Famous historians

Source: https://aidb.si/d/historians — Pantheon by Datawheel (pantheon.world), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Please cite: Yu, A. Z., Ronen, S., Hu, K., Lu, T. & Hidalgo, C. A. (2016). Pantheon 1.0, a manually verified dataset of globally famous biographies. Scientific Data 3:150075. doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.75 Dates, citizenship, notable works, descriptions and sitelinks from Wikidata (CC0); images from Wikimedia Commons.

RankNameWikidataDescriptionOccupationField of workBornDiedCitizenshipCountries of citizenshipBirth countryNotable worksSitelinksHPIImage
1HerodotusQ26825Greek historian and geographer (c. 484–c. 425 BC)Historiancreative and professional writing; politics-484-425TURHalicarnassusTUR119990.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marble%20bust%20of%20Herodotos%20MET%20DT11742%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2Ibn KhaldunQ9294historiographer and historianHistorianeconomics; philosophy1332-06-041406-03-26TUN316786.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20of%20Ibn%20Khaldun%20(Casbah%20of%20Bejaia%2C%20Algeria).jpg?width=320
3TacitusQ2161Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)Historian00550120Ancient RomeFRA514682.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tacitus%2C%20Cornelius%20(50%20-%20116).jpg?width=320
4Sima QianQ9372Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)Historianhistory of China-145-86Western HanCHN114483.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Si%20maqian.jpg?width=320
5ThucydidesQ416835th-century BC Athenian historian and generalHistorianhistory of ancient Greece-460-395GRCClassical AthensGRC113383.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thucydides%20pushkin01.jpg?width=320
6Titus LiviusQ2039Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17)Historian-590017Ancient RomeITA112981.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Titus%20Livius.png?width=320
7XenophonQ129772Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC)Historianphilosophy-430-354GRCClassical AthensGRC212782.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20of%20Xenophon.jpg?width=320
8Alexis de TocquevilleQ140694French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)Historian1805-07-291859-04-16FRAFranceFRA211678.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexis%20de%20Tocqueville%20(Th%C3%A9odore%20Chass%C3%A9riau%20-%20Versailles).jpg?width=320
9Edward GibbonQ161841English historian and politician (1737–1794)Historianhistory; classical antiquity1737-05-081794-01-16Kingdom of Great BritainGBR110574.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Emily%20Gibbon.jpg?width=320
10SuetoniusQ10133late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historianHistorian00690140Ancient RomeITA19677.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suetonius%20etching%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
11JosephusQ134461Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100)Historianhistoriography; history00370100Ancient RomeISR49480.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Flavius%20Josephus%2C%20RP-P-1906-2507.jpg?width=320
12PolybiusQ131169Ancient Greek historian and politician of the 2nd century BCHistorian-200-120Achaean LeagueGRC19177.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gipsmodelle%20Wiener%20Historismus%20Hofburg-Keller%202012%2033%20Alois%20D%C3%BCll%2C%20Polybios.jpg?width=320
13Diodorus SiculusQ1712411st-century BC Greek historianHistorianhistory-90-20ITAAgyrionITA18879.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diodoro%20Siculo.png?width=320
13Yuval Noah HarariQ2484404Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellersHistorianhistory1976-02-24ISRIsraelISR38871.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MKr364751%20Yuval%20Noah%20Harari%20(Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202024).jpg?width=320
15BedeQ154938Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)Historiantheology; history of Christianity06720735-05-29Kingdom of NorthumbriaGBR188774.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Man%20writing%20Corpus%20Christi%20College%20Cambridge%20MS.%20389.jpg?width=320
16Arnold J. ToynbeeQ185381British historian (1889–1975)Historianphilosophy of history1889-04-141975-10-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR18274.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold%20J.%20Toynbee%20Anefo.jpg?width=320
17Hippolyte TaineQ297726French literary critic and historian (1828-1893)Historianphilosophy1828-04-211893-03-05FRAFranceFRA67973.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hippolyte%20taine.jpg?width=320
18Thomas KuhnQ184980American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996)Historiananalytic philosophy; history of science1922-07-181996-06-17USAUnited StatesUSA27876.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Kuhn%20(1977)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
19Cassius DioQ185223Greco-Roman statesman and historian (c. 155–c. 235)Historianpolitics; ancient literature01550235Ancient RomeTUR17776.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dio%20Cassius.jpg?width=320
20Eric HobsbawmQ34933British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012)Historianinternational relations1917-06-092012-10-01GBRUnited KingdomEGY57673.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eminent%20Historian%20Professor%20Eric%20Hobsbawm%20at%20the%20interactive%20session%20with%20the%20students%20of%20Delhi%20University%2C%20Jawaharlal%20Nehru%20University%20and%20Jamia%20Millia%20in%20New%20Delhi%20on%20December%2021%2C%202004.jpg?width=320
21Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron MacaulayQ315989British historian and politician (1800–1859)Historianhistory1800-10-251859-12-28Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR07376.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Babington%20Macaulay.jpg?width=320
21Leopold von RankeQ77184German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)Historianhistory1795-12-211886-05-23Kingdom of PrussiaDEU07375.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jebens%2C%20Adolf%20-%20Leopold%20von%20Ranke%20(detail)%20-%201875.jpg?width=320
23Quintus Curtius RufusQ5959Roman historianHistorian00410053Ancient RomeGRC17272.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francia%2C%20quinto%20curzio%20rufo%2C%20storia%20di%20alessandro%20magno%2C%201450-1500%20ca.%2C%20med.%20pal.%20155%2C%2002.JPG?width=320
24Fernand BraudelQ185105French historian and leader of the Annales SchoolHistorianhistory1902-08-241985-11-27FRAFranceFRA17175.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Fernand%20Braudel%20on%20The%20Identity%20of%20France%20dustjacket.jpg?width=320
25ProcopiusQ1861536th-century historianHistorian05000565Byzantine EmpireISR37076.58
25Mircea EliadeQ41590Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago (1907–1986)Historianreligious studies1907-03-221986-04-22USAUnited StatesROU07076.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Expozi%C8%9Bie%20Mircea%20Eliade%2C%20fragment%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
27Jared DiamondQ205772American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)Historianphysiology; ecology1937-09-10USAUnited StatesUSA66770.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jared%20diamond.jpg?width=320
28Hecataeus of MiletusQ242270Greek historian and geographer (c.550–c.476 BC)Historianhistory-550-475MiletusTUR26576.89
28ArrianQ31845philosopher, historian, priestHistorian00890175Ancient RomeTUR46575.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrian7.jpg?width=320
28Saxo GrammaticusQ106837Danish historianHistorian11501220Kingdom of DenmarkDNK16574.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saxo%20Grammaticus.jpg?width=320
28François GuizotQ157324French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)Historian1787-10-041874-09-12FRAFranceFRA06571.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Pierre%20Guillaume%20Guizot.jpg?width=320
32Marc BlochQ156585French historian (1886–1944)Historianmedieval history1886-07-061944-06-16FRAFranceFRA66473.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc%20Bloch%20(1886%E2%80%931944).jpg?width=320
33ManethoQ1743803rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priestHistorian-201-160Ancient EgyptEGY16375.91
34Johann Joachim WinckelmannQ57280German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)Historianaesthetics; art history1717-12-091768-06-08Kingdom of PrussiaDEU26275.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WinckelmannJJ.jpg?width=320
35Jacob BurckhardtQ59945Swiss historian (1818–1897)Historianhistory of art1818-05-251897-08-08CHESwitzerlandCHE16174.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Burckhardt%2C%20Jakob%20(1818-1897)-Portrait-Portr%2000053.tif?width=320
36Francesco GuicciardiniQ44601Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)Historian1483-03-151540-06-01Republic of FlorenceITA55770.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ritratto%20di%20Francesco%20Guicciardini.jpg?width=320
36Howard ZinnQ119546American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)Historianhistory1922-08-242010-01-27USAUnited StatesUSA15761.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard%20Zinn%2C%202009%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
38Johan HuizingaQ276280Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)Historianhistory; art history1872-12-071945-02-01NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD25574.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan-huizinga1.jpg?width=320
38Adam of BremenQ10924411th-century German historian and chroniclerHistorian10001080DEUGermanyDEU15572.91
38Barbara W. TuchmanQ59112American historian and author (1912–1989)Historian1912-01-301989-02-06USAUnited StatesUSA25564.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara%20W.%20Tuchman.JPG?width=320
41Lev GumilevQ135481Soviet academic (1912-1992)Historianethnology; archaeology1912-10-011992-06-15RUSRussiaRUS05465.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B21934.jpg?width=320
42Friedrich Carl von SavignyQ76892German jurist (1779-1861)Historianjurisprudence1779-02-211861-10-25Kingdom of PrussiaDEU05373.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Von%20Savigny%2C%20Friedrich%20Carl.jpg?width=320
43Jacques Le GoffQ213992French historian (1924-2014)Historianmedieval history; medieval studies1924-01-012014-04-01FRAFranceFRA15272.92
43Marcus Velleius PaterculusQ316098Roman historian, soldier and senator (c.19 BC - c. AD 31)Historian-190031Ancient RomeITA05272.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus%20Velleius%20Paterculus%20krijgt%20als%20Romeinse%20veldheer%20wapentrofee%C3%ABn%20aangeboden%20Titelpagina%20voor%20Pieter%20Burman%2C%20Gaius%20Velleius%20Paterculus%2C%20Leiden%201719%20C.%20Velleius%20Paterculus%20(titel%20op%20object)%2C%20RP-P-BI-1238.jpg?width=320
45Ibn KathirQ369690Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)Historianfiqh; science of hadith13011373SYR75174.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hafiz%20Ibn%20Kathir.png?width=320
45JustinQ210853Roman historian, 2nd centuryHistorian01100200Ancient Rome15170.78
45EutropiusQ3146944th century Roman historian and officialHistorian03200400Ancient RomeTUR15168.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eutropius%20portrait%2C%20Plut.%2065.35.jpg?width=320
48William of TyreQ311822medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of TyreHistoriantheology; chronicle11301186Kingdom of France; Kingdom of JerusalemISR35075.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20of%20tyre.jpg?width=320
48Leonardo BruniQ314488Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)Historianhumanism; history13691444-03-18Republic of FlorenceITA275072.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walker%20Art%20Gallery%2C%20Leonard%20Bruni.jpg?width=320
48Tzvetan TodorovQ313852Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)Historianlinguistics; literature1939-03-012017-02-07France; BulgariaBGR25070.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tzvetan%20Todorov%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20Porto%20Alegre%202012%20(7938086378).jpg?width=320
48Timothy SnyderQ747312American historian (born 1969)Historianhistory; Central Europe1969-08-18USAUnited StatesUSA35064.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timothy%20Snyder%20(2026)%20III.jpg?width=320
52A. J. P. TaylorQ706931English historian (1906-1990)Historian1906-03-251990-09-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR04958.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20AJP%20Taylor%20on%20dust%20jacket%20of%20Bismarck%20The%20Man%20and%20the%20Statesman.jpg?width=320
53Ibn IshaqQ334847Arab hagiographer and historian (704–767)Historianprophetic biography; history of Islam07040768SAU14873.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibn%20Ishaq.png?width=320
53Socrates of ConstantinopleQ3361985th century Greek Christian church historianHistorian03800440Byzantine EmpireTUR14872.04
53Lucien FebvreQ156999French historian (1878-1956)Historianhistory1878-07-221956-09-25FRAFranceFRA14871.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucien%20Febvre-Strasbourg.jpg?width=320
53Poggio BraccioliniQ318254Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)Historianphilosophy1380-02-191459-11-08Papal States; Republic of FlorenceITA134871.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gianfrancesco%20Poggio%20Bracciolini%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320
53Bernard LewisQ501880British-American historian (1916–2018)Historianpolitical history; commentary1916-05-312018-05-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR04869.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Lewis%20in%202012%20(1).JPG?width=320
58Erwin PanofskyQ57656German art historian (1892–1968)Historianart history1892-03-301968-03-14United States; GermanyDEU24772.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erwin%20Panofsky%20at%20Oberlin%20College%20(1950)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
58Niketas ChoniatesQ297340Greek historian (1155-1217)Historianhistory11551217Byzantine EmpireTUR04771.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niketas%20Choniates.JPG?width=320
58John SkylitzesQ312330Greek historian (early 1040s – after 1101)Historian10401110Byzantine Empire14770.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil%20I%20(867-886)%20from%20the%20Chronikon%20of%20Ioannis%20Skylitzes.jpg?width=320
61Ibn al-AthirQ334854Islamic historian, theologian and geographer (1160–1232/3)Historianhistory; universal history1160-05-191233TUR34672.68
61Johann Gustav DroysenQ60217German historian (1808–1884)Historianhistorian1808-07-061884-06-19Kingdom of PrussiaPOL14670.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Gustav%20Droysen%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320
61Abu al-Faraj al-IsfahaniQ335599Arab historian, writer, poet and musicologist (897–967)Historian08970967-11-25Abbasid CaliphateIRN14667.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kitab%20al-Aghani%2001.jpg?width=320
