1927 - 2023
M. Fathima Beevi (30 April 1927 – 23 November 2023) was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex Court in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a part of the Supreme Court of India, and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries in the country. On her retirement from the court, she served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission and later as the Governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fathima Beevi has received more than 745,033 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Fathima Beevi is the 18th most popular judge (up from 22nd in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from India (up from 523rd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Judge.
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Among judges, Fathima Beevi ranks 18 out of 41. Before her are Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Antonin Scalia, Edward Coke, Stephen Breyer, John Roberts, and Thurgood Marshall. After her are Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Maryanne Trump Barry, Warren E. Burger, Anthony Kennedy, and Carlo Biotti.
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 12
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 13
1552 - 1634
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 15
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 16
1908 - 1993
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 17
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 18
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 19
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 20
1937 - 2023
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 21
1907 - 1995
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 22
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 23
1901 - 1977
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1927, Fathima Beevi ranks 217. Before her are Freddie Jones, William Daniels, Laurel Aitken, Eva Bartok, Liane Augustin, and Yevgeny Morgunov. After her are Jerry Schatzberg, Stuart Rosenberg, William Hickey, Júlio Duarte Langa, László Paskai, and Yusuf Idris. Among people deceased in 2023, Fathima Beevi ranks 197. Before her are Michel Deville, Colin Burgess, Álvaro Colom, Sandra Day O'Connor, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Harry Frankfurt. After her are Francesco Alberoni, Yuri Manin, Elisabeth Kopp, Ken Block, Burhan Sargun, and Dariush Mehrjui.
1927 - 2019
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 211
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 212
1927 - 2005
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 213
1927 - 1998
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 214
1927 - 1978
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 215
1927 - 1999
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 216
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 217
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 218
1927 - 2007
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 219
1927 - 1997
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 220
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 221
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 222
1927 - 1991
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 223
1931 - 2023
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 191
1946 - 2023
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 192
1951 - 2023
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 193
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 194
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 195
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 196
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 197
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 198
1937 - 2023
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 199
1936 - 2023
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 200
1967 - 2023
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 201
1929 - 2023
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 202
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 203
Among people born in India, Fathima Beevi ranks 432 out of 1,493. Before her are Guru Har Krishan (1656), Jayalalithaa (1948), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Kamala Nehru (1899), Krishan Chander (1914), and Nagarjun (1911). After her are Arundhati Roy (1961), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Prahlad Jani (1929), and Bhagwan Das (1869).
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 426
1948 - 2016
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 427
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 428
1899 - 1936
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 429
1914 - 1977
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 430
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 431
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 432
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 433
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 434
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 435
1939 - 2022
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 436
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 437
1869 - 1958
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 438
Among judges born in India, Fathima Beevi ranks 1. After her are Anna Chandy (1905) and Ranjan Gogoi (1954).
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 1
1905 - 1996
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 2
1954 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 3