rank name wikidata description occupation field birth_date death_date country citizenship birth_country notable_works sitelinks hpi image 1 Herodotus Q26825 Greek historian and geographer (c. 484–c. 425 BC) Historian creative and professional writing; politics -484 -425 TUR Halicarnassus TUR 1 199 90.06 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marble%20bust%20of%20Herodotos%20MET%20DT11742%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 2 Ibn Khaldun Q9294 historiographer and historian Historian economics; philosophy 1332-06-04 1406-03-26 TUN 3 167 86.74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20of%20Ibn%20Khaldun%20(Casbah%20of%20Bejaia%2C%20Algeria).jpg?width=320 3 Tacitus Q2161 Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120) Historian 0055 0120 Ancient Rome FRA 5 146 82.21 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tacitus%2C%20Cornelius%20(50%20-%20116).jpg?width=320 4 Sima Qian Q9372 Chinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE) Historian history of China -145 -86 Western Han CHN 1 144 83.52 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Si%20maqian.jpg?width=320 5 Thucydides Q41683 5th-century BC Athenian historian and general Historian history of ancient Greece -460 -395 GRC Classical Athens GRC 1 133 83.71 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thucydides%20pushkin01.jpg?width=320 6 Titus Livius Q2039 Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17) Historian -59 0017 Ancient Rome ITA 1 129 81.96 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Titus%20Livius.png?width=320 7 Xenophon Q129772 Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC) Historian philosophy -430 -354 GRC Classical Athens GRC 2 127 82.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20of%20Xenophon.jpg?width=320 8 Alexis de Tocqueville Q140694 French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859) Historian 1805-07-29 1859-04-16 FRA France FRA 2 116 78.33 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexis%20de%20Tocqueville%20(Th%C3%A9odore%20Chass%C3%A9riau%20-%20Versailles).jpg?width=320 9 Edward Gibbon Q161841 English historian and politician (1737–1794) Historian history; classical antiquity 1737-05-08 1794-01-16 Kingdom of Great Britain GBR 1 105 74.44 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Emily%20Gibbon.jpg?width=320 10 Suetonius Q10133 late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian Historian 0069 0140 Ancient Rome ITA 1 96 77.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suetonius%20etching%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 11 Josephus Q134461 Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100) Historian historiography; history 0037 0100 Ancient Rome ISR 4 94 80.94 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Flavius%20Josephus%2C%20RP-P-1906-2507.jpg?width=320 12 Polybius Q131169 Ancient Greek historian and politician of the 2nd century BC Historian -200 -120 Achaean League GRC 1 91 77.83 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gipsmodelle%20Wiener%20Historismus%20Hofburg-Keller%202012%2033%20Alois%20D%C3%BCll%2C%20Polybios.jpg?width=320 13 Diodorus Siculus Q171241 1st-century BC Greek historian Historian history -90 -20 ITA Agyrion ITA 1 88 79.2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diodoro%20Siculo.png?width=320 13 Yuval Noah Harari Q2484404 Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers Historian history 1976-02-24 ISR Israel ISR 3 88 71.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MKr364751%20Yuval%20Noah%20Harari%20(Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202024).jpg?width=320 15 Bede Q154938 Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735) Historian theology; history of Christianity 0672 0735-05-29 Kingdom of Northumbria GBR 18 87 74.7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Man%20writing%20Corpus%20Christi%20College%20Cambridge%20MS.%20389.jpg?width=320 16 Arnold J. Toynbee Q185381 British historian (1889–1975) Historian philosophy of history 1889-04-14 1975-10-22 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 82 74.78 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold%20J.%20Toynbee%20Anefo.jpg?width=320 17 Hippolyte Taine Q297726 French literary critic and historian (1828-1893) Historian philosophy 1828-04-21 1893-03-05 FRA France FRA 6 79 73.03 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hippolyte%20taine.jpg?width=320 18 Thomas Kuhn Q184980 American historian, physicist and philosopher (1922 – 1996) Historian analytic philosophy; history of science 1922-07-18 1996-06-17 USA United States USA 2 78 76.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Kuhn%20(1977)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 19 Cassius Dio Q185223 Greco-Roman statesman and historian (c. 155–c. 235) Historian politics; ancient literature 0155 0235 Ancient Rome TUR 1 77 76.14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dio%20Cassius.jpg?width=320 20 Eric Hobsbawm Q34933 British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012) Historian international relations 1917-06-09 2012-10-01 GBR United Kingdom EGY 5 76 73.44 https://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 21 Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay Q315989 British historian and politician (1800–1859) Historian history 1800-10-25 1859-12-28 Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 0 73 76.