Syed Ahmed Khan was an Indian educator, politician and Islamic reformer whose work inspired a new generation of Muslims and pioneered the revival of Indian Islam in the late 19th century.
1817-1898
The first U.S. commissioner of education, Henry Barnard founded the Connecticut Common School journal and the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction.
1811-1900
Edward Bates was a 19th century politician and lawyer who served as U.S. attorney general under President Abraham Lincoln.
1793-1869
1886-1971
Stephen Breyer is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, having been nominated by President Bill Clinton.
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1870-1938
Appointed Attorney General by President Harry Truman, Tom C. Clark went on to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
1899-1977
Maximilien de Robespierre was an official during the French Revolution and one of the principal architects of the Reign of Terror.
1758-1794
William O. Douglas was a government official who in 1939 became the second youngest Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
1898-1980
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human-rights activist. She was the first female judge in Iran, and won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Merrick Garland is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. He supervised the prosecution of the Oklahoma City bombing and Unibomber case.
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Andrew Hamilton was a lawyer who defended John Peter Zenger in a case that marked the first victory for freedom of the press in the American colonies.
1676-1741
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty.
1767-1845
Star Jones is a lawyer and television personality best known for co-hosting ABC's The View from 1997 until 2006.
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Judith Sheindlin, or Judge Judy as she is known, is a no-nonsense courtroom presence on the TV show Judge Judy.
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Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
1908-1993
Constance Baker Motley was a legal advocate in the Civil Rights Movement. She became the first female African-American federal judge in 1966.
1921-2005
Lewis Powell was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.
1907-1998
Louis Renault was a French jurist and educator and co-winner in 1907 of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1843-1918
Samson is a well-known Biblical figure touted for his great strength and long hair. He appears in the Old Testament in the Book of Judges.
1001-1200
Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval is the first Hispanic to hold statewide office, as well as the youngest chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
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1915-1985
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1919-1998
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