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William J. Brennan Jr.

1906 - 1997

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William Joseph Brennan Jr. (April 25, 1906 – July 24, 1997) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing. Born to Irish immigrant parents in Newark, Brennan studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania and then attended Harvard Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William J. Brennan Jr. is the 60th most popular lawyer (up from 120th in 2019), the 4,638th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,228th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among lawyers, William J. Brennan Jr. ranks 60 out of 136. Before him are Heinrich Marx, Hans von Dohnanyi, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Hans Litten, Radhabinod Pal, and Robert Bilott. After him are Alan Dershowitz, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, Henry de Bracton, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Karl Binding, and Alberico Gentili.

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Among people born in 1906, William J. Brennan Jr. ranks 180. Before him are Knut Kroon, Martí Ventolrà, James Quinn, Jean Leray, Walter Legge, and René Huyghe. After him are Igor Moiseyev, Sergei Gerasimov, Harry Hammond Hess, Paul Sacher, Nils Axelsson, and Rolf Singer. Among people deceased in 1997, William J. Brennan Jr. ranks 138. Before him are Sanford Meisner, King Hu, Lev Kopelev, Alfredo II, Amos Tutuola, and René Huyghe. After him are Hans Bauer, Lam Ching-ying, Paul Carell, Giorgio Strehler, Georgy Shonin, and Witness Lee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William J. Brennan Jr. ranks 4,638 out of 20,380. Before him are Horace Mann (1796), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Herb Alpert (1935), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Pink Anderson (1900), and Christina Ricci (1980). After him are Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), Penny Marshall (1943), Mitchell Ryan (1928), James Nachtwey (1948), Mayim Bialik (1975), and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, William J. Brennan Jr. ranks 15. Before him are Warren Christopher (1925), Scooter Libby (1950), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Judy Sheindlin (1942), James B. Donovan (1916), and Robert Bilott (1965). After him are Alan Dershowitz (1938), William Rehnquist (1924), Leo Frank (1884), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Louis Brandeis (1856), and Michael Cohen (1966).

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