61Henry Thomas BuckleQ435699English historian (1821–1862)Historianphilosophy1821-11-241862-05-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR04663.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Thomas%20Buckle%20(1857).jpg?width=320
61Vasily KlyuchevskyQ379584Russian historian (1841–1911)Historianhistory of Russia; history1841-01-281911-05-25Russian EmpireRUS04660.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Klyuchevsky%202.jpg?width=320
66Al-BaladhuriQ293528Abbasid-era Muslim historian (820-892)Historian08200892Abbasid CaliphateIRQ24572.19
66Ibn Hajar al-AsqalaniQ471116Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449)Historianfiqh; science of hadith1372-02-181449-02-11EGY184570.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B7%20%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%B1.png?width=320
66Niall FergusonQ377638British historianHistorianjournalism; economics1964-04-18United Kingdom; United StatesGBR04554.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niall%20Ferguson%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%202017%20(37840342015)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
69Theophylact SimocattaQ313504early 7th-century Byzantine historianHistorianhistory; poetry05800630Byzantine EmpireEGY14469.32
69Donna HarawayQ253407American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies (born 1944)Historiangender studies1944-09-06USAUnited StatesUSA44467.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donna%20Haraway%202006%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
69Robert ConquestQ379628British historian and poetHistorianhistoriography; history of the Soviet Union1917-07-152015-08-03United Kingdom; United StatesGBR14461.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Conquest%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
69Thomas FullerQ1248758English churchman and historian (1608–1661)Historian1608-06-291661-08-16United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR04454.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Fuller%201841.jpg?width=320
73Joseph Justus ScaligerQ315163French historian (1540-1609)Historiantheology; history1540-08-151609-01-21Kingdom of France; Dutch RepublicFRA14370.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scaliger.jpg?width=320
73Ernst GombrichQ78504Austrian art historian (1909–2001)Historianpopular science literature; art history1909-03-302001-11-03Austria; United KingdomAUT04370.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prins%20Bernhard%20reikt%20Erasmusprijs%20uit%20in%20Van%20Goghmuseum%20aan%20Sir%20Ernst%20Gombrich%20en%20jhr.%20W.%20Sandberg%2C%20Bestanddeelnr%20928-1609%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
73LibaniusQ263892Greek rhetorician (4th century AD)Historian03140393Ancient RomeTUR04369.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Libanius%20the%20sophist.jpg?width=320
76Henri PirenneQ312501Belgian historian (1862-1935)Historianmedieval studies1862-12-231935-10-24BELBelgiumBEL14268.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri.Pirenne.Portrait.gif?width=320
76SozomenQ354350Byzantine historianHistorianhistory; history of Christianity04000448Byzantine Empire24266.76
76Johan Rudolph ThorbeckeQ182509Dutch statesman (1798-1872)Historianinternational relations1798-01-141872-06-04NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD04263.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan%20Heinrich%20Neuman%20-%20Johan%20Rudolf%20Thorbecke.jpg?width=320
76Frederick Jackson TurnerQ548462American historian (1861-1932)Historianhistorian1861-11-141932-03-14USAUnited StatesUSA04259.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick%20Jackson%20Turner.jpg?width=320
80Moses of ChoreneQ3656955th-century Armenian historianHistorianhistory of Armenia; history04100490Kingdom of Armenia14169.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.Movses%20Khorenatsi.jpg?width=320
80EphorusQ313791Greek historian (c. 400 – 330 BC)Historianhistorian-400-330TUR14169.19
80Gaston MasperoQ311816French egyptologist (1846–1916)Historian1846-06-241916-06-30FRAFranceFRA04168.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaston%20Maspero%20Reutlinger%20BNF%20Gallica.jpg?width=320
80Nicolaus of DamascusQ3139241st-century BC historian and philosopherHistorian-640004Seleucid EmpireSYR04168.31
84Samuel von PufendorfQ57186German philosopher (1632–1694)Historian1632-01-081694-10-26SWESwedenDEU14071.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20von%20Pufendorf.jpg?width=320
84Geoffrey of VillehardouinQ5361knight and historianHistorian11481213Kingdom of FranceFRA14069.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geoffroi%20de%20Villehardouin.jpg?width=320
84Julius WellhausenQ76897German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918)Historianoriental studies1844-05-171918-01-07Kingdom of PrussiaDEU04067.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius%20Wellhausen%2002.jpg?width=320
84Sextus Julius AfricanusQ317014Greco-Roman Christian traveller and historian (c.160–c.240)Historian01600240Ancient RomeISR14066.14
84Pierre NoraQ266382French historian and publisher (1931–2025)Historianpublishing house; history1931-11-172025-06-02FRAFranceFRA04064.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Nora.JPG?width=320
84Golo MannQ77109German-Swiss historian (1909-1994)Historianliterary activity; history1909-03-271994-04-07Switzerland; GermanyDEU14064.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20B%20145%20Bild-F053560-0013%2C%20Rh%C3%B6ndorf%2C%20Sitzung%20Stiftung%20Adenauer-Haus%20(Golo%20Mann).jpg?width=320
84C. Northcote ParkinsonQ352729British naval historian (1909–1993)Historian1909-07-301993-03-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR14062.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyril%20Northcote%20Parkinson%201961.jpg?width=320
84William of MalmesburyQ345524English monk and chronicler (c.1095 – c.1143)Historian1095-111143Kingdom of EnglandGBR124061.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William.of.malmesbury.arp.jpg?width=320
92Carlo GinzburgQ355251Italian historian (1939–2026)Historianhistory1939-04-152026-06-17ITAItalyITA13967.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlo%20Ginzburg%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20mars%202013%20(2).jpg?width=320
92Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieQ314148French historian and writerHistorianmicrohistory; climate change1929-07-192023-11-22FRAFranceFRA13965.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmanuel%20Le%20Roy%20Ladurie%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20octobre%202014%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
92Gerald of WalesQ357824medieval clergyman and historianHistorianhistory; medieval literature11461201GBRWalesGBR63959.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.David's%20Cathedral%20-%20Dreieinigkeitskapelle%205%20Giraldus%20Cambrensis.jpg?width=320
95CallisthenesQ82793Greek historian (c. 360–327 BC)Historian-360-327GRC03869.54
95Kenneth ClarkQ371258English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster (1903–1983)Historian1903-07-131983-05-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR03868.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenneth%20Clark%20PBS%201971.jpg?width=320
95Erich AuerbachQ57603German philologist (1892-1957)Historianlinguistics1892-11-091957-10-13DEUGermanyDEU13867.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich%20Auerbach%20um%201930.jpg?width=320
95Norman DaviesQ376303British historianHistorianhistory1939-06-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR83862.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman%20Davies%202018.jpg?width=320
95E. P. ThompsonQ434160British historian & peace activist (1924-1993)Historianhistory1924-02-031993-08-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR13862.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20P%20Thompson%20at%201980%20protest%20rally%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
95Antony BeevorQ380229English military historianHistorianhistory; military history1946-12-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR03862.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antony%20Beevor%200008.jpg?width=320
95Timothy Garton AshQ311729British historian and authorHistorianjournalism; political history1955-07-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR23859.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019-05-30%20Timothy%20Garton%20Ash-6011.jpg?width=320
95Mary BeardQ458403English classicist (born 1955)Historianclassical philology1955-01-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR13855.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Beard%20UC3M%202017%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
95Anvar ChingizoghluQ12850258Azerbaijani historian, journalist and writerHistoriangenealogy; ethnology1962-05-102022-07-10AZEAzerbaijanAZE03854.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enver%20Chingizo%C4%9Flu.JPG?width=320
104Aby WarburgQ60185German art historian and cultural theorist (1866–1929)Historianhistory of art; aesthetics1866-06-131929-10-26DEUGermanyDEU03771.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aby%20Warburg.jpg?width=320
104Heinrich WölfflinQ123466Swiss art critic and art historian (1864-1945)Historianart history1864-06-211945-07-19CHESwitzerlandCHE03770.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduard%20Wasow%20-%20Portr%C3%A4t%20des%20Kunsthistorikers%20Heinrich%20W%C3%B6lfflin%2C%201924.png?width=320
104TheopompusQ4318Greek historian and rhetorician (c.380–c.315 BC)Historian-380-320GRC23769.44
104Al-DhahabiQ293554Syrian Islamic historian and Hadith scholar (1274–1348)HistorianIslamic theology; history1274-10-121348-02-12SYR183768.82
104EunapiusQ343018ancient Greek sophist and historianHistorianancient Greek philosophy03490420Ancient RomeTUR23766.64
104Hayden WhiteQ434818American historian (1928–2018)Historianhistory; literary criticism1928-07-122018-03-05USAUnited StatesUSA13764.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%20%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D.jpg?width=320
104Richard PipesQ449064American historian (1923–2018)Historianhistory1923-07-112018-05-17United States; PolandPOL03763.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Pipes%202004.JPG?width=320
104Egon FriedellQ112255Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938)Historian1878-01-211938-03-16AUTAustriaAUT13761.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egon%20Friedell%201931.jpg?width=320
104Lyudmila AlexeyevaQ293156Soviet-Russian human rights activist (1927–2018)Historian1927-07-202018-12-08Russia; United States03760.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyudmila%20Alexeyeva%202017-02-07%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
113EuhemerusQ317942ancient Greek philosopherHistorianphilosophy-330-250ITA03670.7
113Georges DubyQ271295French historian (1919–1996)Historianmedieval history1919-10-071996-12-03FRAFranceFRA13667.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgesDuby-StudioHarcourt-1967.png?width=320
113Arthur Moeller van den BruckQ77466German historian (1876–1925)Historiantheory of the state1876-04-231925-05-30German Empire; Weimar RepublicDEU03666.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Moeller%20van%20den%20Bruck.jpg?width=320
113Tony JudtQ312279British-American historian (1948–2010)Historianhistory1948-01-022010-08-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR13660.6
113Bernard BerensonQ359047American art critic and collector (1865-1959)HistorianRenaissance painting; art history1865-06-261959-10-06USAUnited StatesLTU03659.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1917%20Bernard%20Berenson.jpg?width=320
113Agnes ArberQ394451British botanist (1879-1960)Historianbotany; metaphysics1879-02-231960-03-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR33659.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Agnes%20Arber%201911.png?width=320
113Christopher HillQ719787British historian (1912–2003)Historianhistory1912-02-062003-02-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR03658.74
113Charles A. BeardQ719860American historian (1874-1948)Historianhistory1874-11-271948-09-01USAUnited StatesUSA03655.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Austin%20Beard.jpg?width=320
121Al-MaqriziQ293604Egyptian historian (1364–1442)Historianhistory of Islam; economics13641442-02-17Medieval EgyptEGY63566.91
121Tyrannius RufinusQ365835monk, historian, and theologianHistoriantranslations from Greek; translation into Latin03450411Ancient RomeITA53566.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rufinus%20Aquileiensis.jpg?width=320
121Steven RuncimanQ49979British historian of the Middle Ages (1903–2000)Historian1903-07-072000-11-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR23562.65
121Edgar QuinetQ551735French writer (1803-1875)Historian1803-02-171875-03-27FRAFranceFRA03561.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar%20Quinet%20vers%201860.jpg?width=320
125Johann Jakob BachofenQ123861Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)Historianphilology1815-12-221887-11-25CHESwitzerlandCHE03469.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Jakob%20Bachofen%20by%20Jenny%20Burckhardt.jpg?width=320
125Arthur M. SchlesingerQ435195American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007)Historian1917-10-152007-02-28USAUnited StatesUSA03468.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20M.%20Schlesinger%2C%20Jr.%201961.jpg?width=320
125George OstrogorskyQ311461Russian Byzantinist (1902-1976)HistorianByzantine studies1902-01-191976-10-24Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Russian Empire; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Soviet UnionRUS03468.06
125Hermann DielsQ61889German classical scholar (1848–1922)Historianclassical philology1848-05-181922-06-04German EmpireDEU03466.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Alexander%20Diels.jpg?width=320
125Georgios KedrenosQ360883Byzantine historian (11th century)Historian11001100Byzantine EmpireTUR03466.85
125René GroussetQ527963French historian (1885-1952)Historian1885-09-051952-09-12FRAFranceFRA13465.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9%20Grousset.jpg?width=320
125Michael RostovtzeffQ502983Russian historian of ancient history (1870–1952)Historianarchaeology; classical philology1870-11-101952-10-20USAUnited StatesUKR03464.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Rostovtzeff.jpg?width=320
125Heinrich von TreitschkeQ62400German historian and political writer (1834-1896)Historianopinion journalism; political science1834-09-151896-04-28Kingdom of SaxonyDEU03463.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20von%20Treitschke.jpg?width=320
125Ian KershawQ312532English historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943)Historianhistory1943-04-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR03462.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian%20Kershaw%202012%20crop.jpg?width=320
125Gerda LernerQ85102Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)Historian1920-04-302013-01-02United States; AustriaAUT13459.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UW-Madison%20history%20professor%20Gerda%20Lerner.jpg?width=320
