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Richard Goldstone

1938 - Today

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Richard Joseph Goldstone (born 26 October 1938) is a South African retired judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994 to October 2003. He joined the bench as a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, first in the Transvaal Provincial Division from 1980 to 1989 and then in the Appellate Division from 1990 to 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Goldstone has received more than 173,378 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Goldstone is the 30th most popular judge (up from 35th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 180th in 2019) and the most popular South African Judge.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Goldstones by language

Over the past year Richard Goldstone has had the most page views in the with 32,095 views, followed by Hebrew (3,686), and German (2,173). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (104.37%), Afrikaans (98.35%), and Hebrew (67.39%)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Richard Goldstone ranks 30 out of 53. Before him are Anthony Kennedy, Warren E. Burger, Anna Chandy, John Paul Stevens, Vassilios Skouris, and Carlo Biotti. After him are Walter Q. Gresham, Peter Tomka, Harlan F. Stone, Brett Kavanaugh, David Souter, and Leila Seth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Richard Goldstone ranks 520. Before him are Luisa Valenzuela, Vija Celmins, Lester Bird, Michael Ritchie, Boris Mayorov, and Saul Malatrasi. After him are Jan Lála, Robin Hartshorne, Alton Ellis, Rita Achkina, Shyamala Gopalan, and Les Aspin.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Richard Goldstone ranks 162 out of 454. Before him are Benni McCarthy (1977), Desiré Wilson (1953), Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981), Lucky Dube (1910), Yolandi Visser (1984), and Candice Swanepoel (1988). After him are Gordon Hodgson (1904), Paddy Driver (1934), Trevor Blokdyk (1935), Liezel Huber (1976), Lillian Board (1948), and David Carstens (1914).

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Among JUDGES In South Africa

Among judges born in South Africa, Richard Goldstone ranks 1. 

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