giuseppe Occhialini, Norman Vincent Peale, Elvira Popescu, and Erich Leinsdorf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thurgood Marshall ranks 5,253 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Thomson (1953), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Brian Austin Green (1973), David O. Russell (1958), and Tom Scott (1948). After him are Sienna Miller (1981), Julian Rotter (1916), Nicky Hilton Rothschild (1983), Bobby Vinton (1935), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and William Goldman (1931).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Thurgood Marshall ranks 8. Before him are Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), John Roberts (1955), John Marshall (1755), Clarence Thomas (1948), Earl Warren (1891), and Antonin Scalia (1936). After him are Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), Stephen Breyer (1938), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), David Souter (1939), and Warren E. Burger (1907).

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