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Lawyer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as lawyer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
b. January 18, 1960
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2021 to 2022
Modern era
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
July 17, 1933 – November 5, 2022
Maltese politician (born 1933)
Modern era
Anerood Jugnauth
March 29, 1930 – June 3, 2021
Mauritian politician (1930–2021)
Modern era
José López Portillo
June 16, 1920 – February 17, 2004
58th President of Mexico
Modern era
Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz
March 12, 1911 – July 15, 1979
56th President of Mexico
Modern era
Adolfo López Mateos
May 26, 1910 – September 22, 1969
55th President of Mexico
Contemporary era
Fawad Chaudhry
b. 7 April 1976
Pakistani politician and lawyer, twice federal minister for information and minister for science
Modern era
Lee Kuan Yew
September 16, 1923 – March 23, 2015
1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
Early Modern era
Martin Luther
November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546
Reformer whose 95 Theses split Western Christianity
Early Modern era
John Calvin
July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
Early Modern era
Thomas Jefferson
April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
Early Modern era
John Adams
October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
Early Modern era
Maximilien Robespierre
May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794
French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)
Modern era
Benito Juarez
March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
Modern era
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865
US President who preserved the Union and ended slavery in America
Early Modern era
Andrew Jackson
March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Modern era
Woodrow Wilson
December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924
28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
Modern era
Franklin D. Roosevelt
January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)
Modern era
Richard Nixon
January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994
President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
Contemporary era
Bill Clinton
b. August 19, 1946
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
Contemporary era
Barack Obama
b. August 4, 1961
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
Modern era
Joe Biden
b. November 20, 1942
46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
Contemporary era
Tony Blair
b. May 6, 1953
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Modern era
Konrad Adenauer
January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU
Modern era
Francois Mitterrand
October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996
21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)
Modern era
Vladimir Lenin
April 10, 1870 – January 21, 1924
Founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
Modern era
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948
Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)
Contemporary era
Nelson Mandela
July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
Anti-apartheid revolutionary who became South Africa's first Black president
Modern era
Fidel Castro
August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016
Cuban politician, author and revolutionary (1926–2016)
Early Modern era
Pierre de Fermat
August 17, 1601 – January 12, 1665
French mathematician and lawyer
Early Modern era
John Donne
1572 – March 31, 1631
English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
Contemporary era
Nawaz Sharif
b. December 25, 1949
Former prime minister of Pakistan
Modern era
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Modern era
Liaquat Ali Khan
October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951
1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951
Modern era
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
October 17, 1817 – March 27, 1898
Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Modern era
I. I. Chundrigar
September 15, 1897 – September 26, 1960
Pakistani politician and diplomat (1897–1960)
Modern era
Syed Ameer Ali
1849 – 1928
Indian Muslim jurist (1849-1928)
Modern era
Rajendra Prasad
December 3, 1884 – February 28, 1963
Indian statesman, lawyer and writer (1884–1963); first President of India
Modern era
C. Rajagopalachari
December 10, 1878 – December 25, 1972
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
Contemporary era
Asma Jahangir
January 27, 1952 – February 11, 2018
Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (1952–2018)
Contemporary era
Ansar Burney
b. August 14, 1956
Pakistani human and civil rights activist
Modern era
Rana Bhagwandas
December 20, 1942 – February 23, 2015
Pakistani judge
Modern era
Abdul Qadir (cricketer)
March 15, 1872 – February 9, 1950
Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam Leader
Contemporary era
Sudirman
May 25, 1954 – February 22, 1992
Malaysian singer and songwriter (1954-1992)
Modern era
Manuel Quezon
August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944
President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944
Modern era
Tunku Abdul Rahman
February 8, 1903 – December 6, 1990
First Prime Minister of Malaysia (1903-1990)
Modern era
Saad Zaghloul
1858 – August 23, 1927
Prime Minister of Egypt (1859–1927)
Modern era
Habib Bourguiba
August 3, 1903 – April 6, 2000
Tunisian politician (1903–2000)
Modern era
Arturo Prat
April 3, 1848 – May 21, 1879
Chilean naval officer, lawyer, and professor
Early Modern era
Manuel Belgrano
June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820
Argentine politician and military leader
Modern era
Apirana Ngata
July 3, 1874 – July 14, 1950
New Zealand politician and lawyer (1874-1950)
Medieval era
Henry de Bracton
1210 – 1268
13th-century English jurist
Modern era
William Dunbar
1805 – March 18, 1861
American politician (1805-1861)
Modern era
Absalom
December 18, 1801 – December 11, 1878
American politician, lawyer (1801–1878)
Modern era
Madan Mohan Malaviya
December 25, 1861 – November 12, 1946
Indian educator and politician
Modern era
Sarat Chandra Bose
September 6, 1889 – February 20, 1950
Indian Bengali independence activist and lawyer (1889-1950)
Modern era
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
September 5, 1872 – November 18, 1936
Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, entrepreneur and writer (1872–1936)
Modern era
Baba Amte
December 26, 1914 – February 9, 2008
Indian freedom fighter, social worker (1914–2008)
Modern era
Durgabai Deshmukh
July 15, 1909 – May 9, 1981
Indian freedom fighter, politician, and social worker
Modern era
Rasool Bux Palijo
February 21, 1930 – June 7, 2018
Pakistani revolutionary (1930–2018)