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David Souter

1939 - Today

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David Hackett Souter ( SOO-tər; born September 17, 1939) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat that had been vacated by William J. Brennan Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist and the Roberts courts. Raised in New England, Souter attended Harvard College, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Souter has received more than 2,871,063 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). David Souter is the 35th most popular judge (down from 34th in 2019), the 10,577th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,720th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Judge.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, David Souter ranks 35 out of 53. Before him are Carlo Biotti, Richard Goldstone, Walter Q. Gresham, Peter Tomka, Harlan F. Stone, and Brett Kavanaugh. After him are Leila Seth, Elliott Belgrave, Elena Kagan, Samuel Chase, John Davies, and Ninian Stephen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, David Souter ranks 553. Before him are Michele Brown, William B. Lenoir, Anthony Lake, Lee Trevino, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, and Terry Kiser. After him are Paul Winter, Javier González, Jet Harris, Martin Feldstein, José Fernández, and Richard Zare.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Souter ranks 10,577 out of 20,380. Before him are Nicki Aycox (1975), David Gates (1940), Beatrice Mintz (1921), Frank Church (1924), Mario Savio (1942), and Jimmy Webb (1946). After him are Ron Eldard (1965), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Marilee Stepan (1935), Anthony Doerr (1973), Chelsea Charms (1976), and Jon-Erik Hexum (1957).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, David Souter ranks 18. Before him are Anthony Kennedy (1936), Warren E. Burger (1907), John Paul Stevens (1920), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), Harlan F. Stone (1872), and Brett Kavanaugh (1965). After him are Elena Kagan (1960), Samuel Chase (1741), Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Harry Blackmun (1908), Neil Gorsuch (1967), and Michael Mukasey (1941).

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