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Paolo Borsellino

1940 - 1992

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Paolo Emanuele Borsellino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːolo borselˈliːno]; Sicilian: Pàulu Borsellino; 19 January 1940 – 19 July 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Borsellino has received more than 764,377 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paolo Borsellino is the 5th most popular judge (up from 6th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from Italy (up from 958th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Judge.

Paolo Borsellino was a judge and anti-mafia crusader who was assassinated in 1992.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Paolo Borsellino ranks 5 out of 53. Before him are Deborah, Giovanni Falcone, Adly Mansour, and Roland Freisler. After him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fritz Bauer, John Roberts, John Marshall, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Earl Warren, and Maryanne Trump Barry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Paolo Borsellino ranks 43. Before him are Burt Young, Terry Gilliam, Dario Argento, Abdurrahman Wahid, Tabaré Vázquez, and Julie Christie. After him are H. R. Giger, Andrzej Żuławski, Denis Law, Mina, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Patrick Stewart. Among people deceased in 1992, Paolo Borsellino ranks 21. Before him are Barbara McClintock, Benny Hill, Anthony Perkins, Ernst Happel, Li Xiannian, and Satyajit Ray. After him are Daniel Bovet, Jan Oort, Peyo, Aribert Heim, David Bohm, and Félix Guattari.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Borsellino ranks 731 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), Gaius Octavius (-100), Ottorino Respighi (1879), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Renata Scotto (1934), and Manfred, King of Sicily (1232). After him are Alexius of Rome (400), Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat (1150), Guarino Guarini (1624), Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688), Pope Eusebius (250), and Alcmaeon of Croton (-510).

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Among JUDGES In Italy

Among judges born in Italy, Paolo Borsellino ranks 2. Before him are Giovanni Falcone (1939). After him are Carlo Biotti (1901).

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