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Clarence Darrow

1857 - 1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the Ossian Sweet defense. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clarence Darrow has received more than 2,372,231 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Clarence Darrow is the 78th most popular lawyer (down from 58th in 2019), the 7,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,853rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Clarence Darrow ranks 78 out of 136. Before him are Lawrence Lessig, Merrick Garland, Mercedes Comaposada, Michael Cohen, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, and Louise Arbour. After him are George Hadley, Gu Kailai, Ken Starr, Christian Gottfried Körner, A. V. Dicey, and Doug Emhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Clarence Darrow ranks 117. Before him are Friedrich Reinitzer, E. A. Wallis Budge, Otto Stapf, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Halil Pasha, and Jules de Trooz. After him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, František Ondříček, Frank J. Sprague, John Jacob Abel, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, and Pedro Paterno. Among people deceased in 1938, Clarence Darrow ranks 185. Before him are Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Georgy Langemak, John Derbyshire, Albertson Van Zo Post, Lajos Tihanyi, and Hale Asaf. After him are Ekaterine Gabashvili, Grey Owl, Ricardo Samper, Oscar Dessomville, Ángel Arocha, and John Jacob Abel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarence Darrow ranks 7,302 out of 20,380. Before him are Shemp Howard (1895), Jane Wyatt (1910), Ben Bradlee (1921), David Blatt (1959), Amy Smart (1976), and Gilbert Strang (1934). After him are Warren Farrell (1943), Olivia Harrison (1948), Alan Taylor (1959), Buddy DeFranco (1923), William J. Casey (1913), and Tony Trabert (1930).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Clarence Darrow ranks 18. Before him are James B. Donovan (1916), William Rehnquist (1924), Wendell Willkie (1892), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Merrick Garland (1952), and Michael Cohen (1966). After him are Ken Starr (1946), Doug Emhoff (1964), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Christopher A. Wray (1966), and John Dean (1938).

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