135Flavio BiondoQ434834historian from ItalyHistorianhistory13921463-06-13ITA03366.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flavio%20Biondi.jpg?width=320
135Charles du Fresne, sieur du CangeQ442240French philologist (1610–1688)Historian1610-12-181688-10-23FRAFranceFRA13364.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Du%20Fresne%2C%20Seigneur%20Du%20Cange%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320
135Evagrius ScholasticusQ3656786th century Syrian scholar and intellectualHistorianhistory; medieval literature05360594Byzantine EmpireSYR23363.17
135Augustin ThierryQ381092French historian (1795-1856)Historian1795-05-101856-05-22FRAFranceFRA03362.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AugustinThierry.jpg?width=320
135George BuchananQ715169Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506–1582)Historian1506-02-111582-10-08GBRScotlandGBR13359.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anonymous%20-%20George%20Buchanan%20(Se%C3%B2ras%20Bochanan)%2C%201506%20-%201582.%20Historian%2C%20poet%20and%20reformer%20-%20PG%202678%20-%20National%20Galleries%20of%20Scotland.jpg?width=320
135Drew Gilpin FaustQ49128American historian and board member, director at Goldman SachsHistorianAmerican Civil War; women's history1947-09-18USAUnited StatesUSA03355.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Women%20in%20Economic%20Decision-making%20Drew%20Gilpin%20Faust%20(8414040540)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
135Romila ThaparQ2744161Indian historian (born 1931)Historianhistory1931-11-30INDIndiaIND03351.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thapr2.jpg?width=320
142Shoqan WalikhanovQ135392Kazakhstani ethnographer (1835–1865)Historian1835-111865-04-10Russian EmpireKAZ03264.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russian%20scientist%20and%20traveller%20Shokan%20Valikhanov%20during%20his%20visit%20in%20Saint-Petersburg%20in%201860.jpg?width=320
142Max WeinreichQ467106American/Latvian linguist (1894–1969)HistorianYiddish1894-04-221969-01-29USAUnited StatesLVA03262.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Weinreich.jpg?width=320
142John FoxeQ38096116th-century English historianHistorian15161587-04-18Kingdom of EnglandGBR03259.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Foxe%20from%20NPG%20cleaned.jpg?width=320
145TimaeusQ367298Greek historian (died c. 260 BC)Historianhistory-345-260GRCClassical AthensITA13167.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timeo%20di%20Tauromenio.png?width=320
145Leo the DeaconQ362589Byzantine historianHistorian09500992Byzantine EmpireTUR03165.02
145Richard SennettQ450412American sociologist and academicHistoriansociology1943-01-01USAUnited StatesUSA03164.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Sennett%2C%20re-publica%202016%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
145Ivane JavakhishviliQ1367287Georgian historian and linguist (1876-1940)Historianhistory1876-04-231940-11-18Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Democratic Republic of Georgia; Georgian SSRGEO03162.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%20%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98.jpg?width=320
145Krste MisirkovQ2586864Philologist, collector, ethnologist, journalist, historian and ethnographerHistorian1874-11-181926-07-26BGRBulgariaGRC13161.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krste%20P.Misirkov-%20portret.PNG?width=320
145Guglielmo FerreroQ689713Italian historian and writer (1871-1942)Historianhumanities; ancient history1871-06-211942-08-03Kingdom of Italy03160.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guglielmo%20Ferrero.jpg?width=320
145İlber OrtaylıQ343562Turkish historian (1947–2026)Historianhistory of the Ottoman Empire; administrative history1947-05-212026-03-13TURTurkeyAUT23158.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C4%B0lber%20Ortayl%C4%B1%202023.jpg?width=320
145John Bagnell BuryQ502912Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927)Historianhistory1861-10-161927-06-01GBRUnited KingdomIRL03157.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JBagnellBury.png?width=320
145Stephen E. AmbroseQ443953American historian and writer (1936–2002)Historianmilitary history; history1936-01-102002-10-13USAUnited StatesUSA03155.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen%20Ambrose.jpg?width=320
145Helene AhrweilerQ81500Greek/French Byzantinist (1926–2026)HistorianByzantine studies1926-08-292026-02-16France; GreeceGRC03155.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helene%20Ahrweiler.jpg?width=320
145Daniel PipesQ369283American historian, writer, journalist and political scientist (born 1949)Historianinternational relations1949-09-09USAUnited StatesUSA03153.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20pipes%202.jpg?width=320
145Gábor KósaQ17361723Hungarian orientalist, religious historian, university professorHistorian1971-01-31HUNHungaryHUN03148.82
157AgatharchidesQ391216Ptolemaic Greek servant and secretary, remembered as a historian and geographerHistorianhistory-208TUR13065.97
157Al-WaqidiQ285255Muslim historian and biographer of Muhammad (c.747-823)Historianfiqh; history0747-09-140823Abbasid CaliphateSAU33065.88
157PhilostorgiusQ380943Byzantine Church historian (368 – c. 439)HistorianArianism; history of Christianity03680439Byzantine Empire; Ancient RomeTUR13064.21
157Hieronymus WolfQ61631German pedagogue and humanist (1516-1580)Historian1516-08-231580-10-18Holy Roman EmpireDEU03063.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Hieronymus%20Wolf%20Hieronymus%20Wolffius%20(titel%20op%20object)%2C%20RP-P-OB-31.457.jpg?width=320
157Michael AttaleiatesQ181919Byzantine judge and historian (11th century)Historian10211080Byzantine EmpireTUR03063.62
157François FuretQ318667French historian (1927–1997)HistorianFrench Revolution1927-03-271997-07-12FRAFranceFRA33063.07
157Moritz CantorQ61751German historian of mathematics (1829-1920)Historianmathematics; history1829-08-231920-04-09Grand Duchy of Baden; Weimar RepublicDEU13061.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moritz%20Cantor%20(HeidICON%2028790)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
157Deborah LipstadtQ254798American diplomat and Holocaust historian (born 1947)Historian1947-03-18USAUnited StatesUSA03061.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deborah%20Lipstadt%2C%20U.S.%20Special%20Envoy.jpg?width=320
157Peter BrownQ962080Irish historian (1935- )HistorianLate antiquity1935-07-26IRLIrelandIRL03060.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Brown%20Balzan%20Prize%20Ceremony%202011.JPG?width=320
157Ahmad KasraviQ400678Iranian academic (1890–1946)Historianphilosophy; history1890-09-291946-03-11Qajar Iran; Pahlavi IranIRN53059.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmad-Kasravi.jpg?width=320
157Halil İnalcıkQ739524Turkish historian (1916–2016)Historiansocial history; history of the Ottoman Empire1916-05-262016-07-25TURTurkeyTUR23059.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Halil%20%C4%B0nalc%C4%B1k%2C%20Ottoman%20documents%20and%20the%20Black%20Sea%20region%20colloquium%2C%20HURI%2C%20March%201981.jpg?width=320
157Serhii PlokhyQ1257297Ukrainian-American historianHistorianUkrainian studies1957-05-23RUS03057.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%20Plokhy.jpg?width=320
157Daniel J. BoorstinQ551252American historian (1914–2004)Historian1914-10-012004-02-28USAUnited StatesUSA03055.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Boorstin.jpg?width=320
157G. M. TrevelyanQ1373357British historian (1876–1962)Historian1876-02-161962-07-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR03055.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GM%20Trevelyan%20by%20Beresford.jpg?width=320
157Robert KaganQ711031American historian (born 1958)Historianinternational relations1958-09-26USAUnited StatesGRC03052.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Kagan%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2002.jpg?width=320
172Arnold ToynbeeQ537152British economic historian (1852–1883)Historian1852-08-231883-03-09United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR02965.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The%20Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20studies%20in%20historical%20and%20political%20science%20(1883)%20(14780586191).jpg?width=320
172Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de BrantômeQ733270French historian (1540–1614)HistorianFrench literature; military affairs15401614-07-15FRAFranceFRA12964.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20de%20Bourdeille%2C%20dit%20Brant%C3%B4me%20(v.%201540-1614).jpg?width=320
172Jan AssmannQ61247German egyptologist (1938–2024)Historiancultural history; Egyptology1938-07-072024-02-19DEUGermanyDEU02962.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MJK62894%20Jan%20Assmann.jpg?width=320
172Janko PrunkQ310106Slovenian politician and historianHistorianhistory1942-12-30SVNSloveniaSVN02962.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JankoPrunk2026.jpg?width=320
172Anthony BluntQ508392British art historian and Soviet spy (1907-1983)Historian1907-09-261983-03-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR12961.17
172Natalie Zemon DavisQ266185Canadian-American historian (1928-2023)Historiansocial history; cultural history1928-11-082023-10-21United States; CanadaUSA22960.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natalie%20Zemon%20Davis%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
172William Hickling PrescottQ505844American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)Historianhistory1796-05-041859-01-28USAUnited StatesUSA02960.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Hickling%20Prescott%20by%20Southworth%20%26%20Hawes%2C%20c1850-9-crop.jpg?width=320
172Karl Otfried MüllerQ62113German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)Historiantopography; classical philologist1797-08-281840-08-01Kingdom of PrussiaPOL02959.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Otfried%20M%C3%BCller%20Oesterley.jpg?width=320
172Hugh Trevor-RoperQ335087British historian (1914-2003)Historianhistory of Europe1914-01-152003-01-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR22957.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh%20Trevor-Roper%20(1975).jpg?width=320
172Riane EislerQ469551Austrian-American sociologistHistorianpartner relationship; futurism1931-07-22United States; AustriaAUT12956.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riane%20Eisler.png?width=320
172Nikolaus PevsnerQ61682German-born British scholar (1902-1983)Historianarchitecture; history of architecture1902-01-301983-08-18Germany; United KingdomDEU02955.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolaus%20Pevsner%20(1929)%20von%20Genja%20Jonas.jpg?width=320
172Simon SchamaQ472272British University Professor of Art History and HistoryHistorian1945-02-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR02952.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%20Schama%20FT%20Business%20Book%20of%20the%20Year%202013.jpg?width=320
184Andrea AlciatoQ464471Italian jurist and writer (1492–1550)Historian1492-05-171550-01-22ITA12866.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Alciato%201584.JPG?width=320
184Emmanuel ToddQ713775historian, demographer, anthropologist, sociologist, political scientistHistorianhistorical demography; anthropology1951-05-16FRAFranceFRA72866.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmanuel%20Todd%20-%20E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s%20J%C3%B3zsef%20Lecture.jpg?width=320
184Vasily BartoldQ326005Russian orientalist (1869–1930)HistorianArabic studies; archival science1869-11-151930-08-19Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS02865.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Bartold.jpg?width=320
184Christoph CellariusQ62674German classical scholarHistorianhistoriography; philology1638-11-221707-06-04DEUGermanyDEU02865.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christoph%20Cellarius.png?width=320
184W. Montgomery WattQ471167Scottish historian and Orientalist (1909–2006)HistorianArabic studies; Islamic studies1909-03-142006-10-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR22865.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdolrashidi%20%26%20prof%20watt.jpg?width=320
184Peter BurkeQ504484British historian (b. 1937)Historiancultural history1937-08-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR12865.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Declaraci%C3%B3n%20de%20visitante%20ilustre%20de%20Montevideo%20a%20Peter%20Burke%20y%20Maria%20L%C3%BAcia%20Garc%C3%ADa%20Pallares-Burke%2012%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
184Vladimir MinorskyQ462697Russian historian, orientalist, iranist (1877–1966)Historianoriental studies1877-02-061966-03-25Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS02863.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Minorsky.jpg?width=320
184Martino MartiniQ1243676Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)Historian1614-09-201661-06-06Qing dynastyITA02862.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martino%20Martini.JPG?width=320
184Hermann AbertQ61275German musicologist (1871–1927)Historianmusicology; pedagogy1871-03-251927-08-13DEUGermanyDEU02862.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Abert%20(1871%E2%80%931927)%201927%20%C2%A9%20Georg%20Fayer%20(1892%E2%80%931950)%20OeNB%2010453403.jpg?width=320
184Marin BarletiQ464230Catholic priest, Albanian humanist and historianHistorian14501513Venetian AlbaniaALB02862.85
184FestusQ6661274th-century Roman historianHistorianhistory03900380-01Ancient RomeITA12859.98
184Maxime RodinsonQ522094French historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004)Historianhistory; sociology1915-01-262004-05-23FRAFranceFRA02859.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maxime%20Rodinson%20(1970).jpg?width=320
184Donald KaganQ469761American historian (1932-2021)Historianhistory of ancient Greece; classical philology1932-05-012021-08-06USAUnited StatesLTU02857.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dkaganbiopic.png?width=320
184Mary Ritter BeardQ6780609American historian and women's suffrage activist (1876–1958)Historian1876-08-051958-08-14USAUnited StatesUSA02855.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Ritter%20Beard%20cph.3b16401.jpg?width=320
184William DalrympleQ955334author and historian (born 1965)Historiantravel book; history1965-03-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR02854.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Dalrymple%20(sq%20cropped).png?width=320
199Árni MagnússonQ252301Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector (1663-1730)Historian1663-11-131730-01-07ISLIcelandSWE02765.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arni%20Magnusson%20drawing.jpg?width=320
199Reinhart KoselleckQ61271German historian (1923–2006)Historianconceptual history1923-04-232006-02-03DEUGermanyDEU12765.13
199Abd al-Razzaq SamarqandiQ2511004Persian Timurid islamic scholar, diplomat and historianHistorianhistoriography1413-11-071482Timurid EmpireAFG02764.8
