1938 - Today
Stephen Gerald Breyer ( BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Breyer has received more than 6,710,275 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Stephen Breyer is the 15th most popular judge (up from 19th in 2019), the 4,098th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,053rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Judge.
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Among judges, Stephen Breyer ranks 15 out of 41. Before him are Panagiotis Pikrammenos, John Marshall, Earl Warren, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Antonin Scalia, and Edward Coke. After him are John Roberts, Thurgood Marshall, Fathima Beevi, Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, and Maryanne Trump Barry.
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 9
1755 - 1835
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 10
1891 - 1974
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 11
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 12
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 13
1552 - 1634
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 14
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 15
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 16
1908 - 1993
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 17
1927 - 2023
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 18
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 19
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 20
1937 - 2023
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1938, Stephen Breyer ranks 246. Before him are Theodor Kallifatides, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Freddie Hubbard, Jayant Narlikar, Enzo G. Castellari, and Tiziano Terzani. After him are Spencer Johnson, Marinella, Mort Shuman, Frederic Rzewski, Holger Czukay, and Pat Buchanan.
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 240
1938 - 1989
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 241
1938 - 2008
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 242
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 243
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 244
1938 - 2004
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 245
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 246
1938 - 2017
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 247
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 248
1938 - 1991
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 249
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 250
1938 - 2017
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 251
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 252
Among people born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 4,098 out of 18,182. Before him are Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Gladys Knight (1944), Arielle Dombasle (1953), John Perkins (1945), Angélica María (1943), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837). After him are Martha Chase (1927), James P. Allison (1948), Michael Buffer (1944), Robert Crumb (1943), Brad Bird (1957), and Eve Meyer (1928).
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 4,092
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 4,093
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 4,094
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 4,095
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 4,096
1837 - 1863
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,097
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,098
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,099
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,100
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,101
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,102
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4,103
1928 - 1977
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 4,104
Among judges born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 5. Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), John Marshall (1755), Earl Warren (1891), and Antonin Scalia (1936). After him are John Roberts (1955), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Clarence Thomas (1948), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Warren E. Burger (1907), and Anthony Kennedy (1936).
1933 - 2020
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 1
1755 - 1835
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 2
1891 - 1974
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 3
1936 - 2016
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 5
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 6
1908 - 1993
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 9
1937 - 2023
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 10
1907 - 1995
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 11
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 12