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Ken Starr

1946 - 2022

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Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998. Starr previously served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983 to 1989 and as the U.S. solicitor general from 1989 to 1993 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. Starr received the most public attention for his tenure as independent counsel while Bill Clinton was U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Starr has received more than 3,271,980 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ken Starr is the 81st most popular lawyer (down from 61st in 2019), the 7,726th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,865th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 3.3M

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  • 46.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Ken Starr ranks 81 out of 136. Before him are Michael Cohen, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Louise Arbour, Clarence Darrow, George Hadley, and Gu Kailai. After him are Christian Gottfried Körner, A. V. Dicey, Doug Emhoff, G. Gordon Liddy, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and Christopher A. Wray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ken Starr ranks 561. Before him are Henri Françillon, Duygu Asena, Reinhard Lauck, Oldřich Machač, Nader Al-Dahabi, and Lajos Koltai. After him are José Lai, Sergio Gori, Ronnie Lane, Attila Abonyi, Dimitrij Rupel, and Julie Garwood. Among people deceased in 2022, Ken Starr ranks 407. Before him are Kjell Espmark, Mišo Cebalo, Bahaa Taher, Evert Gunnarsson, Vira Vovk, and Günter Lamprecht. After him are Stien Kaiser, Carlos Blixen, Abuzed Omar Dorda, Kang Soo-yeon, Manuel Duarte, and Naci Erdem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Starr ranks 7,726 out of 20,380. Before him are Penny Johnson Jerald (1961), Edward Binns (1916), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Bill Camp (1961), Chuck Cooper (1926), and Margaret O'Brien (1937). After him are Ted McGinley (1958), Zoot Sims (1925), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Rita Gam (1927), Otto Kruger (1885), and John Bray (1875).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Ken Starr ranks 19. Before him are William Rehnquist (1924), Wendell Willkie (1892), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Merrick Garland (1952), Michael Cohen (1966), and Clarence Darrow (1857). After him are Doug Emhoff (1964), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Christopher A. Wray (1966), John Dean (1938), and Roscoe Pound (1870).

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