199Guibert of NogentQ4289Benedictine historian, theologian and author of autobiographies (c. 1055–1124)Historian1055-04-211124Kingdom of FranceFRA62764.69
199Paisius of HilendarQ552756Bulgarian clergymanHistorian17221773Ottoman EmpireBGR12764.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg?width=320
199Johann Weikhard von ValvasorQ551267Carnolian scientistHistorian1641-05-281693-09-19Holy Roman EmpireSVN02763.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janez%20Vajkard%20Valvasor%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
199Shlomo SandQ718329Israeli historianHistoriannationalism; political history1946-09-10France; IsraelAUT22763.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shlomo%20Sand%2012%20juillet%202014.jpg?width=320
199George CœdèsQ663757French historian (1886–1969)HistorianThai studies1886-08-101969-10-02FRAFranceFRA12762.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Coed%C3%A8s.jpg?width=320
199Linda NochlinQ434478American art historian (1931–2017)Historianart history; modern art1931-01-302017-10-29USAUnited StatesUSA12761.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda%20Nochlin%202012%20(2min07s).jpg?width=320
199Alexander KazhdanQ942541Soviet historian and Byzantine Empire specialist (1922-1997)HistorianByzantine studies; history1922-09-031997-05-29USAUnited StatesRUS12761.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Kazhdan%20at%201992%20Byzantine%20Studies%20Symposium%2C%20Dumbarton%20Oaks.jpg?width=320
199Slobodan JovanovićQ89188Serbian jurist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and literary criticHistorian1869-11-211958-12-12GBRUnited KingdomSRB02761.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slobodan%20Jovanovi%C4%87%2C%20by%20Uro%C5%A1%20Predi%C4%87%20(1931).jpg?width=320
199Yahya of AntiochQ557361Melkite Christian physicianHistorian09801066Byzantine EmpireEGY02759.4
199Efraim ZuroffQ521774American historianHistorianhistory; Jewish history1948-08-05Israel; United StatesUSA02759.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Efraim%20Zuroff%201%20(May%202007)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
199Yehuda BauerQ695770Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian (1926–2024)Historianhistory; Jewish history1926-04-062024-10-18ISRIsraelCZE02758.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yehuda%20Bauer%201.jpg?width=320
199Mikhail PogodinQ1093709Russian historian and journalist (1800–1875)Historianjournalism; collecting1800-11-231875-12-20Russian EmpireRUS02758.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michail%20Pogodin.jpg?width=320
199Charles de MontalembertQ577504French publicist, historian and Count of Montalembert, Deux-Sèvres (1810-1870)Historian1810-04-151870-03-13FRAFranceGBR02758.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Forbes%20Comte%20de%20Montalembert.png?width=320
199Patricia CroneQ286019Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)Historianoriental studies; history of Islam1945-03-282015-07-11USAUnited StatesDNK02758.2
199Edward Granville BrowneQ982047British Iranologist (1862–1926)Historian1862-02-071926-01-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR02757.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Granville%20Browne%20Shannon.jpg?width=320
199Mykhailo MaksymovychQ2639333Ukrainian academic (1804-1873)Historian1804-09-151873-11-22Russian Empire02757.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20A.%20Maksimovich.jpeg?width=320
199John KeeganQ363722British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist (1934–2012)Historian1934-05-152012-08-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR12757.24
199Peter GayQ63670German-American historian and author (1923–2015)Historian1923-06-202015-05-12Germany; United StatesDEU02756.89
199Ehsan YarshaterQ924275Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)Historianlinguistics; Iranian studies1920-04-032018-09-02IRNIranIRN02756.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ehsan%20Yarshater.png?width=320
199Joan Wallach ScottQ291798American academic and historianHistorian1941-12-18USAUnited StatesUSA02756.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joan%20Wallach%20Scott%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
222Minhaj-i-SirajQ657968Persian historianHistorian11931260Mamluk Sultanate; Ghurid EmpireAFG02666
222Arnold HauserQ365852Hungarian art historian (1892-1978)Historian1892-05-081978-01-28HUNHungaryROU02664.54
222Adémar de ChabannesQ4267French monk, historian, musical composer and successful literary forgerHistorian09881034Kingdom of FranceFRA52663.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint%20Cybard.jpg?width=320
222Ibn al-FaqihQ2372133Historian and geographerHistorian0976IRN02662.5
222Afet İnanQ382163Turkish historian and sociologist (1908–1985)Historianhistory1908-11-291985-06-08TURTurkeyGRC02662.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yamzu.jpg?width=320
222Karl LamprechtQ63369German historian (1856–1915)Historianeconomic history; economics1856-02-251915-05-10Kingdom of PrussiaDEU02662.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K.%20Lamprecht%2C%20PA02557.jpg?width=320
222Ferdinand GregoroviusQ61425German historian (1821–1891)Historian1821-01-191891-05-01Kingdom of PrussiaPOL02662.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregorovius%20ferdinand.jpg?width=320
222Philipp SpittaQ61567German musicologist (1841–1894)Historian1841-12-271894-04-13Kingdom of PrussiaDEU02661.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spitta.jpg?width=320
222Karl KrumbacherQ61463German byzantinist (1856–1909)HistorianByzantine studies1856-09-231909-12-12Kingdom of BavariaDEU02661.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Krumbacher%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320
222Miguel Ayuso GuixotQ1688598Spanish cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (1952–2024)Historian1952-06-172024-11-25ESPSpainESP02660.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Ayuso%20Guixot%20(cropped2).jpg?width=320
222Charles RollinQ2471187French historian and educator (1661–1741)Historian1661-01-301741-09-14FRAFranceFRA02660.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Rollin.jpg?width=320
222Marin DrinovQ1898224Bulgarian historian (1838–1906)Historianhistory; philology1838-11-011906-03-13BGRBulgariaBGR02659.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marin-drinov-portrait-rulexru.jpg?width=320
222Quentin SkinnerQ465807British historian (1940-)Historianhistory of political thought; philosophy1940-11-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR02659.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quentin%20skinner%20david%20cobley.jpg?width=320
222Gustave LansonQ733188French historian and literary critic (1857-1934)Historian1857-08-051934-12-15FRAFranceFRA02659.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave%20Lanson.jpg?width=320
222Pierre Vidal-NaquetQ205185French historian (1930–2006)Historianancient history1930-07-232006-07-29FRAFranceFRA12658.82
222Ernest LavisseQ981891French historian (1842-1922)Historianhistory1842-12-171922-08-18FRAFranceFRA02658.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest%20Lavisse%2C%201913.jpg?width=320
222Olena ApanovychQ7086350Ukrainian historian (1919-2000)Historianarchival science; Zaporozhian Cossacks1919-09-092000-02-21UKRUkraineRUS02656.65
222Florian CajoriQ122323American mathematician (1859–1930)Historianhistory of mathematics1859-02-281930-08-14United States; SwitzerlandCHE22656.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Florian%20Cajori.jpg?width=320
222Stephen GreenblattQ639065American literary critic, theorist and scholarHistorian1943-11-07USAUnited StatesUSA02655.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StephenJayGreenblatt.jpg?width=320
222Henry James Sumner MaineQ1195523British jurist and historian (1822–1888)Historianlegal history1822-08-151888-02-03United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR02655.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HSMaine.jpg?width=320
222Robert Jay LiftonQ711066American psychiatrist and author (1926–2025)Historianpsychiatry; psychohistory1926-05-162025-09-04USAUnited StatesUSA12654.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2000%2003%2017%20Robert%20Jay%20Lifton.jpg?width=320
222Francis ParkmanQ1340161American historian (1823–1893)Historian1823-09-161893-11-08USAUnited StatesUSA22651.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F.%20Parkman.jpg?width=320
222Faustus of ByzantiumQ2857725th century Armenian historianHistorian03900500Byzantine Empire12634.32
245CangjieQ1033199legendary inventor of the Chinese writing system, historianHistorian-2650CHN02565.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cangjie2.jpg?width=320
245Frances YatesQ132105English historian of the Renaissance (1899–1981)Historianessay; cultural history1899-11-281981-09-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR02565.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frances%20Yates%201924.jpg?width=320
245August Ludwig von SchlözerQ61318German historian (1735–1809)Historianhistory1735-07-051809-09-09DEUHohenlohe-KirchbergDEU02564.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20Ludwig%20Schl%C3%B6zer.jpg?width=320
245DoukasQ439834Byzantine historianHistorianhistory; diplomacy14001500Byzantine EmpireTUR02563.08
245Charles DiehlQ516758French Byzantinist (1859–1944)HistorianByzantine Empire1859-07-041944-11-01FRAFranceFRA02562.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Diehl%201922.jpg?width=320
245Ibn 'Abd al-HakamQ798589Egyptian historian (801-871)Historianhistory08000871Abbasid Caliphate12562.04
245Al-Khatib al-BaghdadiQ557961muhaddith, historian and HafizHistorianscience of hadith; hadith10021071IRQ82561.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al%20Khatib%20al-Baghdadi.png?width=320
245Ibn WahshiyyaQ1246493Nabatean Arab writer, agronomist and historianHistorianlinguistics; alchemy09000930IRQ22561.75
245Christian Gottlob HeyneQ63182German classical philologist (1729-1812)Historian1729-09-251812-07-14Electorate of HanoverDEU02561.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian%20Gottlob%20Heyne%20Tischbein%201772.jpg?width=320
245Bernard DesclotQ2621130chronicler from the Kingdom of AragonHistorian12011280Crown of AragonFRA12560.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BernatDesclot.jpg?width=320
245André ClotQ316966French historian and essayistHistorianArab and muslim world1909-11-092002-11-15FRAFranceFRA02559.88
245Stéphane CourtoisQ334609French historian (born 1947)Historiancommunist regime; late modern period1947-11-25FRAFranceFRA02559.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%C3%A9phane%20Courtois%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
245Georg Gottfried GervinusQ61648German historian and politician (national liberalism), (1805-1871)Historianliterary scholar; historian1805-05-201871-03-18Grand Duchy of HesseDEU02558.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Gottfried%20Gervinus%2Cstraightened.jpg?width=320
245Benny MorrisQ374803Israeli historian (born 1948)Historianhistory1948-12-08ISRIsraelISR02557.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny%20morris.jpg?width=320
245Aleksey ShakhmatovQ729707Russian philologist (1864–1920)Historianphilology; history1864-06-171920-08-16Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicEST02556.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shahmatov%20Aleksey%20Aleksandrovich.jpg?width=320
245Rainer ZitelmannQ90744German historian, author, management consultant and real estate expertHistorianmanagement; real estate business1957-06-14DEUGermanyDEU12553.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zitelmann-pressefoto(schick)%2Cmailversand.jpg?width=320
245Walter RodneyQ1394990Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980)Historianhistory; politics1942-03-231980-06-13GUYGuyanaGUY12553.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zomachi%20Walter%20Rodney.jpg?width=320
262Michael GlycasQ581550Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and poetHistorian11251204Byzantine EmpireGRC02464.91
262Alois RieglQ692100Austrian art historian (1858-1905)Historianart history; historic preservation1858-01-141905-06-17Austrian EmpireAUT12464.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alois%20Riegl.jpg?width=320
262Ibn HibbanQ4794354Hadith compilerHistorianhistory; science of hadith08830965Abbasid CaliphateAFG42463.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IbnHibban.png?width=320
262Jean-Pierre VernantQ472206French historian and anthropologist (1914–2007)Historiananthropology; history1914-01-042007-01-09FRAFranceFRA02463.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Pierre%20Vernant%20(Aubervilliers%202006)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
262Antiochus of SyracuseQ580661ancient Greek historianHistorian-450-450ITA02462.68
262Friedrich MeineckeQ66147German historian and philosopher of history (1862-1954)Historian1862-10-301954-02-06DEUGermanyDEU02462.26
262Évariste Lévi-ProvençalQ291260French historian (1894-1956)Historianoriental studies1894-01-041956-03-23FRAFranceDZA12461.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maklouf%20Evariste%20Levi.png?width=320
262Henri MasperoQ345265French sinologist (1883–1945)Historiansinology1883-12-151945-03-17FRAFranceFRA02461.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/201230%20camp%20de%20Buchenwald%20dessins%20de%20prisonniers%20par%20L%C3%A9on%20Mazeaud%20Henri%20Masp%C3%A9ro%20Bloc%2061%201944%20JB%20(2)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
262Paul VeyneQ739537French historian (1930–2022)Historianhistory; ancient history1930-06-132022-09-29FRAFranceFRA32461.67
262Johannes AventinusQ61140Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)Historian1477-07-041534-01-09DEUGermanyDEU02461.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes%20Aventinus.png?width=320
262Reinhart DozyQ708843Dutch orientalist (1820-1883)Historianoriental studies; Arabic studies1820-02-211883-04-29NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD12460.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R-P-A-Dozy-02.jpg?width=320
262Hisham ibn al-KalbiQ716228Arab historian (737–819)Historian07370819Abbasid CaliphateIRQ32460.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A.png?width=320
262Abraham GeigerQ60844Prussian rabbi and scholar (1810–1874)Historian1810-05-241874-10-23Kingdom of PrussiaDEU02459.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geiger%20a.jpg?width=320
262Juan de MarianaQ939889Spanish historianHistorian1536-10-051624-02-17ESPSpainESP02459.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El%20padre%20Juan%20de%20Mariana%20(Museo%20del%20Prado).jpg?width=320
262Paul KennedyQ712123British historianHistorian1945-06-17GBRUnited KingdomGBR02459.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Profpaulkennedy.jpg?width=320
262Johann Gottfried EichhornQ66355German theologianHistorian1752-10-161827-06-25Kingdom of WürttembergDEU02458.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Gottfried%20Eichhorn.jpeg?width=320
