jurists
85 notable jurists on file — 23 still here, 62 not.
still with us
Justin Trudeau
alive23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
born 1971
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Keir Starmer
alivePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026
born 1962
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Viktor Orbán
alivePrime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–2026) (born 1963)
born 1963
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Sheikh Hasina
alivePrime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–2024)
born 1947
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Rodrigo Duterte
alivePresident of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 (born 1945)
born 1945
Mahmoud Abbas
alivepresident of the Palestinian Authority since 2005
born 1935
Chuck Schumer
aliveAmerican politician (born 1950)
born 1950
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Cory Booker
aliveAmerican politician (born 1969)
born 1969
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Sushila Karki
aliveinterim prime minister of Nepal since 2025
born 1952
Chris Christie
alive55th Governor of New Jersey and former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
born 1962
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Usha Vance
aliveSecond Lady of the United States since 2025
born 1986
Suella Braverman
aliveBritish politician (born 1980)
born 1980
Bob Menendez
aliveAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1954)
born 1954
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David Lammy
aliveBritish politician (born 1972)
born 1972
Merrick Garland
alive86th United States Attorney General
born 1952
Xavier Becerra
alive25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
born 1958
Alejandro Mayorkas
aliveUnited States 7th Secretary of Homeland Security
born 1959
Ronan Farrow
aliveAmerican journalist
born 1987
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Janet T. Mills
aliveAmerican politician and 75th governor of Maine (born 1947)
born 1947
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Karim Ahmad Khan
aliveBritish lawyer, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
born 1970
Devendra Fadnavis
alive18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
born 1970
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Victoria Starmer
aliveBritish solicitor; spouse of the Prime Minister Keir Starmer
born 1973
Kathryn Ruemmler
aliveformer White House counsel
born 1971
gone (30 of 62)
Mikhail Gorbachev
deadleader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
1931 – 2022
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
deadAmerican lawyer and jurist
1933 – 2020
Brigitte Bierlein
deadAustrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court
1949 – 2024
Robert Mueller
deadAmerican attorney and sixth director of the FBI
1944 – 2026
John F. Kennedy Jr.
deadAmerican attorney and magazine publisher
1960 – 1999
John Bruton
deadIrish politician and prime minister
1947 – 2024
Robert Kardashian
deadAmerican attorney and businessman
1944 – 2003
David Souter
deadAmerican lawyer and jurist
1939 – 2025
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Juan Ponce Enrile
deadFilipino politician, senator and former military chief; Member of the Senate of the Philippines from 1987-1992; 1995-2001; 2004 to 2016
1924 – 2025
Gabriel de Broglie
deadFrench essayist and official
1931 – 2025
C. J. Sansom
deadBritish author of crime fiction
1952 – 2024
Gerhart Baum
deadGerman politician
1932 – 2025
Jürgen Schmude
deadGerman politician of the SPD
1936 – 2025
Cristina Alberdi
deadSpanish politician and lawyer
1946 – 2024
Claus Roxin
deadGerman jurist
1931 – 2025
John L. Burton
deadAmerican politician
1932 – 2025
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Hans Friderichs
deadGerman jurist, politician and businessman
1931 – 2025
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev
dead1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Russia
1943 – 2024
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Malek Rahmati
deadIranian politician
1982 – 2024
Frits Korthals Altes
deadDutch politician
1931 – 2025
Javier Moscoso
deadSpanish politician
1934 – 2025
Cornelio Sommaruga
deadSwiss diplomat and president of the International Committee of the Red Cross
1932 – 2024
Susana Ruiz Cerutti
deadArgentinian lawyer and jurist
1940 – 2024
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Anna Psarouda - Benaki
deadGreek lawyer and politician
1934 – 2026
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Lucien Weiler
deadLuxembourgish politician
1951 – 2026
Yvonne Mokgoro
deadSouth African judge
1950 – 2024
Marie Benešová
deadCzech lawyer and politician
1948 – 2024
Vladislav Jovanović
deadAmbassador of Yugoslavia
1933 – 2026
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Kimmo Sasi
deadFinnish jurist and politician
1952 – 2025
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Ed Clark
deadAmerican lawyer and politician in California
1930 – 2025