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Sonia Sotomayor

1954 - Today

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Sonia Maria Sotomayor ( , Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝoɾ]; born June 25, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonia Sotomayor has received more than 9,704,678 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Sonia Sotomayor is the 21st most popular judge (down from 20th in 2019), the 5,195th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,128th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Judge.

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  • 5.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Sonia Sotomayor ranks 21 out of 53Before her are Clarence Thomas, Thurgood Marshall, Edward Coke, Antonin Scalia, Fathima Beevi, and Stephen Breyer. After her are Samuel Alito, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Anthony Kennedy, Warren E. Burger, Anna Chandy, and John Paul Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Sonia Sotomayor ranks 232Before her are Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Mohsen Rezaee, Patricia McPherson, Philippa Gregory, James Pickens Jr., and Sam J. Jones. After her are Luis Royo, Andrzej Lepper, Jean Bourgain, Bouasone Bouphavanh, Wolfgang Dremmler, and Ivo Van Damme.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sonia Sotomayor ranks 5,195 out of 20,380Before her are Ralph Linton (1893), Charlie Wilson (1933), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), and Sean S. Cunningham (1941). After her are Reba McEntire (1955), Tony Visconti (1944), Ken Walsh (1945), Andrew Davis (1946), William Porter (1926), and Alan Ruck (1956).

Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Sonia Sotomayor ranks 10Before her are Earl Warren (1891), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Antonin Scalia (1936), and Stephen Breyer (1938). After her are Samuel Alito (1950), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Warren E. Burger (1907), John Paul Stevens (1920), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), and Harlan F. Stone (1872).