262Donald KeeneQ1240040Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)HistorianJapanese; Japanese literature1922-06-182019-02-24United States; JapanUSA02458.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald%20Keene.jpg?width=320
262Omer BartovQ929282Israeli-American historian (1954-)Historianhistory1954-04-17Israel; United StatesISR02458.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Keynote%20Omer%20Bartov%20(BEYOND-Konferenz)%2014.07%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
262Nataliia Polonska-VasylenkoQ1972559Ukrainian historianHistorianhistory1884-02-121973-06-08UKR02458.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polonsk2.gif?width=320
262Andrea RiccardiQ48602Italian historian, professor, politician, and activistHistorian1950-01-16ITAItalyITA02458.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Riccardi%20(2009).jpg?width=320
262Richard N. FryeQ685767American historian (1920–2014)HistorianIranian studies; Iranian philology1920-01-102014-03-27United States; SwedenUSA02458https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frye%20Ghirshman.jpg?width=320
262Leo AllatiusQ725712Greek scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library (1586–1669)Historian15861669-01-19GRC02457.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leone%20Allacci%20im%20Collegio%20Greco%20Rom.jpg?width=320
262Heinrich von SybelQ65600German historian (1817–1895)Historian1817-12-021895-08-01Kingdom of PrussiaDEU02456.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20von%20Sybel%20Stahlstich.jpg?width=320
262Martin GilbertQ575610English historian (1936-2015)HistorianJewish history; history1936-10-252015-02-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR02455.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20Gilbert%2C%20May%202011.jpg?width=320
262Hermann OldenbergQ76678German indologist (1854–1920)HistorianSanskrit1854-10-311920-03-18DEUGermanyDEU02455.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman%20Oldenberg.png?width=320
262Richard J. EvansQ607427British historian (born 1947)Historianhistory1947-09-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR12454.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor%20Sir%20Richard%20Evans%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
262Walter JensQ38573German philologist and writer (1923–2013)Historian1923-03-082013-06-09DEUGermanyDEU12454.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterJens1.jpg?width=320
262Mark MazowerQ984165British historianHistorianBalkan studies; history1958-02-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR02453.23
262Andreas MaislingerQ78607Austrian political scientistHistorianinternational relations1955-02-26AUTAustriaAUT02452.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andreas%20Maislinger%20and%20Branko%20Lustig%20at%20the%20LAMOTH%202nd%20Annual%20Dinner%20(2)%20cropped.jpg?width=320
262Jan MorrisQ3395844Welsh historian, author and travel writer (1926–2020)Historianhistory; creative and professional writing1926-10-022020-11-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR02451.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Morris%20(1975).jpg?width=320
292Benzion NetanyahuQ818507Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012)HistorianZionism; history1910-03-252012-04-30United States; IsraelPOL02369.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benzion%20Netanyahu%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
292HelmoldQ61177German historianHistorianPolabian Slavs; Middle Ages11201177Holy Roman EmpireDEU12363.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pap%C5%82o%C5%84ski%20Helmolda%20Kronika%20S%C5%82owia%C5%84ska.jpeg?width=320
292Matthew of EdessaQ30258612th-century Armenian historianHistorianhistory of Armenia; Armenian Historiography11001144Byzantine EmpireTUR02363.27
292Gottfried AchenwallQ215933German historian and jurist (1719–1772)Historian1719-10-201772-05-01Kingdom of PrussiaPOL02362.99
292Max DvořákQ112173Czech art historian (1874-1921)Historianhistory; art history1874-06-241921-02-08AUTAustriaCZE02362.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Dvorak.jpg?width=320
292Christopher BrowningQ59098American historian of the HolocaustHistorianhistory1944-05-22USAUnited StatesUSA12362.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Browning%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
292Peter Andreas MunchQ561632Norwegian historian (1810-1863)Historianhistory1810-12-151863-05-25NORNorway12361.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%20A%20Munch%20photo.jpg?width=320
292Gerardus VossiusQ785925Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)Historian15771649-03-19Dutch RepublicDEU12360.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerardus%20Johannes%20Vossius%20(1577-1649)%2C%20by%20Anonymous.jpg?width=320
292Saul FriedländerQ699701Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor (born 1932)Historian1932-10-11Germany; Austria; Israel; France; United StatesCZE02360.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saul%20Friedlander.jpg?width=320
292Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y ValdésQ919967Spanish naturalist and historian (1478–1557)Historian14781557-07-16Spain; MexicoESP02360.79
292Clifford Edmund BosworthQ40315British historian and orientalist (1928–2015)Historianhistory; Iranian studies1928-12-292015-02-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR02360.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C.E.Bosworth%20Cambridge%2020.9.2011.jpg?width=320
292Zeev SternhellQ184435Israeli historian (1935-2020)Historiansociology; political science1935-04-102020-06-21ISRIsraelPOL02360.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zeev%20Sternhell%20in%20Berlin%20(2016).jpg?width=320
292PhilistusQ712572Greek historian (c. 432 – 356 BC)Historianhistory-430-356ITA02360.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philistus.png?width=320
292YeghisheQ612501Armenian historianHistorianhistory0410047512359.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yeghishe%20vardapet.jpg?width=320
292Gustav HugoQ67446German juristHistorianlaw; jurisprudence1764-11-231844-09-15Grand Duchy of BadenDEU02359.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GustavvonHugo.jpg?width=320
292Gerhard Friedrich MüllerQ76636German historian and ethnologistHistorianhistory; translation1705-10-291783-10-22Russian EmpireDEU02359.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard%20Friedrich%20M%C3%BCller%2001.jpg?width=320
292Gustave SchlumbergerQ704218French historian (1844–1929)Historian1844-10-171929-05-09FRAFranceFRA02359.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave-L%C3%A9on%20Schlumberger.jpg?width=320
292Filippo BaldinucciQ979574Italian art historian (1625-1697)Historian1625-06-031697-01-01ITAItalyITA12359.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Filippo%20Baldinucci%2C%20RP-P-1907-187%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
292Walter LaqueurQ213692American historian and political commentator (1921-2018)Historianhistory; international relations1921-05-262018-09-30USAUnited StatesPOL02358.94
292Ludwig von PastorQ64162German historian and Austrian diplomat (1854-1928)Historianhistory1854-01-311928-09-30German EmpireDEU02358.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig%20von%20Pastor.JPG?width=320
292Walter BurkertQ61888German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015)Historianhistory; ancient history1931-02-022015-03-11DEUGermanyDEU02358.67
292Nicholas AdontzQ967052historian (1871–1942)HistorianByzantine studies; history1871-01-221942-01-27BELBelgiumARM02357.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicholas%20Adontz%20stamp.jpg?width=320
292Fritz SternQ66375American historian (1926–2016)Historianhistory; historiography1926-02-022016-05-18United States; GermanyPOL02356.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/STERNFFM.jpg?width=320
292Ronald SymeQ707856New Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903-1989)Historianclassics1903-03-111989-09-04New Zealand; United KingdomNZL02356.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronald%20Syme.jpg?width=320
292Albrecht WeberQ72205German indologist (1825–1901)HistorianSanskrit; Indology1825-02-171901-11-30Kingdom of PrussiaPOL02355.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albrecht%20Friedrich%20Weber.jpg?width=320
292Martin van CreveldQ729094Israeli military historian and theoristHistorianmilitary history; military strategy1946-03-05Belgium; IsraelNLD12355.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20van%20Creveld%20crop.jpg?width=320
292Lawrence StoneQ968540English historian (1919-1999)Historianhistory1919-12-041999-06-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR02355.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence%20Stone%20(1967)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
292Robert ServiceQ2749421British historianHistorian1947-10-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR12353.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Service%2C%20Robert.IMG%201910.JPG?width=320
292Jacques BarzunQ712946French-American historian (1907–2012)Historian1907-11-302012-10-25United States; FranceFRA22353.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques%20barzun.jpg?width=320
292George GroteQ1364848English historian and political radical (1794–1871)Historian1794-11-171871-06-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR02352.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture%20of%20George%20Grote.jpg?width=320
292Richard HofstadterQ982698American historian and public intellectual (1916–1970)Historian1916-08-061970-10-24USAUnited StatesUSA02351.79
292Michael WoodQ209394English historian and broadcaster (born 1948)Historian1948-07-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR02343.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Wood%20-%20Ruins%20of%20Empire%20(2013)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
292Bettany HughesQ4898381English popular historian, author, and broadcasterHistorianclassical antiquity1968GBRUnited KingdomGBR02342.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bettany%20Hughes%20cropped.png?width=320
325Peter Martyr d'AnghieraQ163381Italo-Spanish historian and diplomatHistorianhistory1457-02-111526-10ESPSpainITA22264.55
325Jan Huyghen van LinschotenQ941383Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian (1563–1611)Historian15631611-02-08Dutch RepublicNLD02262.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JanHuygenVanLinschoten.png?width=320
325Joseph KlausnerQ964668Jewish historian (1874–1958)HistorianHebrew literature; history of literature1874-08-141958-10-27ISRIsraelLTU02262.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Klausner.jpg?width=320
325Pulakeshi IIQ708370Indian king from Chalukya dynasty of VatapiHistorian06100642IND02262.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pulikesin%20II%2C%20the%20Chalukhaya%2C%20receives%20envoys%20from%20Persia%20(1).jpg?width=320
325Fritz FischerQ61687German historian (1908–1999)Historianhistory1908-03-051999-12-01DEUGermanyDEU02260.85
325Muhammad KhwandamirQ297748616th-century Persian historianHistorian14751534AFG12260.84
325Julien RiesQ551836Belgian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal, and historian (1920–2013)Historian1920-04-192013-02-23BELBelgiumBEL02260.65
325PhilochorusQ266299Greek historian (c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC)Historian-340-260GRCClassical AthensGRC02260.65
325Edward LuttwakQ2657585American writer and military strategistHistorianmilitary strategy1942-11-04Romania; United StatesROU12260.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Luttwak%20in%202026.jpg?width=320
325Francisco López de GómaraQ721423Spanish historianHistorian1511-02-121564Spain; MexicoESP02260.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Escultura%20de%20Francisco%20L%C3%B3pez%20de%20G%C3%B3mara%2C%20Soria.jpg?width=320
325Hermann ConringQ77508German philosopher (1606-1681)Historian1606-11-091681-12-12Sweden; GermanyDEU02260.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Conring.jpg?width=320
325Émile MâleQ286253French art historian (1862-1954)Historian1862-06-021954-10-06FRAFranceFRA02259.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89mile%20M%C3%A2le.jpg?width=320
325Vakhushti of KartliQ2669115Georgian royal prince (batonishvili) of the Kingdom of Kartli, Governor of Tbilisi, Russian general, academicHistorianhistory; geography16961757Russian Empire; Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti; Kingdom of KartliGEO02258.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vakhushti%20Batonishvili.jpg?width=320
325Ziya BunyadovQ1985760Azerbaijani historian (1921-1997)Historianhistory; oriental studies1921-12-241997-02-21AZEAzerbaijanAZE02258.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ziya%20Bundayov%20during%20World%20War%20II.jpg?width=320
325Joseph-François MichaudQ1041329French academic (1767-1839)Historian1767-06-191839-09-30FRAFranceFRA02258.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Michaud%20by%20Mauduison%20%26%20Boilly.png?width=320
325Dino CompagniQ716994Italian historian (1255-1324)Historianwriter12551324-03-05ITA02257.67
325Al-JabartiQ658401Egyptian scholar and historian of Somali origin (1753–1825)Historianhistory; philosophy17541822Egypt eyaletEGY12257.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Jabarti%20calligraphy.png?width=320
325Taner AkçamQ559228Turkish-German historian (born 1953)HistorianTurkology; Armenian Genocide1953-10-23Turkey; GermanyTUR32257.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taner%20Ak%C3%A7am.PNG?width=320
325Heinrich GelzerQ124494classical philologist and historian (1847-1906)Historianhistory; classical philology1847-07-011906-07-11CHESwitzerlandDEU02256.87
325Zdeněk NejedlýQ169038Czech musicologist, writer and politician (1878–1962)Historianhistory; biography1878-02-101962-03-09Austria–HungaryCZE02255.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zden%C4%9Bk%20Nejedl%C3%BD%20(Prvn%C3%AD%20vl%C3%A1da%20%C3%BAstavy%20dev%C3%A1t%C3%A9ho%20kv%C4%9Btna).jpg?width=320
325Edward DuykerQ337569Australian historian, biographer and author (born 1955)Historian1955-03-21AUSAustraliaAUS02255.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Duyker%2014%20Jan%202014.jpg?width=320
325Avi ShlaimQ790712Israeli-British historian (born 1945)Historianinternational relations1945-10-31United Kingdom; IsraelIRQ02255.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Avi%20Shlaim%20(01).jpg?width=320
325Mikhail ArtamonovQ1961977Soviet archaeologist and historian (1898–1972)Historianart history; archaeology1898-12-051972-07-31Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicRUS02254.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artamonov%20student.jpg?width=320
325William RobertsonQ1113461British historian, minister of religion, and principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721-1793)Historianhistory1721-09-191793-06-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR02254.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamRobertsonColour.jpg?width=320
325Timofey GranovskyQ555693Russian historian (1813-1855)Historianmedieval studies1813-03-211855-10-16Russian EmpireRUS02254.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZakharovPZ%20PtTGranovskogoGTG.jpg?width=320
