2014 Event Lawyer Ron Klain has been appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama as Ebola Response Coordinator to organize government response to Ebola cases; though not medically trained, Klain has been selected for his managerial and problem-solving experience 2013 Event In Saudi Arabia, Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawi is sentenced to five years in prison and 300 lashes, for possession of Xanax anti-anxiety pills 2012 Event An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces 2005 Death Lloyd Cutler, American Lawyer 2005 Death Lloyd Norton Cutler, American Lawyer 2005 Death Peter Benenson, British Lawyer 2004 Death Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79 2004 Death Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 2003 Death Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 2003 Death Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65 2003 Death Burke Marshall, American Lawyer 2001 Death Henry Wade, American Lawyer 2001 Death George Carman, English Lawyer 2000 Death Florynce Rae Kennedy, lawyer/lecturer, dies at 84 1998 Death Clark Clifford, lawyer/DC insider, dies at 91 1998 Death Jay Monahan, lawyer, MSNBC legal analyst, dies at 42 1998 Event Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer 1996 Death Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81 1996 Death Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant, dies at 83 1996 Death Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92 1996 Death Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh, actor/lawyer, dies at 64 1996 Death Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98 1996 Death Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91 1996 Death Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79 1996 Death John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87 1996 Death Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89 1996 Death Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician, dies at 79 1996 Death Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87 1996 Death Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, dies at 70 1995 Death David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97 1995 Death Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64 1995 Death Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67 1995 Death Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89 1995 Death Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82 1994 Death Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89 1994 Death James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86 1994 Death Louis Nizer, lawyer, dies at 92 1994 Death Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC, dies at 65 1994 Death Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, lawyer/KVP-politician, dies at 80 1994 Death D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96 1994 Death Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki, dies at 80 1994 Death Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 1993 Death Frederik JW "Fried" Lowensteyn, Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 71 1993 Death Jiri Hajek, Czechoslovakian lawyer/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80 1993 Death Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50 1993 Death AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78 1993 Death Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63 1993 Death Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (International Court of Justice), dies 1992 Death Orton Chirwa, Malawi's lawyer/Justice minister, dies in captivity 1992 Event Actress Heather Thomas weds entertainment lawyer Skip Brittenham 1992 Death Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44 1990 Death Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73 1990 Death Belcampo, Herman Schonfeld Wichers, Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87 1989 Death Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1989 Death John J. McCloy, American Lawyer 1987 Death Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89 1987 Death Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89 1986 Death Roy Marcus Cohn, U.S. lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies 1985 Event Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa 1985 Death B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78 1982 Death John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered 1982 Death Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80 1982 Death Archibald MacLeish, U.S., lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89 1982 Death Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85 1981 Death FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 1978 Death Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86 1978 Death Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86 1977 Death Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82 1976 Death Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 1976 Death Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77 1975 Death Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83 1974 Death Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95 1973 Birthday Lawyer Milloy, strong safety for the New England Patriots 1970 Death George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer 1970 Death George Humphrey, American Lawyer 1969 Death Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies 1968 Death Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 1968 Death Francis Biddle, American Lawyer 1968 Birthday Jean Charest, Canadian Lawyer 1968 Death Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78 1967 Birthday Brad Carson, American Lawyer 1966 Birthday Lawyer Tillman, NFL tight end, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers 1966 Death Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94 1965 Death Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80 1962 Death Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at 80 1961 Death Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76 1960 Birthday John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, magazine publisher, 'George' magazine 1959 Birthday Eliot Spitzer, American Lawyer 1957 Birthday Nick Hawkins, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Conservative Party, lawyer, Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath 1992 - 2005 1956 Birthday Christopher Darden, American Lawyer 1956 Birthday Lisa J. Allen, TV reporter and lawyer 1955 Death Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 1954 Birthday Stephen Carter, American Lawyer 1954 Death Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74 1952 Death Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies 1951 Death Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 1950 Birthday Asa Hutchinson, American Lawyer 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Birthday Louis Freeh, American Lawyer 1949 Birthday Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch MP, CDA 1949 Birthday Walter Sweeney, born in Ireland, born Walter Edward