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Lawyer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as lawyer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Dorab Patel
June 17, 1924 – March 15, 1997
Pakistani judge (1924–1997)
Modern era
Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
February 12, 1928 – January 7, 2020
Pakistani judge (1928–2020)
Contemporary era
Shahla Zia
February 12, 1947 – March 10, 2005
Pakistani lawyer and activist
Medieval era
Thomas Cromwell
1485 – July 28, 1540
English statesman and politician (1485–1540)
Early Modern era
James Monroe
April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831
President of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)
Early Modern era
John Quincy Adams
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
Early Modern era
James K. Polk
November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849
President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 (1795–1849)
Modern era
William McKinley
January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)
Modern era
Calvin Coolidge
July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933
President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
Modern era
Gerald Ford
July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006
President of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)
Contemporary era
Hillary Clinton
b. October 26, 1947
American politician and diplomat (born 1947)
Modern era
Robert F. Kennedy
November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
Early Modern era
Patrick Henry
May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799
American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)
Modern era
William Tecumseh Sherman
February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Early Modern era
William Pitt the Younger
May 28, 1759 – January 23, 1806
British statesman (1759–1806)
Early Modern era
Georges Danton
October 26, 1759 – April 5, 1794
French revolutionary (1759–1794)
Modern era
Simone Veil
July 13, 1927 – June 30, 2017
French politician (1927–2017)
Modern era
Pierre Trudeau
October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000
Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)
Contemporary era
Justin Trudeau
b. December 25, 1971
23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
Modern era
Getulio Vargas
April 19, 1882 – August 24, 1954
President of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954)
Modern era
F. W. de Klerk
March 18, 1936 – November 11, 2021
7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994
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
Alexei Navalny
June 4, 1976 – February 16, 2024
Russian jurist and opposition leader (1976-2024)