325Frederic G. KenyonQ683055British palaeographer and classical scholar (1863–1952)Historianphilology; palaeography1863-01-151952-08-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR02253.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederic%20George%20Kenyon.jpg?width=320
325Christopher LaschQ705399American historian (1932-1994)Historianhistory1932-06-011994-02-14USAUnited StatesUSA02252.95
325R. H. TawneyQ2589871English philosopher (1880–1962)Historian1880-11-301962-01-16GBRUnited KingdomIND02252.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R.%20H.%20Tawney.png?width=320
325Elaine PagelsQ263099historian of religionHistorianhistory of religions1943-02-13USAUnited StatesUSA02249.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elaine%20pagels%208315812.jpg?width=320
325Stephen KotkinQ2042569American historian, academic, authorHistoriangeopolitics; communism1959-02-17USAUnited StatesUSA22245.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015-Mar-11%20Stephen%20Kotkin%20Politics%20and%20Prose.jpg?width=320
325Adrian GoldsworthyQ373061Welsh historian and authorHistorianmilitary history; Ancient Rome1969GBRUnited KingdomGBR02243.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adrian%20Goldsworthy-2%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
325Susan StrykerQ7648438American professor, historian, author, and filmmakerHistorianhistory; LGBTQ history in the United States1961USAUnited StatesUSA12242.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susan%20Stryker9190209.jpg?width=320
357William Hardy McNeillQ1765863Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016)Historianworld history1917-10-312016-07-08USAUnited StatesCAN12163.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20H.%20McNeill.jpg?width=320
357Matrakçı NasuhQ4115413Bosnian Ottoman polymath (1480 – c. 1564)HistorianMatrak14801564Ottoman EmpireBIH02163.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soltaniyeh%20map%20by%20Matrak%C3%A7%C4%B1%20Nasuh%2C%20circa%201550.jpg?width=320
357Mīr-KhvāndQ1377629Iranian historianHistorian14331498Timurid EmpireUZB12162.55
357H. A. R. GibbQ1371875Scottish orientalist (1895–1971)Historian1895-01-021971-10-22GBRUnited KingdomEGY02161.6
357Simon DubnowQ213693Russian historian, writer, activistHistorianhistory; Jewish history1860-09-101941-12-08Russian EmpireBLR02161.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SimonDubnow.jpg?width=320
357Baha ad-Din ShoiebQ253568Kurdish historian and scholar, biographer of Saladin (1145–1234)Historian1145-03-121234-11-15Abbasid CaliphateIRQ12161.28
357Constantine LascarisQ1358738Greek grammarian and scholar (1434–1501)Historian14341501-08-25Byzantine EmpireTUR02160.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lascaris%201493.JPG?width=320
357Ibn Said al-MaghribiQ3045396Arab geographer, historian and poet (1213–1286)Historian12131286al-AndalusESP12160.75
357Mohammad AufiQ140584Persian historian/scientist/authorHistorian11711242UZB02160.32
357Sigfried GiedionQ123143Swiss architectural historian (1888–1968)Historian1888-04-141968-04-09CHESwitzerlandCZE12160.26
357Iryna MelnykovaQ4289917Ukrainian historian (1918–2010)Historianhistory1918-10-242010-11-03UKRUkraineUKR02160.2
357Heinrich GraetzQ63762Prussian Jewish historian (1817 – 1891)HistorianJewish history1817-10-311891-09-07Kingdom of Prussia; German EmpirePOL12160.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Graetz.jpg?width=320
357Régine PernoudQ272189French archivist and historian (1909–1998)Historianmedieval studies1909-06-171998-04-22FRAFranceFRA02160.11
357Lucius Coelius AntipaterQ7043132nd-century Roman jurist and historianHistorian-180-120Ancient Rome02160.08
357Yitzhak AradQ2467594Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993Historianhistory; The Holocaust1926-11-112021-05-06ISRIsraelLTU02159.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yitshak%20arad%202016.jpg?width=320
357Marc FerroQ1372228French historian (1924–2021)Historianhistory of film; late modern period1924-12-242021-04-21FRAFranceFRA02159.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Historian%20Marc%20Ferro.jpg?width=320
357Tom SegevQ1393067Israeli historianHistorianhistory1945-03-01ISRIsraelISR02159.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Segev%20(2011).jpg?width=320
357Ghazar ParpetsiQ2626111Armenian historianHistorian04420510ARM12158.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monument%20to%20Ghazar%20Parpetsi%20in%20Parpi.jpg?width=320
357Al-NuwayriQ288067Egyptian historian, encyclopedist and calligrapher (1279–1333)Historianbotany; geography12781333-06-13Medieval EgyptEGY12158.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%20%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7.jpg?width=320
357Quintus Claudius QuadrigariusQ4459281st century BC Roman historian and writerHistorian-200-100Ancient RomeITA02158.13
357Philip Khuri HittiQ554718Lebanese-American academic and authority on the Middle East (1886-1978)HistorianSemitic; Islam1886-06-221978-12-24Lebanon; United StatesLBN32158.02
357Jérôme CarcopinoQ122503French archaeologist, epigraphist and historian (1881-1970)Historian1881-06-271970-03-17FRAFranceFRA02157.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20Carcopino.jpg?width=320
357Hafiz-i AbruQ4115520Persian historian at the court of Timurid rulers of Central AsiaHistorian13581430-06IRN02157.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Journey%20of%20the%20Prophet%20Muhammad%2C%20Folio%20from%20the%20Majma%20al-Tavarikh%2C%201425%2C%20Metmuseum.jpg?width=320
357Jacob TalmonQ939379historian of Modern Age, political scientist, pedagogue, penman, university teacher (1916-1980)Historian1916-06-141980-06-16Israel; PolandPOL02157.17
357Léon GautierQ286485French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897)Historianhistory of literature; translation1832-08-081897-08-25FRAFranceFRA02157.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on%20Gautier.png?width=320
357Stanley George PayneQ1335382American historianHistorianhistory; comparative fascist studies1934-09-09USAUnited StatesUSA02156.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanley%20G.%20Payne.jpg?width=320
357Cyril ToumanoffQ1134707Russian-born Georgian-American historian and genealogist (1913-1997)HistorianArmenian; genealogy1913-10-131997-02-04USAUnited StatesRUS02155.99
357Catharine MacaulayQ538767English historian, philosopher, feminist (1731-1791)Historian1731-04-021791-06-22Kingdom of Great BritainGBR12155.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catharine%20Macaulay%20(n%C3%A9e%20Sawbridge)%20by%20Robert%20Edge%20Pine.jpg?width=320
357Alain DaniélouQ373147French historian, musicologist and Indologist (1907–1994)Historian1907-10-041994-01-27FRAFranceFRA02155.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain%20Dani%C3%A9lou.jpg?width=320
357Arthur Smith WoodwardQ542973English paleontologist (1864–1944)Historiangeology; museology1864-05-231944-09-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR02155.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr.%20A.%20S.%20Woodward%20of%20the%20British%20Museum%20(Natural%20History).jpg?width=320
357John King FairbankQ1394780American sinologist (1907-1991)Historiansinology1907-05-241991-09-14USAUnited StatesUSA02155.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20King%20Fairbank.jpg?width=320
357Alain BesançonQ2629540French historian and teacher (1932-2023)Historianlate modern period; political science1932-04-252023-07-08FRAFranceFRA02155.17
357Irina AntonovaQ452606Russian art historian, director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (1922–2020)Historianhistory of art; art history1922-03-202020-11-30RUSRussiaRUS02154.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irina%20Antonova%2002%20(mos.ru)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
357Lothrop StoddardQ1871107American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950)Historian1883-06-291950-05-01USAUnited StatesUSA12154.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Lothrop%20Stoddard.jpg?width=320
357Stephen F. CohenQ1890361American historian (1938-2020)Historianhistory of the Soviet Union; Russian studies1938-11-252020-09-18USAUnited StatesUSA02154.14
357Samuel Eliot MorisonQ982883United States admiral and historian (1887-1976)Historian1887-07-091976-05-15USAUnited StatesUSA02154.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rear%20Adm.%20Samuel%20Eliot%20Morison%20USNR.jpg?width=320
357Charles OmanQ29031British military historian (1860-1946)Historian1860-01-121946-06-23GBRUnited Kingdom02151.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Oman.png?width=320
357Edward Augustus FreemanQ1292269English historian (1823–1892)Historian1823-08-021892-03-16United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR12150.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Augustus%20Freeman.jpg?width=320
357Allan LichtmanQ4730788American political scientist and historianHistorianhistory; political history1947-04-04USAUnited StatesUSA02146.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Allan%20Lichtman.jpg?width=320
357Victor Davis HansonQ1276395American classicist and military historianHistorianmilitary history; ancient warfare1953-09-05USAUnited StatesUSA02144.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor%20Davis%20Hanson.jpg?width=320
357John KomlosQ1668889academicHistorianeconomic history1944-12-28USAUnited StatesHUN02143.61
357Rémi MathisQ673718French historian and librarianHistorianhistory of the book; Jansenism1982-11-20FRAFranceFRA52140.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%A9mi%20Mathis%20in%202021%20with%20his%20book%20on%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
399Otto von GierkeQ61652German philosopher (1841–1921)Historianjurisprudence; legal history1841-01-111921-10-10German Reich; Kingdom of PrussiaPOL02062.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto%20von%20Gierke%2002.jpg?width=320
399Aulus Cremutius CordusQ7726771st-century Roman writerHistorian-500025Ancient Rome12061.71
399Mahmoud Muhammad TahaQ1884989Sudanese philosopher (1909-1985)Historianphilosophy19091985-01-18SDNSudanSDN02061.26
399Guo PuQ765572Chinese writerHistorian02760324Jin dynastyCHN12061.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guo%20Pu.jpg?width=320
399Annius of ViterboQ567224Italian friar, scholar, historian and forger (1437–1502)Historian1437-01-141502-11-23Papal StatesITA22061.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annio%20da%20Viterbo.jpg?width=320
399Abān ibn ʻUthmānQ4165460Muslim historianHistorianscience of hadith06410723Rashidun Caliphate; Umayyad CaliphateSAU02060.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aban%20ibn%20Uthman%20ibn%20Affan%20(A.S.).png?width=320
399Joseph de GuignesQ1708317French academicHistorianoriental studies1721-10-191800-03-19FRAFranceFRA02060.79
399Albert SoboulQ223588French historianHistorianFrench Revolution1914-04-271982-09-11FRAFranceDZA02060.67
399Abu MikhnafQ337009Muslim historianHistorianIslamic studies07090774Abbasid Caliphate02060.6
399Sharaf ad-Din Ali YazdiQ4520456historianHistorian14001454IRN12060.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharaf%20al-Din%20'Ali%20Yazdi%20(d.1454)%20with%20Muhammad%20Amuli%20for%20whom%20he%20wrote%20poems%20and%20riddles%2C%20Majalis%20al-'ushshaq%2C%20Shiraz%2C%20Iran%2C%20c.1560.jpg?width=320
399Ibn HayyanQ2745220Al-Andalus Arab historian (987–1075)Historian09871076-10ESP02060.53
399Alexander VasilievQ2386577Russian historian (1867–1953)HistorianArabic studies; Byzantine studies1867-10-041953-05-30USAUnited StatesRUS02060.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasiliev%20AA%20historian.jpg?width=320
399Zuo QiumingQ230192Chinese historian (556–451 BC), responsible for an important commentary on Confucius's Spring & Autumn AnnalsHistorian-556-451Lu12059.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E8%87%B3%E8%81%96%E5%85%88%E8%B3%A2%E5%8D%8A%E8%BA%AB%E5%83%8F%20%E5%86%8A-087-%E5%B7%A6%E4%B8%98%E6%98%8E.jpg?width=320
399Georges LefebvreQ663862French historian (1874–1959)HistorianFrench Revolution; social history1874-08-061959-08-28FRAFranceFRA02059.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Lefebvre.jpg?width=320
399Lyubomir MiletichQ646605Bulgarian academic (1863–1937)Historianphilology1863-01-131937-06-01BGRBulgariaMKD02059.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyubomir%20Miletich%20Shtip.jpg?width=320
399Vardan AreveltsiQ2503404Armenian scholarHistorianhistory11981271ARM02059.18
399Johannes MeursiusQ547901Dutch philologist and historianHistorianhistory of Denmark; history of the Netherlands1579-02-191639-09-20Dutch RepublicNLD12058.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Johannes%20Meursius%2C%20RP-P-1904-3742.jpg?width=320
399Henrik Gabriel PorthanQ333651Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804)Historian1739-11-081804-03-16SWESwedenFIN02058.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henrik%20Gabriel%20Porthan.jpg?width=320
399Robert DarntonQ964180American historianHistorianhistory of the book1939-05-10USAUnited StatesUSA12058.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Darnton%20en%20la%20UNAM%2C%202025.%20Retrato%20de%20Uriel%20Santiago%20Velasco.jpg?width=320
399Bobojon GhafurovQ2669462Tajik politician (1908–1977)Historian1908-12-311977-07-12Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union12058.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamp%20of%20Tajikistan%20-%201998%20-%20Colnect%20290896%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Bobojon%20Ghafurov.jpeg?width=320
399Heinrich ZimmerQ215922German Indologist and linguist (1890–1943)HistorianIndology1890-12-061943-03-20German ReichDEU02057.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Zimmer%201933.jpg?width=320
399Domenico LosurdoQ1237192Italian scholar (1941-2018)Historian1941-11-142018-06-28ITAItaly02056.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Losurdo.png?width=320
399Jan T. GrossQ534080American historian and sociologistHistoriansociology1947-08-01USAUnited StatesPOL02056.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Tomasz%20Gross.png?width=320
399Volodymyr Ivanovych BarvinokQ4078073Ukrainian academicHistorianhistory; history of Christianity1879-06-221943Ukrainian People's Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR02056.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1913VolodymyrBarvinok.jpg?width=320
399Hugo FalcandusQ373309Italian historianHistorian12001200FRA22056.62
399Konstantinos PaparrigopoulosQ2449920Greek historian and university professor (1815–1891)Historianhistory of Greece18151891-04-14Kingdom of Greece; Ottoman EmpireTUR02056.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paparrigopoulos.jpg?width=320
399Marc FumaroliQ558114French historian of literature (1932-2020)Historian1932-06-102020-06-24FRAFranceFRA02056.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fumaroli%20bis%20marc%20500.jpg?width=320
399Joseph HergenrötherQ63620German Church historian and canonist (1824-1890)Historianhistory of Christianity1824-09-151890-10-03Kingdom of BavariaDEU02056.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kardinal%20Josef%20Hergenr%C3%B6ther%20JS.jpg?width=320
