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Jurist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as jurist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Jan Peter Balkenende
b. May 7, 1956
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010
Contemporary era
Vjosa Osmani
b. May 17, 1982
President of the Republic of Kosovo since 2021
Contemporary era
Egils Levits
b. June 30, 1955
Latvian judge, jurist and politician (born 1955)
Modern era
Walter Kieber
February 20, 1931 – June 21, 2014
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1931-2014)
Modern era
Gerard Batliner
December 9, 1928 – June 25, 2008
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1928-2008)
Contemporary era
Artūras Paulauskas
b. August 23, 1953
Lithuanian politician (born 1953)
Contemporary era
Rimantas Šadžius
b. October 8, 1960
Lithuanian politician
Contemporary era
Jean-Claude Juncker
b. December 9, 1954
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)
Modern era
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
July 17, 1933 – November 5, 2022
Maltese politician (born 1933)
Modern era
Luis Echeverría
January 17, 1922 – July 8, 2022
57th President of Mexico
Contemporary era
Nicolae Timofti
b. December 22, 1948
4th President of Moldova (r. 2012–2016)
Contemporary era
Dorin Recean
b. March 17, 1974
Moldovan academic and politician
Contemporary era
Natalia Gavrilița
b. September 21, 1977
Moldovan economist and politician
Contemporary era
Michel Roger
b. March 9, 1949
French civil servant
Ancient era
Cicero
106 BCE – 43 BCE
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
Modern era
Otto von Bismarck
April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898
German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
Modern era
Mikhail Gorbachev
March 2, 1931 – August 30, 2022
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
Modern era
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
Medieval era
Nicolaus Copernicus
February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
Early Modern era
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
June 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716
Co-inventor of calculus and pioneer of computation
Early Modern era
Michel de Montaigne
February 28, 1533 – September 12, 1592
French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
Early Modern era
Jacob Grimm
January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)
Modern era
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
November 16, 1897 – February 3, 1951
Pakistani politician (1897–1951)
Contemporary era
Asma Jahangir
January 27, 1952 – February 11, 2018
Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (1952–2018)
Modern era
Apirana Ngata
July 3, 1874 – July 14, 1950
New Zealand politician and lawyer (1874-1950)
Medieval era
Irnerius
1050 – 1140
Italian jurist
Medieval era
Bartolus de Saxoferrato
1313 – July 21, 1357
Italian law professor (1313–1357)
Medieval era
Henry de Bracton
1210 – 1268
13th-century English jurist
Modern era
Badruddin Tyabji
October 10, 1844 – 1906
Prominent lawyer, Indian independence movement activist and politician
Mira Behn
Historical figure
Early Modern era
Georges Danton
October 26, 1759 – April 5, 1794
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
Contemporary era
Justin Trudeau
b. December 25, 1971
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
Modern era
Alice Paul
January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977
American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977)
Modern era
Thurgood Marshall
July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 (1908–1993)
Modern era
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020
American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)
Contemporary era
Erin Brockovich
b. June 22, 1960
American environmental activist