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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

1841 - 1935

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions—particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy—and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. has received more than 1,984,074 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is the 63rd most popular lawyer (down from 52nd in 2019), the 5,618th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,143rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 63 out of 136. Before him are Paul Alexander, Hisashi Owada, Hersch Lauterpacht, Louis Brandeis, Roy Cohn, and René David. After him are James B. Donovan, Abdulqawi Yusuf, William Rehnquist, John Selden, Koen Lenaerts, and Navi Pillay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 79. Before him are Paul Eyschen, Antonio Pacinotti, Carl Graebe, Benedict Menni, Florence Baker, and William Henry Hudson. After him are Julius Zeyer, René Panhard, Savva Mamontov, Joaquín Crespo, Giuseppe Pitrè, and Louis-Ernest Barrias. Among people deceased in 1935, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 104. Before him are Hans Baluschek, Viggo Johansen, John Hartley, Julia Beck, Eemil Nestor Setälä, and Alfred Roller. After him are Gottlieb von Jagow, Edwin Flack, Photius II of Constantinople, Milman Parry, Anna Katharine Green, and Heinrich Schenker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 5,618 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Reeves (1923), Budge Patty (1924), Conrad Nagel (1897), Paul Kurtz (1925), Kevin Dunn (1956), and Scott LaFaro (1936). After him are Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Bill Bryson (1951), Odetta (1930), Linden Ashby (1960), Robert Durst (1943), and Moe Howard (1897).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ranks 11. Before him are Alan Dershowitz (1938), Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Robert Bilott (1965), Paul Alexander (1946), Louis Brandeis (1856), and Roy Cohn (1927). After him are James B. Donovan (1916), William Rehnquist (1924), Wendell Willkie (1892), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Merrick Garland (1952), and Michael Cohen (1966).

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