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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. Darrow was also well known as a public speaker, debater, and miscellaneous writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clarence Darrow has received more than 2,233,961 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Clarence Darrow is the 58th most popular lawyer (down from 45th in 2019), the 5,865th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,288th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Clarence Darrow ranks 58 out of 68. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., William Rehnquist, Louis Brandeis, Lawrence Lessig, Koen Lenaerts, and Wendell Willkie. After him are John Selden, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Ken Starr, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, George Hadley, and Louise Arbour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Clarence Darrow ranks 103. Before him are Anita Augspurg, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Aleksei Evert, Gustave Lanson, and Friedrich Reinitzer. After him are Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Constantin Coandă, Milton S. Hershey, Theodor Curtius, Ernst Trygger, and Christian Wilhelm Allers. Among people deceased in 1938, Clarence Darrow ranks 154. Before him are Víctor Morales, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Steve Bloomer, Georgy Langemak, Grey Owl, and Yevgeny Polivanov. After him are Miguel Fleta, Lev Schnirelmann, Phyllis Allen, Harvey S. Firestone, Al Ernest Garcia, and Rosa Mayreder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarence Darrow ranks 5,865 out of 18,182. Before him are Gayle Rubin (1949), Allen Woodring (1898), Lou Rawls (1933), Jack Horner (1946), Josh Lucas (1971), and Michael Stuhlbarg (1968). After him are T. R. Knight (1973), Sandy Dennis (1937), Ralph Nelson (1916), Billy Crudup (1968), Steven Adler (1965), and Marion Jones Farquhar (1879).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Clarence Darrow ranks 14. Before him are Leo Frank (1884), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), William Rehnquist (1924), Louis Brandeis (1856), Lawrence Lessig (1961), and Wendell Willkie (1892). After him are Ken Starr (1946), Michael Cohen (1966), Merrick Garland (1952), Christopher A. Wray (1966), Doug Emhoff (1964), and Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959).

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