# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-wendell-holmes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:37:31.583Z

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name: "Oliver Wendell Holmes"
slug: "oliver-wendell-holmes"
description: "Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions – particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy – and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the Supreme Court. He previously served the Union as a brevet colonel in the American Civil War, as an associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality, and writing style made him a popular figure, especially with American progressives."
tagline: "American jurist (1841–1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr_circa_1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1841-03-08"
deathDate: "1935-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump