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Michael Mukasey

1941 - Today

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Michael Bernard Mukasey (; born July 28, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School. He worked in private practice for two decades and spent four years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Mukasey has received more than 804,362 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Michael Mukasey is the 46th most popular judge (down from 39th in 2019), the 12,675th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,628th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Judge.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Michael Mukasey ranks 46 out of 53Before him are John Davies, Ninian Stephen, George Wythe, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Harry Blackmun, and Neil Gorsuch. After him are George Henry Williams, Potter Stewart, Ranjan Gogoi, Nii Amaa Ollennu, Nasirul Mulk, and Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Michael Mukasey ranks 609Before him are Yasmeen Lari, Bobby Goldsboro, Dipali Barthakur, Ellen Geer, Mel Winkler, and Rainer Simon. After him are Jan Lehane, Ellen Willis, Marian Dudziak, Trent Lott, Gloria Allred, and Ed Bradley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Mukasey ranks 12,675 out of 20,380Before him are Twiggy Ramirez (1971), Billy Miller (1979), Sean Hayes (1970), Don L. Lind (1930), Hamza Yusuf (1958), and Carl Robie (1945). After him are Dorothy Davenport (1895), Andrea Anders (1975), Robert Bork (1927), Walter Payton (1954), Sid Wilson (1977), and George S. Boutwell (1818).

Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Michael Mukasey ranks 24Before him are David Souter (1939), Elena Kagan (1960), Samuel Chase (1741), Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Harry Blackmun (1908), and Neil Gorsuch (1967). After him are George Henry Williams (1823), and Potter Stewart (1915).