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Robert Bork

1927 - 2012

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Robert Heron Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Bork has received more than 2,819,628 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Bork is the 81st most popular lawyer (up from 14,261st in 2019), the 11,648th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,226th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Robert Bork ranks 81 out of 68. Before him are Richard Wagner, Dario Franceschini, Judy Sheindlin, John Kerr, Hauwa Ibrahim, and Irene Khan. After him are William O. Douglas, Robert Treat Paine, Seyran Ateş, Fatimata M'Baye, Scooter Libby, and Thelma Aldana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Robert Bork ranks 410. Before him are Cleo Laine, Annapurna Devi, Sada Thompson, Prem Nazir, Krishan Kant, and Walter Bahr. After him are Malcolm Allison, Connie Kay, Red Kelly, Nayantara Sahgal, Nancy Dupree, and Geoffrey Palmer. Among people deceased in 2012, Robert Bork ranks 422. Before him are Al Freeman Jr., Milt Campbell, Arlen Specter, Elizabeth Catlett, Ronnie Montrose, and Eduard Ivanov. After him are Les Leston, Thomas Kinkade, Barry Unsworth, Lucille Bliss, Tommy Godwin, and Bob Boozer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Bork ranks 11,648 out of 18,182. Before him are Kari Wuhrer (1967), Amory Lovins (1947), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Jay Chamberlain (1925), Omar Benson Miller (1978), and Gary Rydstrom (1959). After him are Isabelle Fuhrman (1997), William O. Douglas (1898), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Beatrix Loughran (1900), Rod Milburn (1950), and Jeremy Soule (1975).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Robert Bork ranks 24. Before him are Christopher A. Wray (1966), Doug Emhoff (1964), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Robert Lighthizer (1947), and Judy Sheindlin (1942). After him are William O. Douglas (1898), Robert Treat Paine (1731), Scooter Libby (1950), Amy Chua (1962), Anita Hill (1956), and William J. Brennan Jr. (1906).

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