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Anthony Kennedy

1936 - Today

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Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and sworn in on February 18, 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Kennedy has received more than 6,254,643 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 34 in 2019). Anthony Kennedy is the 24th most popular judge (down from 23rd in 2019), the 7,579th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,058th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Judge.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Anthony Kennedy ranks 24 out of 53. Before him are Antonin Scalia, Fathima Beevi, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, and Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey. After him are Warren E. Burger, Anna Chandy, John Paul Stevens, Vassilios Skouris, Carlo Biotti, and Richard Goldstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Anthony Kennedy ranks 407. Before him are Sergo Kotrikadze, Norberto Menéndez, Tony Lo Bianco, Lawrence Gordon, James Stacy, and Ronnie Bucknum. After him are Viktor Kanevskyi, Salvador Reyes Monteón, Trevor Taylor, James Darren, Erich Hof, and Shelley Morrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Kennedy ranks 7,579 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Colvin (1934), George Irving (1874), Jennifer Hudson (1981), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Barbara Feldon (1933), and Chris Elliott (1960). After him are George J. Mitchell (1933), Arliss Howard (1954), Marsden Hartley (1877), Catherine Hardy Lavender (1930), Christie Brinkley (1954), and Elliot Goldenthal (1954).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Anthony Kennedy ranks 12. Before him are Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Antonin Scalia (1936), Stephen Breyer (1938), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), and Samuel Alito (1950). After him are Warren E. Burger (1907), John Paul Stevens (1920), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), Harlan F. Stone (1872), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), and David Souter (1939).

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