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Stephen Breyer

1938 - Today

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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 7,071,620 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Stephen Breyer is the 20th most popular judge (down from 15th in 2019), the 5,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,087th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Judge.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Stephen Breyer ranks 20 out of 53. Before him are Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Clarence Thomas, Thurgood Marshall, Edward Coke, Antonin Scalia, and Fathima Beevi. After him are Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Anthony Kennedy, Warren E. Burger, and Anna Chandy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Stephen Breyer ranks 307. Before him are James W. Christy, Michael Verhoeven, Teresa de Lauretis, Bruno Bozzetto, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, and Jaki Liebezeit. After him are Shi Pei Pu, Giorgia Moll, Henk Groot, Pat Buchanan, Manuel Blum, and Bahram Beyzai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 5,078 out of 20,380. Before him are Richmond K. Turner (1885), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Vance D. Brand (1931), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), James B. Conant (1893), and Kevin Schwantz (1964). After him are Edgar Leonard (1881), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Hunter Biden (1970), Kenneth Bainbridge (1904), Brent Scowcroft (1925), and Vincent J. McMahon (1914).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Stephen Breyer ranks 9. Before him are John Marshall (1755), Earl Warren (1891), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), and Antonin Scalia (1936). After him are Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Warren E. Burger (1907), John Paul Stevens (1920), and Walter Q. Gresham (1832).

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