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Thurgood Marshall

1908 - 1993

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Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thurgood Marshall has received more than 10,306,420 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thurgood Marshall is the 17th most popular judge (down from 15th in 2019), the 4,654th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,544th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Thurgood Marshall ranks 17 out of 41Before him are Earl Warren, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, Antonin Scalia, Edward Coke, Stephen Breyer, and John Roberts. After him are Fathima Beevi, Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Maryanne Trump Barry, Warren E. Burger, and Anthony Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Thurgood Marshall ranks 187Before him are Jack Crawford, Doria Shafik, Jean Effel, Sœur Emmanuelle, Štefan Čambal, and Luis de Souza Ferreira. After him are Percy Faith, Pál Titkos, Edward R. Murrow, Bronisława Wajs, Sucheta Kriplani, and Arthur O'Connell. Among people deceased in 1993, Thurgood Marshall ranks 129Before him are Yuri Bezmenov, Guido Masetti, Mick Ronson, Wilhelm Gliese, Clarence Zener, and Hans Christian Blech. After him are Albert Collins, Emile Ardolino, Melchior Ndadaye, Andrée Brunet, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, and Fred Gwynne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thurgood Marshall ranks 4,654 out of 18,182Before him are Norman Lloyd (1914), Hank Mobley (1930), Craig Mello (1960), Catherine Hicks (1951), Black Kettle (1803), and Jennie Garth (1972). After him are Hal Moore (1922), Bill Irwin (1950), Henrietta Szold (1860), Donna Tartt (1963), Patti LaBelle (1944), and Nick Bollettieri (1931).

Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Thurgood Marshall ranks 7Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), John Marshall (1755), Earl Warren (1891), Antonin Scalia (1936), Stephen Breyer (1938), and John Roberts (1955). After him are Clarence Thomas (1948), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Warren E. Burger (1907), Anthony Kennedy (1936), and Samuel Alito (1950).