Famous jurists

legal scholar or academic, a professional who studies, teaches, and develops law

681 people

All Alive Deceased
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749 – 1832 · Age 82
Deceased
Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

1883 – 1924 · Age 40
Deceased
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826 · Age 83
Deceased
Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck

1815 – 1898 · Age 83
Deceased
Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 – 1543 · Age 70
Deceased
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716 · Age 70
Deceased
Cicero

Cicero

Deceased
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

1931 – 2022 · Age 91
Deceased
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

1856 – 1924 · Age 67
Deceased
Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

1561 – 1626 · Age 65
Deceased
Max Weber

Max Weber

1864 – 1920 · Age 56
Deceased
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

1797 – 1856 · Age 58
Deceased
Montesquieu

Montesquieu

1689 – 1755 · Age 66
Deceased
B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

1891 – 1956 · Age 65
Deceased
Tacitus

Tacitus

0056 – 0120 · Age 64
Deceased
Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

1533 – 1592 · Age 59
Deceased
Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny

1976 – 2024 · Age 47
Deceased
Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen

1817 – 1903 · Age 85
Deceased
Pierre de Fermat

Pierre de Fermat

1601 – 1665 · Age 63
Deceased
Lech Kaczyński

Lech Kaczyński

1949 – 2010 · Age 60
Deceased
Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville

1805 – 1859 · Age 53
Deceased
Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham

1749 – 1832 · Age 83
Deceased
John Donne

John Donne

1572 – 1631 · Age 59
Deceased
Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

0061 – 0113 · Age 52
Deceased
Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

1583 – 1645 · Age 62
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q185351