Sweeney, politician, lawyer, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan 1947 Birthday Hillary Clinton, born in Chicago, lawyer/1st lady, 1993-2001 1947 Death Emil Hacha, lawyer/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 74 1946 Birthday Ken Starr, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Richard L Brodsky, U.S. lawyer/NY State Assemblyman, D, 1983- 1946 Death Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1945 Death Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday 1945 Birthday Mark J. Green, born in Brooklyn, New York, lawyer and author, Closed Enterprise System 1944 Birthday James Carville, American Lawyer 1944 Death Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1944 Death Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 1944 Birthday Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 Birthday Sheila Larkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Deborah-Storefront Lawyer 1943 Birthday Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland 1943 Birthday Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician 1943 Death Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1943 Birthday E. J. Dommering, Dutch lawyer 1943 Birthday Richard Ben-Veniste, American Lawyer 1941 Death Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1941 Birthday Alexander Cockburn, English Lawyer 1941 Death Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 1941 Birthday David Boies, American Lawyer 1940 Death William Edgar Borah, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer, died at the age of 74 1939 Birthday Fred F. Fielding, American Lawyer 1939 Death Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47 1938 Birthday Lucien Bouchard, Canadian Lawyer 1938 Death Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1938 Death Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer 1938 Birthday Ricardo Lagos, born in Santiago, Chile, politician, lawyer, Socialist Party, Party for Democracy, 33rd President of Chile, professor, Brown University 1937 Death Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72 1937 Birthday Eleanor Holmes Norton, born in Washington D.C., lawyer, Representative-D-District of Columbia 1937 Event K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-U.S. female lawyer 1935 Death Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68 1934 Death Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 1933 Death Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 1933 Birthday F. Lee Bailey, American Lawyer 1932 Birthday Richard E Lawyer, born in Los Angeles, California, astronaut 1932 Birthday Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North 1932 Birthday Yvonne Braitwaite Burke, lawyer, Rep 1932 Birthday William Ruckelshaus, American Lawyer 1932 Death Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer and Dutch Secretary of State1866 - 1888, dies at 79 1932 Death Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 1932 Death Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1931 Birthday Chuck Colson, American Lawyer 1929 Birthday Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba 1929 Birthday George Carman, English Lawyer 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Birthday Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC 1929 Birthday Gerry Spence, American Lawyer 1928 Birthday Willem de Kwaadsteniet, lawyer/Dutch MP, CDA 1928 Death Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer 1928 Birthday Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer 1928 Birthday Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer 1928 Birthday Walter F. Mondale, American Lawyer 1927 Birthday Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy 1926 Birthday Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1926 Death Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies 1926 Birthday Newton N. Minow, American Lawyer 1926 Birthday Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/Soth African activist 1925 Death Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44 1925 Death Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71 1925 Birthday Warren M. Christopher, American diplomat and lawyer 1925 Death William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1925 Birthday Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1924 Death Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75 1923 Birthday Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant 1922 Birthday Burke Marshall, American Lawyer 1922 Birthday Frederik JW "Fried" Lowensteyn, Stephan Styrmarck, lawyer 1921 Birthday Gerald S O'Loughlin, New York City, actor, Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels 1921 Birthday Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP, PvdA 1921 Birthday Peter Benenson, British Lawyer 1920 Death Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 1920 Birthday Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles 1918 Birthday Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry 1917 Birthday Lloyd Cutler, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Lloyd Norton Cutler, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence, New York, lawyer/novelist, Watchfires 1917 Death Belva Lockwood, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Joseph Stone, lawyer 1917 Death Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at 82 1916 Birthday Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician 1916 Birthday Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education 1915 Birthday A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer 1914 Death Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 1914 Birthday Henry Wade, American Lawyer 1914 Birthday Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1914 Death Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies 1914 Birthday French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer 1913 Birthday George Smathers, born in New Jersey, American lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator from Florida 1913 Birthday Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer/undersec of Economy 1913 Death Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies 1913 Birthday Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer, Solidarity 1912 Birthday Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer 1912 Birthday Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director, Max-Planck-institute 1912 Birthday Lucius E Burch, Jr., U.S. lawyer/civil rights leader 1911 Death John Bigelow, American Lawyer 1911 Birthday Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister 1909 Birthday George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state 1909 Death Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies 1909 Birthday Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer 1909 Birthday Laurence Tribe, American Lawyer 1909 Death George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85 1909 Birthday John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian 1908 Birthday James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer 1908 Birthday