399Dudo of Saint-QuentinQ427611th-century Norman historianHistorian09701026FRAFranceFRA02056.11
399Boris ChicherinQ2619530Russian philosopher (1828-1904)Historianjurisprudence; philosophy1828-06-071904-02-16Russian EmpireRUS02055.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris%20Chicherin.jpg?width=320
399Heinrich EwaldQ62686German orientalist, theologian, and Biblical exegete (1803–1875)Historianstudy of the Hebrew language; Arabic1803-11-161875-05-04Kingdom of Hanover; Kingdom of PrussiaDEU02055.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ewald%2C%20Georg%20Heinrich%20August%20(1803-1875).jpg?width=320
399Carl Benjamin BoyerQ983561American mathematician and historian (1906–1976)Historianhistory of mathematics; history of science1906-11-031976-04-26USAUnited StatesUSA12055.42
399René RémondQ711542French historian and political economist (1918-2007)Historian1918-09-302007-04-14FRAFranceFRA22054.89
399Thomas Walker ArnoldQ3595922British orientalist and historian (1864–1930)Historian1864-04-191930-06-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR12053.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomasarnoldorientalist.jpg?width=320
399Mohammed Qacim FerichtaQ3319050Persian court historian (1570–1620)Historianhistory15601620IRN02053.15
399Richard TaruskinQ1173665American musicologist, music critic and choral conductor (1945-2022)Historian1945-04-022022-07-01USAUnited StatesUSA02053.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taruskin-2014.jpg?width=320
399N. G. L. HammondQ2978546British historian of ancient Greece (1907–2001)Historianclassics1907-11-152001-03-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR02053.08
399Griselda PollockQ3108719British art historianHistorianhistory of art; gender studies1949-03-11GBRUnited KingdomZAF02052.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pollock%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
399Richard OveryQ1376016British historianHistorianhistory1947-12-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR12052.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Overy.JPG?width=320
399Alessandro BarberoQ960451Italian historian and writer (born 1959)Historianhistory; Middle Ages1959-04-30ITAItalyITA52052.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alessandro%20Barbero%20at%20FestivalCom%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
399Irfan HabibQ3154342Indian Marxist historianHistorianhistoriography; historical science1931-08-12INDIndiaIND02047.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irfan%20habib.jpg?width=320
399Janusz KurtykaQ158926Polish historian (1960–2010)Historianhistory1960-08-132010-04-10POLPolandPOL02047.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurtyka%20Janusz.jpg?width=320
441Ernst KantorowiczQ77499German historian (1895–1963)Historianmedieval art; political history1895-05-031963-09-09DEUGermanyPOL01961.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst%20Kantorowicz%201921.jpg?width=320
441Richard G. HovannisianQ2657741American historian (1932–2023)Historianhistory of the Middle East; history of Armenia1932-11-092023-07-10United States; ArmeniaUSA01960.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Hovannisian.jpg?width=320
441Jerónimo Zurita y CastroQ727313Aragonese historian (1512-1580)Historian1512-12-141580-11-13Kingdom of AragonESP01959.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jer%C3%B3nimo%20Zurita.jpg?width=320
441Marino Sanuto the YoungerQ781378Italian historian (1466-1536)Historianhistory1466-07-011536-04-14Republic of VeniceITA11959.46
441Rose VallandQ222961French resistance member, art historian (1898-1980)Historian1898-11-011980-09-18FRAFranceFRA11959.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rose%20Valland%20vers%201930.%20Archives%20diplomatiques%20(La%20Courneuve).png?width=320
441Jean-Baptiste Du HaldeQ1354427French Jesuit historian specializing in ChinaHistorianhistory1674-02-011743-08-18FRAFranceFRA01958.91
441Jacob Theodor KleinQ65219Prussian scholar (1685-1759)Historianbotany1685-08-151759-02-27Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthRUS01958.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%20Theodor%20Klein%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20von%20J.%20Wessel.jpg?width=320
441MalchusQ721022Byzantine historianHistorian0450Byzantine EmpireSYR11958.73
441Ibn IdhariQ508501Late 13th/early 14th century Moroccan writer and historianHistorian12001299Marinid dynastyMAR01958.59
441Élisabeth RoudinescoQ274705French historian and psychoanalystHistorianpsychoanalysis; history1944-09-10FRAFranceFRA21958.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elisabeth%20Roudinesco%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%202016%20(29725624045)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
441Ernest FenollosaQ933253American art historian and orientalist (1853-1908)Historian1853-02-181908-09-21USAUnited StatesUSA11958https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fenollosa.jpg?width=320
441Kurt AlandQ61806German theologian and biblical scholar (1915–1994)Historian1915-03-281994-04-13DEUGermanyDEU01957.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt%20Aland%201915-1994.png?width=320
441Milan ŠufflayQ1280614Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931)Historian1879-11-091931-02-18Austria–Hungary; Kingdom of YugoslaviaHRV01957.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milan%20%C5%A0ufflay.jpg?width=320
441Franz BabingerQ66650German orientalist and turkologist (1891-1967)HistorianOttoman studies1891-01-151967-06-23DEUGermanyDEU01957.31
441Gottfried ArnoldQ67146German Lutheran theologian and historianHistorianliterature; theology1666-09-051714-05-30DEUGermanyDEU01957.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gottfried-Arnold.jpg?width=320
441Michele AmariQ703569Italian patriot and arabist (1806–1889)Historianoriental studies; history1806-07-071889-07-16Kingdom of ItalyITA01956.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%20%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8.jpg?width=320
441George FinlayQ1239075Scottish historian (1799-1875)Historian1799-12-211875-01-26GBRScotlandGBR01956.56
441Michael PanaretosQ2790469Greek historianHistorian13201390Empire of Trebizond01956.54
441Sirarpie Der NersessianQ4455404Armenian art historian (1896–1989)Historianart history; Byzantine art1896-09-051989-07-06FRAFranceTUR11956.54
441Vyacheslav LypynskyQ1978120Ukrainian historian (1882-1931)Historian1882-04-171931-06-14Russian Empire; Ukrainian StateUKR11956.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vyacheslav%20Lypynsky%2C%201921.jpg?width=320
441Friedrich KittlerQ69187literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011)Historian1943-06-122011-10-18DEUGermanyDEU01956.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20Kittler%20(2009).png?width=320
441Ivan ČarotaQ15075592Belarusian translator, specialist in literature and literary criticHistorianliterary studies; criticism1952-09-162024-11-07BLRBelarus01956.47
441Neagu DjuvaraQ672846Romanian historianHistorian1916-08-312018-01-25France; RomaniaROU01956.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neagu%20Djuvara.JPG?width=320
441Francis GodwinQ1387711English bishop, historian and writerHistorianpastoral care; history15621633-04Kingdom of EnglandGBR01956.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancisGodwin.jpg?width=320
441Boris RybakovQ834947Soviet archaeologist (1908–2001)Historianhistory of Russia; history1908-06-032001-12-27RUSRussiaRUS01956.02
441Franz Theodor KuglerQ64509German art historian and artist (1808–1858)Historian1808-01-181858-03-18Kingdom of PrussiaPOL01955.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kugler-Denkmal.jpg?width=320
441Henri GrégoireQ176136Belgian byzantinist (1881-1964)Historian1881-03-211964-09-28BELBelgiumBEL01955.84
441Izabella BashmakovaQ1673591Russian historian of mathematics (1921–2005)Historianhistory of science; history of mathematics1921-01-032005-07-17RUSRussiaRUS01955.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%20%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0.jpg?width=320
441Enzo TraversoQ1346171Italian historianHistorianhistory1957-10-14ITAItalyITA01955.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enzo%20Traverso%2C%20UB%20201906.jpg?width=320
441Anton Heinrich SpringerQ64637German art historian (1825–1891)Historian1825-07-131891-05-31Austria–HungaryCZE01955.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%20Heinrich%20Springer.jpg?width=320
441Abu-Shama al-MaqdissíQ481455damascene historianHistorianscience of hadith; fiqh12021267-06-19SYR41955.55
441Ekvtime TakaishviliQ732247Georgian historian (1863–1953)Historian1863-01-041953-02-21Democratic Republic of Georgia; Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireGEO01955.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takaishvili.jpg?width=320
441Charles Homer HaskinsQ973349American historian (1870–1937)Historian1870-12-211937-05-14USAUnited StatesUSA01955.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles.h.haskins.jpg?width=320
441Herwig WolframQ78997Austrian historianHistorianhistory of Germany; medieval studies1934-02-14Austria; GermanyAUT01954.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herwig%20Wolfram%20Aufnahme%20von%20Werner%20Maleczek.jpg?width=320
441Hugh ThomasQ335150British historian (1931-2017)Historianpolitical science; history1931-10-212017-05-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR11954.54
441Sheila FitzpatrickQ453863Australian and American historianHistorianhistory1941-06-04Australia; United StatesAUS01954.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheila%20Fitzpatrick.JPG?width=320
441Simon JanashiaQ732235Georgian historian (1900–1947)Historian1900-07-261947-11-05Soviet Union; Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic; Russian Empire; Democratic Republic of Georgia01954.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%20Janashia.jpg?width=320
441William of NewburghQ1234687English historianHistorianhistory11301190Kingdom of EnglandGBR31953.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiliam%20of%20Newburgh.jpg?width=320
441Vladimir ĆorovićQ617598Serbian historian (1885–1941)Historianhistory1885-10-151941-04-12Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH01953https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20%C4%86orovi%C4%87.jpg?width=320
441Djibril Tamsir NianeQ3032943Senegalese and Guinean writer and historian (1932–2021)HistorianMali Empire; creative and professional writing1932-01-092021-03-08Senegal; GuineaGIN11952.07
441Carroll QuigleyQ720443American historian (1910–1977)Historianhistory1910-11-091977-01-03USAUnited StatesUSA01952.05
441Bernard BailynQ822286American historian (1922–2020)Historianhistory of the United States1922-09-102020-08-07USAUnited StatesUSA01949.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Bailyn%20June%202012.jpg?width=320
441James H. BillingtonQ13757613th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018)Historianlibrary science; history1929-06-012018-11-20USAUnited StatesUSA01949.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Hadley%20Billington.jpg?width=320
441Wendy BeckettQ465292British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (1930-2018)Historianreligion; art history1930-02-252018-12-26GBRUnited KingdomZAF01947.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Sister%20Wendy%20Beckett.jpg?width=320
485Roger ChartierQ2466876French historianHistorianbook culture; cultural history1945-12-09FRAFranceFRA11861.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chartier%20Roger.jpg?width=320
485Pei SongzhiQ710078Chinese historian and politician (372–451)Historian03720451ChinaCHN01861.53
485İbrahim PeçeviQ694908Ottoman historianHistorian15741649Ottoman EmpireHUN01860.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibrahim%20Pecevi%20statue.jpg?width=320
485Johann Nikolaus von HontheimQ426954historian, auxiliary bishop of Trier, originator of FebronianismHistorian1701-01-271790-09-02Holy Roman EmpireDEU01860.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20Johann%20Nikolaus%20von%20Hontheim.tif?width=320
485Rudolph RummelQ334918American academic (1932–2014)Historian1932-10-212014-03-02USAUnited StatesUSA01860.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RJRummel.jpg?width=320
485Robert SkidelskyQ335331British economist and author (1939–2026)Historianeconomics; higher education1939-04-252026-04-15GBRUnited KingdomCHN01860.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official%20portrait%20of%20Lord%20Skidelsky%20crop%202%2C%202024.jpg?width=320
485Alexander SvanidzeQ2041978Georgian soviet politician (1886–1941)Historian18841941-08-20Russian Empire; Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Georgian SSR; Democratic Republic of Georgia; Soviet UnionGEO01860.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aliosha%20Svanidze%201915.jpg?width=320
485Wilhelm von BodeQ64607German art historian and museum director (1845-1929)Historianmuseology1845-12-101929-03-01DEUGermanyDEU91859.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Liebermann%20Bildnis%20Wilhelm%20Bode.jpg?width=320
485Ubbo EmmiusQ399131Frisian historian and geographer (1547–1625)Historian1547-12-051625-12-09DEUGermanyDEU01859.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ubbo%20Emmius%20(1547-1625).jpg?width=320
485Charles Barbier de MeynardQ1063659French historian and orientalist (1826–1908)Historian1826-02-061908-03-31FRAFranceTUR01859.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbier%20de%20Meynard%2C%20Charles%20Adrien%20Casimir%2C%20par%20Eug%C3%A8ne%20Pirou%2C%20BNF%20Gallica.jpg?width=320
485Stepanos AsoghikQ1026984Armenian historianHistorian1000110001858.56
485Fernão LopesQ704519Portuguese chroniclerHistorian13851458Kingdom of PortugalPRT41857.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernao%20Lopes.jpg?width=320
485Léon PoliakovQ701745French historian (1910–1997)Historianhistory1910-11-251997-12-08FRAFranceRUS01857.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poliakov-Leon%20Cerisy-07-1952%20b.jpg?width=320
485Khalifa ibn KhayyatQ519405Arab historian of Abbasid era (777-854)Historianhistory; hadith07770854IRQIraqIRQ11857.26
485Zhao RukuoQ698817Chinese politician and author during the Song dynastyHistorian1170-04-191231-08-18Song dynastyCHN11856.66
485Américo CastroQ482275Spanish historian (1885–1972)Historian1885-05-041972-07-25ESPSpainBRA01855.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AMERICO%20CASTRO%201885%20CRITICO%20ESPA%C3%91OL%20(13451217465).jpg?width=320
485Eadmer of CanterburyQ725614English historian, theologian, and ecclesiasticHistorian10601120Kingdom of England51854.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eadmer%20of%20Canterbury%20portrait%20(cropped%20from%20Google%20Art%20Project).jpg?width=320
485Benjamin MazarQ817625Israeli historian and biblical archaeologist (1906-1995)Historianarchaeology1906-06-281995-09-09ISRIsraelPOL01854.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mazar%201936.jpg?width=320
485David AbulafiaQ1173525English historian (1949–2026)Historianhistory of Italy; medieval studies1949-12-122026-01-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR01854.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Abulafia%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
