JUDGE
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1933 - 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to replace retiring justice Byron White, and at the time was viewed as a moderate consensus-builder. Ginsburg was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day O'Connor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has received more than 32,927,700 page views. Her biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the 6th most popular judge (down from 4th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from United States (down from 662nd in 2019) and the most popular American Judge.
Ruth bader ginsburg is most famous for being the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. She was the first ever female justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
Memorability Metrics
33M
Page Views (PV)
63.03
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
67
Languages Editions (L)
3.29
Effective Languages (L*)
6.08
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among JUDGES
Among judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks 6 out of 53. Before her are Deborah, Giovanni Falcone, Adly Mansour, Roland Freisler, and Paolo Borsellino. After her are Fritz Bauer, John Roberts, John Marshall, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Earl Warren, and Maryanne Trump Barry.
Most Popular Judges in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDeborah
1199 BC - 1123 BC
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 1
Giovanni Falcone
1939 - 1992
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 2
Adly Mansour
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 3
Roland Freisler
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 4
Paolo Borsellino
1940 - 1992
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 5
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1933 - 2020
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 6
Fritz Bauer
1903 - 1968
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 7
John Roberts
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 8
John Marshall
1755 - 1835
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 9
Panagiotis Pikrammenos
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 10
Earl Warren
1891 - 1974
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 11
Maryanne Trump Barry
1937 - 2023
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks 53. Before her are Richard Rogers, Joan Collins, Charles K. Kao, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Stanley Milgram, and Edward de Bono. After her are Bobby Robson, Wilbur Smith, Ilia II of Georgia, Cormac McCarthy, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and John Gurdon. Among people deceased in 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks 40. Before her are Jiří Menzel, Oliver E. Williamson, Michael Lonsdale, John le Carré, Lucia Bosè, and Kobe Bryant. After her are Nexhmije Hoxha, Eduard Limonov, Kenzō Takada, Luis Sepúlveda, Geert Hofstede, and Mirella Freni.
Others Born in 1933
Go to all RankingsRichard Rogers
ARCHITECT
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 47
Joan Collins
ACTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 48
Charles K. Kao
INVENTOR
1933 - 2018
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 49
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
PHYSICIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 50
Stanley Milgram
PSYCHOLOGIST
1933 - 1984
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 51
Edward de Bono
PHILOSOPHER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 52
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
JUDGE
1933 - 2020
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 53
Bobby Robson
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 54
Wilbur Smith
WRITER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 55
Ilia II of Georgia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 56
Cormac McCarthy
WRITER
1933 - 2023
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 57
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
WRITER
1933 - 2017
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 58
John Gurdon
BIOLOGIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 59
Others Deceased in 2020
Go to all RankingsJiří Menzel
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 34
Oliver E. Williamson
ECONOMIST
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 35
Michael Lonsdale
ACTOR
1931 - 2020
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 36
John le Carré
WRITER
1931 - 2020
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 37
Lucia Bosè
ACTOR
1931 - 2020
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 38
Kobe Bryant
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1978 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 39
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
JUDGE
1933 - 2020
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 40
Nexhmije Hoxha
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2020
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 41
Eduard Limonov
POLITICIAN
1943 - 2020
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 42
Kenzō Takada
FASHION DESIGNER
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 43
Luis Sepúlveda
WRITER
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 44
Geert Hofstede
PSYCHOLOGIST
1928 - 2020
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 45
Mirella Freni
SINGER
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 46
In United States
Among people born in United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks 944 out of 20,380. Before her are Kenneth Arrow (1921), Edgar Cayce (1877), Estée Lauder (1906), Kobe Bryant (1978), Leon M. Lederman (1922), and James Earl Jones (1931). After her are Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Chick Corea (1941), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Henry Way Kendall (1926), and Keith Haring (1958).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsKenneth Arrow
ECONOMIST
1921 - 2017
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 938
Edgar Cayce
OCCULTIST
1877 - 1945
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 939
Estée Lauder
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 940
Kobe Bryant
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1978 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 941
Leon M. Lederman
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2018
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 942
James Earl Jones
ACTOR
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 943
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
JUDGE
1933 - 2020
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 944
Billy Bob Thornton
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 945
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 1997
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 946
Chick Corea
MUSICIAN
1941 - 2021
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 947
Bugsy Siegel
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1906 - 1947
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 948
Henry Way Kendall
PHYSICIST
1926 - 1999
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 949
Keith Haring
ARTIST
1958 - 1990
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 950
Among JUDGES In United States
Among judges born in United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg ranks 1. After her are John Roberts (1955), John Marshall (1755), Earl Warren (1891), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Antonin Scalia (1936), Stephen Breyer (1938), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), and Anthony Kennedy (1936).
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1933 - 2020
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 1
John Roberts
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2
John Marshall
1755 - 1835
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 3
Earl Warren
1891 - 1974
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 4
Maryanne Trump Barry
1937 - 2023
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 5
Clarence Thomas
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 6
Thurgood Marshall
1908 - 1993
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 7
Antonin Scalia
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 8
Stephen Breyer
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 9
Sonia Sotomayor
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 10
Samuel Alito
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 11
Anthony Kennedy
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 12