David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer and politician 1907 Birthday Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party 1907 Birthday Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora California, lawyer, SF's "King of Torts" 1907 Birthday Melvin Belli, American Lawyer 1907 Death Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77 1907 Birthday Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician 1906 Birthday BVA Roling, Dutch lawyer 1906 Birthday Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat 1905 Birthday Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer 1905 Birthday Laurence Dowdall, lawyer 1902 Birthday Louis Nizer, lawyer, defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw 1902 Birthday Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer 1902 Death Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 1901 Birthday Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen 1900 Birthday Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer 1899 Death Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer 1898 Birthday Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR 1898 Birthday Joseph Hazen, lawyer 1898 Birthday Ross R Barnett, lawyer, Gov-D-Miss 1897 Death Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 1897 Birthday Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge 1897 Birthday Rene Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight, Rechtskundig Weekblad 1896 Birthday Fritz Eberhard, Hellmut Rauschenplat, W-German lawyer/resistor, Law 1896 Birthday Charles Butterworth, U.S., lawyer/actor, Mad Genius 1895 Death Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68 1895 Birthday Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1895 Birthday John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker, Secretary of War 1941 - 1945, President Chase Man 1895 Birthday John J. McCloy, American Lawyer 1894 Birthday Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer 1894 Birthday Rudolph P. Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer 1894 Birthday Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman, 1st President of UN 1893 Death Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65 1892 Birthday Ernst van Raalte, lawyer, Seen, heard... wrote 1892 Death Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80 1892 Birthday Jean PJC Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist 1892 Birthday Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1892 Birthday Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice 1891 Birthday Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, wreck laws 1891 Death Albert Pike, American Lawyer 1890 Event Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1890 Birthday George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer 1890 Birthday George Humphrey, American Lawyer 1889 Death Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 1889 Birthday Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations 1888 Death William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1887 Birthday Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer 1886 Birthday Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer, martial law 1886 Birthday Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52 1886 Birthday Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer 1886 Birthday Francis Biddle, American Lawyer 1885 Birthday Pieter S Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer/premier in London, 1940-45. 1884 Birthday Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer, Bint 1884 Birthday Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser, British Petroleum/Shell 1884 Death Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 1883 Birthday Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/Foreign Minister/UN-ambassador 1883 Death Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70 1883 Birthday Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet, Dancing Lamp 1882 Birthday Josephus RH van Schaik, Dutch lawyer/vice-premier 1881 Birthday Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer 1881 Birthday Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer, Assault! 1880 Death George W. Vreede, lawyer/politician, dies 1880 Birthday Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer, Short Cause 1879 Birthday Hugo W. C. Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer 1879 Birthday H de Bie, Dutch lawyer, children's law 1879 Birthday Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer 1879 Event 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1878 Birthday Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice 1875 Death Francis Preston Blair, Jr., famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54 1873 Birthday Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 1872 Birthday Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1872 Birthday Emil Hacha, lawyer/president, Czechoslovakia 1872 Event Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard University 1872 Birthday Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician, ARP 1872 Birthday Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister 1871 Birthday James Weldon Johnson, lawyer, 1st black admitted to Florida Bar 1870 Death Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American Lawyer 1870 Birthday Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1869 Death Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1868 Birthday Henry W. Methorst, lawyer/director, Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics 1868 Birthday Anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer, strafproces 1866 Birthday Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, Dutch lawyer/detective writer 1866 Birthday Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian 1865 Death Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69 1865 Death William Duane, American Lawyer 1865 Birthday Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, Loi Falcidie 1865 Birthday William Edgar Borah, born in Fairfield, Illinois, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer 1865 Event J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar 1864 Death David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 1864 Birthday Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer, Roman law 1864 Death James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34 1863 Death Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies 1862 Death James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 Death Thornton F Brodhead, U.S. lawyer/politician/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1862 Death William Harvey Lamb Wallace, U.S. lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1862 Death William Pennington, American Lawyer 1861 Death Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82 1859 Death Cornelis J van Axes, lawyer, dies at 71 1859 Death Richard Rush, American Lawyer 1859 Birthday Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 1857 Birthday Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament 1857 Birthday