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Earl Warren

1891 - 1974

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Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence, which has been recognized by many as a "Constitutional Revolution" in the liberal direction, with Warren writing the majority opinions in landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Reynolds v. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Warren has received more than 4,091,492 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Earl Warren is the 11th most popular judge, the 3,322nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,855th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Judge.

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  • 36

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  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Earl Warren ranks 11 out of 53. Before him are Paolo Borsellino, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fritz Bauer, John Roberts, John Marshall, and Panagiotis Pikrammenos. After him are Maryanne Trump Barry, Georg Konrad Morgen, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Clarence Thomas, Thurgood Marshall, and Edward Coke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Earl Warren ranks 108. Before him are R. Norris Williams, Alfred Wünnenberg, Béla Imrédy, Ahmad bin Yahya, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Abraham Fraenkel. After him are Franz Alexander, Pietro Nenni, Vittorio Jano, Maria Skobtsova, Juan Yagüe, and Jan Mukařovský. Among people deceased in 1974, Earl Warren ranks 94. Before him are Vladimir Fock, Walther Meissner, Messali Hadj, Donald Crisp, Georgios Grivas, and Josef Krips. After him are Abraham Robinson, Aman Andom, Vladimir Smirnov, Olga Baclanova, Victor Boin, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earl Warren ranks 3,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Gerry Mulligan (1927), Lauren Graham (1967), Richard Jordan (1937), Terry Goodkind (1948), Nancy Marchand (1928), and Tom Bosley (1927). After him are Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), William Conrad (1920), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Doris Miller (1919), and Neil Simon (1927).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Earl Warren ranks 4. Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), John Roberts (1955), and John Marshall (1755). After him are Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Antonin Scalia (1936), Stephen Breyer (1938), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), and Anthony Kennedy (1936).

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