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John Dean

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John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is a disbarred American attorney who served as White House Counsel for U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. Dean is known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness. His guilty plea to a single felony in exchange for becoming a key witness for the prosecution ultimately resulted in a reduced sentence, which he served at Fort Holabird outside Baltimore, Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dean has received more than 4,294,066 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Dean is the 93rd most popular lawyer, the 10,356th most popular biography from United States and the 24th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 4.3M

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  • 50.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, John Dean ranks 93 out of 136. Before him are Christopher A. Wray, Clara González, Aisha Rateb, Karim Ahmad Khan, Alberto Nisman, and Felix Frankfurter. After him are Richard Wagner, Roscoe Pound, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Irene Khan, Hauwa Ibrahim, and Fatimata M'Baye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John Dean ranks 537. Before him are Marjatta Kajosmaa, Anne Buttimer, Arthur Scargill, Billy Mills, Alberto Orlando, and John Connelly. After him are Aleksandar Kostov, Jimmy Carl Black, Indira Nath, Neville Lederle, Wiesław Maniak, and Abel Laudonio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Dean ranks 10,356 out of 20,380. Before him are Dean Smith (1931), Stanley Anderson (1939), Harlan F. Stone (1872), James Morrison (1954), Edward Sedgwick (1889), and Miller Anderson (1922). After him are Janet L. Kavandi (1959), Scott Rudin (1958), Ja Rule (1976), Kate Smith (1907), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986), and Jean E. Sammet (1928).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, John Dean ranks 24. Before him are Clarence Darrow (1857), Ken Starr (1946), Doug Emhoff (1964), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), and Christopher A. Wray (1966). After him are Roscoe Pound (1870), Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Judy Sheindlin (1942), Robert Lighthizer (1947), and Belva Ann Lockwood (1830).

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