French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary, Pursue Years 1856 Birthday Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1854 Birthday Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician 1854 Birthday Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer 1854 Birthday Henri-Marie Lafontaine, born in Belgium, international lawyer, Nobel 1913 1854 Birthday Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1854 Birthday Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party 1852 Death Daniel Webster, lawyer/speaker/minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 70 1851 Birthday Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer 1849 Birthday Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer 1848 Death Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies 1848 Birthday Adhemar Esmein, French lawyer 1847 Birthday Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina 1845 Death Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76 1845 Event 1st black lawyer (Macon B. Allen) admitted to bar 1844 Death Nicholas Biddle, U.S. lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 1843 Birthday Louis Renault, French lawyer 1838 Birthday Paul Laband, German lawyer 1837 Death Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Etude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30 1836 Birthday Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer, La forge Roussel 1834 Death Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 1834 Birthday Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA 1834 Birthday Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist 1834 Birthday Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank 1834 Birthday Charles-Albert Gobat, born in Switzerland, politician, lawyer, and author, Nobel 1902 1833 Birthday John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col Confederate Army 1832 Birthday Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer, Aylwin 1831 Death Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74 1830 Birthday Belva Lockwood, American Lawyer 1828 Death Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1828 Birthday Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer 1827 Birthday Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator 1827 Death Harman W. Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54 1827 Birthday William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance 1827 Birthday Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer 1826 Birthday Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist 1826 Death Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist, dies 1824 Death Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies 1824 Birthday Rudolf von Benningsen, German lawyer/politician 1823 Birthday Joseph E Labbe, French lawyer 1823 Birthday George Thorndike Angell, Massachusetts, lawyer, ASPCA 1822 Birthday Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council, 1885-97 1820 Death Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 1819 Death George Leonard, American Lawyer 1818 Death Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59 1817 Birthday John Bigelow, American Lawyer 1817 Death Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63 1817 Birthday Leroy Pope Walker, U.S. lawyer/Confederate minister of War, 1861 1816 Birthday William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1816 Death Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 1815 Birthday Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast 1814 Birthday Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1813 Death Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1813 Birthday Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford 1812 Birthday Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice 1809 Birthday George W. Vreede, Dutch lawyer/politician 1807 Birthday Henri Klimrath, French lawyer, Memoire sur lesson Olim 1805 Birthday Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer 1805 Birthday David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1804 Birthday Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice, 1856-58 1804 Birthday Jean C F Demolombe, prince de l'exegese, French lawyer 1803 Death Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 1800 Death William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68 1799 Birthday Rufus Choate, U.S., lawyer, Hall of Fame 1798 Death James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 55 1798 Birthday Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer 1796 Birthday Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman 1796 Birthday William Pennington, American Lawyer 1796 Birthday Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1796 Death Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 1793 Birthday Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/Minister of Internal Affairs, 1848-49 1791 Death Francis Hopkinson, U.S. writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 1790 Birthday Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American Lawyer 1783 Death James Otis, American lawyer, dies 1782 Birthday Daniel Webster, Salisbury, New Hampshire, orator, politician, and lawyer 1780 Birthday Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, Esprit, origin et progres 1780 Birthday Richard Rush, American Lawyer 1780 Birthday William Duane, American Lawyer 1780 Death William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 1779 Birthday Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer 1777 Birthday Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian 1776 Birthday Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book 1773 Birthday Harman W. Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director 1772 Death Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 1772 Death Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 1771 Death John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76 1769 Birthday Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer 1768 Birthday Jozef B. Cannaert, Flemish lawyer 1768 Birthday Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer/politician 1767 Birthday Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance 1767 Birthday Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet, Jaromir 1765 Birthday Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist 1756 Birthday Christian G Korner, German lawyer/father of Karl 1756 Birthday Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge, Ware Pleiter 1755 Death Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, dies 1755 Birthday Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, Fisiologia del Gusto 1754 Death Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 1754 Birthday Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO, National Convention 1754 Birthday Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet 1754 Death Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 1753 Birthday Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1753 Birthday Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1748 Death Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 