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Harry Blackmun

1908 - 1999

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Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Blackmun has received more than 1,434,733 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Harry Blackmun is the 36th most popular judge, the 10,825th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,159th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Judge.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Harry Blackmun ranks 36 out of 41. Before him are Harlan F. Stone, Brett Kavanaugh, Peter Tomka, Walter Q. Gresham, David Souter, and Richard Goldstone. After him are Elena Kagan, Samuel Chase, Michael Mukasey, Ninian Stephen, George Wythe, and Potter Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Harry Blackmun ranks 360. Before him are Theodore Roethke, Carl Laemmle Jr., Fidel Ortiz, Antony Tudor, George Simpson, and David Marshall. After him are Robert O'Brien, Ivan Brown, Constant Joacim, Dennis O'Keefe, Tom Tully, and Ed Gordon. Among people deceased in 1999, Harry Blackmun ranks 272. Before him are Hank Snow, Arvo Viitanen, Bailey Olter, Payne Stewart, Gar Samuelson, and Jack Lynch. After him are Skip Spence, Hillary Brooke, Big L, Vere Bird, Guy Mitchell, and Laurie Scott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Blackmun ranks 10,825 out of 18,182. Before him are Judy Sheindlin (1942), Damon Lindelof (1973), Jim Ryun (1947), Hap Sharp (1928), John DiMaggio (1968), and Kitty Wells (1919). After him are J. Carrol Naish (1896), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Jim Montgomery (1955), Hank Ballard (1927), Arielle Kebbel (1985), and Portia Doubleday (1988).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Harry Blackmun ranks 19. Before him are Samuel Alito (1950), John Paul Stevens (1920), Harlan F. Stone (1872), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), and David Souter (1939). After him are Elena Kagan (1960), Samuel Chase (1741), Michael Mukasey (1941), Potter Stewart (1915), Neil Gorsuch (1967), and George Henry Williams (1823).

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