Most Famous Jurists in the World
There are 4,295 notable jurists in the dataset, with the most coming from United States and Germany. Cicero holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
Category All
Citizenship All
C
Cicero Roman Lawyer -106 – -43
#
239
JB
Joseph Bonaparte French Diplomat 1768 – 1844
#
1,781
PD
Pierre de Fermat French Lawyer 1601 – 1665
#
2,141
RW
Raoul Wallenberg Swedish Diplomat 1912 – 1947
#
2,853
JM
John Marshall American Judge 1755 – 1835
#
4,488
FB
Folke Bernadotte Swedish Diplomat 1895 – 1948
#
5,381
MR
Mary Robinson Irish Lawyer Born 1944
#
5,450
CT
Clarence Thomas American Judge Born 1948
#
5,464
SE
Shirin Ebadi Iranian Judge Born 1947
#
5,760
LW
Lew Wallace American Lawyer 1827 – 1905
#
7,055
RF
Roland Freisler German Judge 1893 – 1945
#
7,178
HR
Hassan Rouhani Iranian Diplomat Born 1948
#
7,430
BC
Baldassare Castiglione Italian Diplomat 1478 – 1529
#
7,521
KV
Konstantin von Neurath German Diplomat 1873 – 1956
#
8,075
JB
Joaquín Balaguer Dominican Lawyer 1906 – 2002
#
8,112
CD
Clarence Darrow American Lawyer 1857 – 1938
#
8,381
RT
Robert Todd Lincoln American Lawyer 1843 – 1926
#
8,589
NA
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Spanish Lawyer 1877 – 1949
#
9,529
CS
Chiune Sugihara Japanese Diplomat 1900 – 1986
#
10,052
JA
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French Lawyer 1755 – 1826
#
10,195