485Alfred W. CrosbyQ3271870Historian, author, and professor (1931-2018)Historianhistory; history of technology1931-01-152018-03-14USAUnited StatesUSA11853.61
485Gregory AreshianQ4069097Armenian-American archeologist and historianHistorianarchaeology1949-05-132020-08-02United States; ArmeniaARM01853.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GEA%20istanbul.jpg?width=320
485William Mitchell RamsayQ326308Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1851-1939)Historian1851-03-151939-04-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR01853.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20William%20M.%20Ramsay.jpg?width=320
485Horace EngdahlQ912866Swedish literary historian, Permanent secretary of the Swedish AcademyHistorian1948-12-30SWESwedenSWE01852.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace%20Engdahl-press%20conference%20Dec%2006th%2C%202008-3.jpg?width=320
485Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz JędrzejewiczowaQ436901Polish scientist, university lecturer,anthropologist,ethnographer (1885-1967)Historianlinguistics; art history1885-08-021967-02-28POLPolandEST01851.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cezaria%20J%C4%99drzejewiczowa.jpg?width=320
485Richard BauckhamQ3065290British theologianHistorian1946-09-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR01850.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B2%98%EB%93%9C%20%EB%B3%B4%EC%BB%B4.jpg?width=320
485Andrei LankovQ502317Russian academicHistorian1963-07-26Russia; AustraliaRUS01850.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lankov%202010%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
485Iain PearsQ983568British writer and art historianHistorian1955-08-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR31849.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iain%20Pears%202015.JPG?width=320
485Jonathan Riley-SmithQ247729British historianHistorianCrusades; Christianity and Islam1938-06-272016-09-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR11849.25
485Christopher ClarkQ639522Australian historianHistorian1960-03-14AUSAustraliaAUS01848.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Clark%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202013%201.JPG?width=320
485Peter HeatherQ1358340British historianHistorianLate antiquity; Early Middle Ages1960-06-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR01848.16
485Adam ToozeQ351075British author, history teacher and historianHistorianhistory; economic history1967-07-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR11846.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Adam%20Tooze)%20librairie%20mollat%20-%20Le%20d%C3%A9luge%201916-1931%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
485Hatoon al-FassiQ5681752Saudi Arabian professorHistorian1964SAUSaudi ArabiaSAU01845.26
517Arnold Hugh Martin JonesQ695399British historian of classical antiquity (1904–1970)Historianclassical antiquity; history1904-03-091970-04-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR01759.88
517Marsyas of PellaQ978418historian and writerHistorian-400-360MacedoniaGRC01758.87
517Max Jakob FriedländerQ62110German curator and art historian (1867-1958)Historian1867-06-051958-10-11Germany; Kingdom of the NetherlandsDEU11758.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedlaender-max-j-aus-aan-max-j-friedlaender-1867-5-juni-1942-vorsatz.jpg?width=320
517Edwin O. ReischauerQ183253American diplomat (1910-1990)Historianculture; history1910-10-151990-09-01USAUnited StatesJPN11758.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Our%20Asian%20Frontiers-06.jpg?width=320
517Jean DelumeauQ767691French historian (1923-2020)Historianhistory of Christianity; modern period1923-06-182020-01-13FRAFranceFRA01758.28
517Miroslav HrochQ2502881Czech historian and university educatorHistorian1932-06-14CZECzech RepublicCZE01757.52
517Israel GutmanQ388436Polish-born Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor (1923–2013)Historian1923-05-202013-10-01Poland; IsraelPOL01757.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Israel%20Guttman%20at%20Eichmann%20trial1961.jpg?width=320
517Géza AlföldyQ80258Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)HistorianAncient Rome1935-06-072011-11-06HUNHungaryHUN21757.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%A9za%20Alf%C3%B6ldy.jpg?width=320
517Ernest LabrousseQ975777French historian (1895–1988)Historianhistory; economics1895-03-161988-05-23FRAFranceFRA01756.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest%20Labrousse%201986.jpg?width=320
517Cadmus of MiletusQ388333ancient Greek historian, son of PandionHistorian-500-600TUR01756.84
517Ilya BerezinQ171247Russian orientalistHistorian1818-08-011896-04-03Russian Empire01755.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berezin%20IN.jpg?width=320
517Cyril MangoQ1148656British scholar (1928–2021)HistorianByzantine architecture; art history1928-04-142021-02-08GBRUnited KingdomTUR01755.52
517Donald M. NicolQ81326British Byzantinist (1923–2003)HistorianByzantine Empire1923-02-042003-09-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR01755.35
517Aron GurevichQ302163Russian historian (1924–2006)Historianmedieval studies1924-06-122006-08-05Soviet UnionRUS01755.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aron%20Gurevich.jpg?width=320
517Miguel León PortillaQ2449906Mexican academic (1926–2019)Historianhistory; anthropology1926-02-222019-10-01MEXMexicoMEX11754.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Le%C3%B3n-Portilla%20NotimexTV.jpg?width=320
517Ji XianlinQ714228Chinese academic, linguist, historian, translator and university teacher (1911-2009)Historian1911-08-062009-07-11CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN01754.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ji%20Xianlin%201952.jpg?width=320
517Artur HazeliusQ549109Swedish folklorist (1833-1901)Historianlinguistics1833-11-301901-05-27SWESwedenSWE01754.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artur%20Hazelius.jpg?width=320
517Michelle PerrotQ3311452French historian (born 1928)Historian1928-05-18FRAFranceFRA01754.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle%20Perrot%20juin%202016%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
517Yevgeny TarleQ1398528Soviet historian and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1874-1955)Historianhistory1875-11-081955-01-05Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR01754.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20V%20Tarle.jpg?width=320
517Kemal KarpatQ4730588Turkish historian (1923–2019)Historian1923-02-152019-02-20Turkey; Romania; United StatesROU01753.39
517American HorseQ465027Lakota chief (1840-1908)HistorianSioux18401908-12-16USAUnited StatesUSA01753.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/American.Horse.1900.ws.jpg?width=320
517Mikhail PiotrovskyQ2280388Russian orientalistHistorianhistory of Islam; Near East1944-12-09RUSRussiaARM01752.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20Piotrovsky%20-%202018%20-%2003.jpg?width=320
517David BordwellQ638397American film historian (1947–2024)Historianfilm theory; history of film1947-07-232024-02-29USAUnited StatesUSA01752.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Bordwell%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
517Peter TurchinQ2896108Russian-American complexity scientistHistorianeconomic history; mathematical modelling1957-05-22USAUnited StatesRUS01752.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Turchin%202020.webp?width=320
517Vasily Vasilievich StruveQ647712Russian orientalist (1889-1965)HistorianAssyriology; ancient history1889-02-021965-09-15Soviet UnionRUS01750.62
517Anthony GraftonQ555308American historian of early modern EuropeHistorian1950-05-21USAUnited StatesUSA01749.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Grafton%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
517Ellen Meiksins WoodQ434183American marxist scholar (1942–2016)Historian1942-04-122016-01-14United States; CanadaUSA01749.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen%20Meiksins%20Wood.jpg?width=320
517Oliver GrauQ61681German art historian and media theoretician (born 1965)Historianhistory of art1965-10-24DEUGermanyDEU01747.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Grau.jpg?width=320
517Andreas UmlandQ87159Expert on Russian and Ukrainian history and politicsHistorian1967DEUGermanyDEU01747.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Umland%20Andreas.jpg?width=320
517Soner ÇağaptayQ461221Turkish political scientist (born 1970)Historianpolitical science; history1970TURTurkeyTUR01742.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soner%20Cagaptay%20in%202020%20(2).png?width=320
547Harold MurrayQ2667032British chess historian (1868–1955)Historian1868-06-241955-05-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR01660.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20James%20Ruthven%20Murray.jpg?width=320
547Claude CahenQ2281554French Marxist Orientalist and historian (1909–1991)Historian1909-02-261991-11-18FRAFranceFRA01659.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude%20Cahen%20et%20son%20%C3%A9pouse%20en%201989.jpg?width=320
547Chris WickhamQ783073British historian (1950-2026)Historian1950-05-182026-10-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR01658.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris%20Wickham%20UAL%20(cropped%202).jpg?width=320
547`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uniQ3629943Grand Mufti of India and historian (1540–1615)Historian1540-08-311615-11-05Mughal EmpireIND11658.82
547Arno PetersQ28328German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002)Historian1916-05-222002-12-02DEUGermanyDEU01657.97
547FenestellaQ662582Roman historian and encyclopaedic writerHistorian-360034Ancient Rome01657.47
547Omeljan PritsakQ2997351Ukrainian-American historian (1919-2006)Historianhistory; oriental studies1919-04-072006-05-29USAUnited StatesUKR01657.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omeljan%20Pritsak%2C%20Ottoman%20documents%20and%20the%20Black%20Sea%20region%20colloquium%2C%20HURI%2C%20March%201981.jpg?width=320
547Pierre ChaunuQ1333590French historian & academic (1923-2009)Historian1923-08-172009-10-23FRAFranceFRA01656.51
547Eberhard JäckelQ71397German historian (1929–2017)Historianhistory of Germany; history1929-06-292017-08-15DEUGermanyDEU21656.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eberhard%20J%C3%A4ckel.jpg?width=320
547Gerhard RitterQ72371German historian (1888-1967)Historianhistory1888-04-061967-07-01DEUGermanyDEU01656.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Freiburg-%20Wohnung%20Mc%20Intosh%2C%20Prof.%20Ritter%2C%20Prof.%20Thieme%20-%20LABW%20-%20Staatsarchiv%20Freiburg%20W%20134%20Nr.%20059861b.jpeg?width=320
547Lidiya PonomarenkoQ12142258Ukrainian local historian, cartographer (1922-2013)Historian1922-02-162013-12-03UKRUkraineUKR11656.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lidiya%20Ponomarenko.jpg?width=320
547Andreas AlföldiQ287822Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981)Historianarchaeology; numismatics1895-08-271981-02-12HUNHungaryHUN01655.87
547Mikheil TsereteliQ637822Georgian diplomat (1878-1965)Historian1878-12-231965-03-02DEUGermany01655.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgian%20historian%20Mikheil%20Tsereteli.jpg?width=320
547Martin NothQ64966German theologian (1902–1968)Historian1902-08-031968-05-30DEUGermanyDEU01655.26
547David Marshall LangQ2993294British historianHistorianhistory1924-05-061991-03-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR01655.11
547Michael ArisQ983928British academic (1946–1999)Historianhistory1946-03-271999-03-27United Kingdom; Cuba; CanadaCUB01655.1
547Stanley MorisonQ384501type designer (1889–1967)Historian1889-05-061967-10-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR11654.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanley%20Morison%20by%20Sir%20William%20Rothenstein.jpg?width=320
547Sara AshurbeyliQ4073579Azerbaijani historian (1906–2001)Historianhistory1906-01-272001-07-17AZEAzerbaijanAZE01654.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sara%20Ashurbeyli.jpg?width=320
547CraterusQ1120892Macedonian historianHistorian-320-300Macedonia01654.61
547Aleks BudaQ3280529Albanian historian (1910–1993)Historian1910-09-071993-07-07ALBAlbaniaALB01654.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleks%20Buda%20bust%20in%20Tirana%2C%20Albania.jpg?width=320
547Hugh N. KennedyQ973739British historianHistorianMiddle Ages; history1947-10-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR01652.62
547Karolina LanckorońskaQ468466Polish World War II resistance fighter, historian and art historian (1898-2002)Historian1898-08-112002-08-25POLPolandAUT01651.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karolina%20Lanckoro%C5%84ska.jpg?width=320
547Warren TreadgoldQ1995678American historian (born 1949)HistorianByzantine Empire; medieval studies1949-04-30USAUnited StatesGBR01650.81
547Frank DikötterQ982717Dutch historianHistorianhistory of China1961-11-30NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD11649.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrankDikotter2013.jpg?width=320
547Stephen TurnbullQ3176384British historian of JapanHistorian1948-02-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR01646.95
547Peeter JärvelaidQ14943047Estonian legal historian (born 1957)Historianjurisprudence1957-11-28ESTEstoniaEST01645.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peeter%20J%C3%A4rvelaid.jpg?width=320
547Kim RyholtQ443108Danish egyptologist (born 1970)HistorianEgyptian literature; Egyptology1970-06-19USAUnited StatesUSA01639.67
574Thomas the ArchdeaconQ1280353Roman Catholic cleric, historian and chronicler from SplitHistorian12001268-05-15Republic of VeniceHRV11560.02
574ChimalpahinQ775502Nahua MesoamericanistHistorian1579-06-061660Nahua; MexicoMEX01555.9
574Marian TurskiQ9352578Polish historianHistorianhistory; journalism1926-06-262025-02-18POLPolandLTU01555.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marian%20Turski%20Ocala%C5%82y%20przemawia%20na%20Stacji%20Radegast%202016%20MZW%20DSC09521.jpg?width=320
574Girolamo MeiQ925697Italian historianHistorianhistory of music1519-05-271594-07ITA01555.2
574Pierre RosenbergQ966176French art historian, collector, and former director of the LouvreHistorianvisual arts; art history1936-04-13FRAFranceFRA01554.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Pierre%20Rosenberg%20de%20l'Acad%C3%A9mie%20fran%C3%A7aise.jpg?width=320
574Gerhard WeinbergQ214357American military historianHistorian1928-01-01USAUnited StatesDEU01548.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard%20Weinberg.jpg?width=320
574Richard FoltzQ923825American-Canadian scholar and historian (born 1961)HistorianIranian studies1961-04-19CANCanadaUSA01544.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Foltz.jpg?width=320
574Peter FrankopanQ26856932British historianHistorian1971-03-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR01540.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Frankopan.JPG?width=320