1746 Death Francois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86 1743 Death Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 1742 Birthday James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, U.S. judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1740 Birthday Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society 1739 Birthday Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer, Laudatio Hugonis Grotii 1738 Birthday Dionysius G Van de Keessel, lawyer, Theses Selectae 1737 Birthday Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes 1735 Birthday Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana, Italian lawyer 1735 Death Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about 46 1734 Death Antonius Schultingh, Schultingius, Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 1731 Birthday William Cowper, English lawyer/poet, John Gilpin, 1729 Birthday George Leonard, American Lawyer 1728 Birthday Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist 1726 Birthday Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence 1725 Death Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77 1719 Birthday Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist 1719 Death Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52 1718 Event James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun 1710 Death Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 74 1707 Birthday Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright, Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges 1702 Birthday Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer 1699 Birthday Robert J Pothier, French lawyer 1695 Birthday John E Loovens, lawyer 1694 Death Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58 1694 Death Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62 1694 Death Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 1688 Death Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 1684 Death Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1684 Death John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48 1682 Death Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55 1679 Birthday Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer 1674 Death Charles de Mean, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 1673 Birthday Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council 1669 Death Pieter Cuypers, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at 48 1668 Death Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79 1667 Birthday Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer/Luthers pietist 1667 Death Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 1666 Death Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer, dies 1665 Birthday Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician 1665 Death Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63 1660 Death Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44 1660 Death Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84 1659 Birthday Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman 1659 Birthday Antonius Schultingh, Schultingius, Dutch lawyer 1659 Birthday Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island 1656 Death Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies 1655 Death Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1651 Death Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies 1649 Death Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered 1647 Birthday Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer 1647 Birthday Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer 1645 Event Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil 1638 Death Johannes Althusius, Althaut, German lawyer, dies at about 81 1635 Birthday Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian 1634 Birthday Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland, 1672-88 1629 Death Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 1628 Birthday Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer, Mother Goose 1627 Death Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 1626 Birthday Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian, Roman-Holland regt 1625 Death Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64 1620 Birthday Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer 1619 Death Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies 1612 Birthday Antoine Arnauld, Grand Arnauld, French lawyer/theologist 1610 Birthday Alexander VIII, Pietro Ottoboni, Italy, lawyer/Pope, 1689 - 1691 1608 Death Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies 1608 Death Hendrik van Kinschot, Henricus Kinschotus, lawyer, dies at 66 1607 Death Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48 1606 Death Carolus Gallus, Karel de Haan, Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 1598 Death Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 1595 Birthday Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer 1590 Death Cujacius, Jacques Cujas, French lawyer, dies at about 68 1590 Death Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 1586 Birthday Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn 1581 Death Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies 1579 Birthday Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist 1578 Birthday Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople, 1611-39 1577 Death Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies 1576 Death Joachim Hopperus, Hoppers, Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 1576 Birthday Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian 1574 Birthday Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet 1573 Birthday Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1561 Birthday Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden 1558 Birthday Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian 1554 Birthday Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer 1551 Birthday Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist 1550 Birthday Carolus Gallus, Karel de Haan, Dutch lawyer, pastor, and vicar 1546 Death Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies 1541 Birthday Hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer 1524 Birthday Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, Anti-Tribonien 1523 Birthday Joachim Hopperus, Hoppers, Frisian lawyer/politician 1520 Birthday Franciscus Balduinus, Francois Baudouin, lawyer 1507 Birthday Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, Praxis rerum criminalium 1501 Death Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72 1499 Birthday Pius IV, Gianangelo de' Medici, Italian lawyer/pope, 1559-65 1492 Birthday Andreas Alciatus, Giovanni Andrea-Alciato, Italian lawyer 1478 Birthday Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1458 Death Mapheus Vegius, Maffeo Vegio, Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies 1382 Death Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies 1303 Death Boniface VIII, Benedetto Gaetani, lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