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Babington%20Macaulay.jpg?width=320 21 Leopold von Ranke Q77184 German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886) Historian history 1795-12-21 1886-05-23 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 73 75.51 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jebens%2C%20Adolf%20-%20Leopold%20von%20Ranke%20(detail)%20-%201875.jpg?width=320 23 Quintus Curtius Rufus Q5959 Roman historian Historian 0041 0053 Ancient Rome GRC 1 72 72.96 https://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 24 Fernand Braudel Q185105 French historian and leader of the Annales School Historian history 1902-08-24 1985-11-27 FRA France FRA 1 71 75.13 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Fernand%20Braudel%20on%20The%20Identity%20of%20France%20dustjacket.jpg?width=320 25 Procopius Q186153 6th-century historian Historian 0500 0565 Byzantine Empire ISR 3 70 76.58 25 Mircea Eliade Q41590 Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago (1907–1986) Historian religious studies 1907-03-22 1986-04-22 USA United States ROU 0 70 76.17 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Expozi%C8%9Bie%20Mircea%20Eliade%2C%20fragment%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 27 Jared Diamond Q205772 American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937) Historian physiology; ecology 1937-09-10 USA United States USA 6 67 70.39 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jared%20diamond.jpg?width=320 28 Hecataeus of Miletus Q242270 Greek historian and geographer (c.550–c.476 BC) Historian history -550 -475 Miletus TUR 2 65 76.89 28 Arrian Q31845 philosopher, historian, priest Historian 0089 0175 Ancient Rome TUR 4 65 75.37 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrian7.jpg?width=320 28 Saxo Grammaticus Q106837 Danish historian Historian 1150 1220 Kingdom of Denmark DNK 1 65 74.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saxo%20Grammaticus.jpg?width=320 28 François Guizot Q157324 French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874) Historian 1787-10-04 1874-09-12 FRA France FRA 0 65 71.51 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Pierre%20Guillaume%20Guizot.jpg?width=320 32 Marc Bloch Q156585 French historian (1886–1944) Historian medieval history 1886-07-06 1944-06-16 FRA France FRA 6 64 73.38 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc%20Bloch%20(1886%E2%80%931944).jpg?width=320 33 Manetho Q174380 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest Historian -201 -160 Ancient Egypt EGY 1 63 75.91 34 Johann Joachim Winckelmann Q57280 German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768) Historian aesthetics; art history 1717-12-09 1768-06-08 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 2 62 75.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WinckelmannJJ.jpg?width=320 35 Jacob Burckhardt Q59945 Swiss historian (1818–1897) Historian history of art 1818-05-25 1897-08-08 CHE Switzerland CHE 1 61 74.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Burckhardt%2C%20Jakob%20(1818-1897)-Portrait-Portr%2000053.tif?width=320 36 Francesco Guicciardini Q44601 Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540) Historian 1483-03-15 1540-06-01 Republic of Florence ITA 5 57 70.74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ritratto%20di%20Francesco%20Guicciardini.jpg?width=320 36 Howard Zinn Q119546 American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010) Historian history 1922-08-24 2010-01-27 USA United States USA 1 57 61.58 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard%20Zinn%2C%202009%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 38 Johan Huizinga Q276280 Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945) Historian history; art history 1872-12-07 1945-02-01 NLD Kingdom of the Netherlands NLD 2 55 74.64 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan-huizinga1.jpg?width=320 38 Adam of Bremen Q109244 11th-century German historian and chronicler Historian 1000 1080 DEU Germany DEU 1 55 72.91 38 Barbara W. Tuchman Q59112 American historian and author (1912–1989) Historian 1912-01-30 1989-02-06 USA United States USA 2 55 64.12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara%20W.%20Tuchman.JPG?width=320 41 Lev Gumilev Q135481 Soviet academic (1912-1992) Historian ethnology; archaeology 1912-10-01 1992-06-15 RUS Russia RUS 0 54 65.94 https://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 42 Friedrich Carl von Savigny Q76892 German jurist (1779-1861) Historian jurisprudence 1779-02-21 1861-10-25 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 53 73.18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Von%20Savigny%2C%20Friedrich%20Carl.jpg?width=320 43 Jacques Le Goff Q213992 French historian (1924-2014) Historian medieval history; medieval studies 1924-01-01 2014-04-01 FRA France FRA 1 52 72.92 43 Marcus Velleius Paterculus Q316098 Roman historian, soldier and senator (c.19 BC - c. AD 31) Historian -19 0031 Ancient Rome ITA 0 52 72.46 https://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 45 Ibn Kathir Q369690 Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373) Historian fiqh; science of hadith 1301 1373 SYR 7 51 74.6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hafiz%20Ibn%20Kathir.png?width=320 45 Justin Q210853 Roman historian, 2nd century Historian 0110 0200 Ancient Rome 1 51 70.78 45 Eutropius Q314694 4th century Roman historian and official Historian 0320 0400 Ancient Rome TUR 1 51 68.75 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eutropius%20portrait%2C%20Plut.%2065.35.jpg?width=320 48 William of Tyre Q311822 medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of Tyre Historian theology; chronicle 1130 1186 Kingdom of France; Kingdom of Jerusalem ISR 3 50 75.84 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20of%20tyre.jpg?width=320 48 Leonardo Bruni Q314488 Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444) Historian humanism; history 1369 1444-03-18 Republic of Florence ITA 27 50 72.96 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walker%20Art%20Gallery%2C%20Leonard%20Bruni.jpg?width=320 48 Tzvetan Todorov Q313852 Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017) Historian linguistics; literature 1939-03-01 2017-02-07 France; Bulgaria BGR 2 50 70.42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tzvetan%20Todorov%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20Porto%20Alegre%202012%20(7938086378).jpg?width=320 48 Timothy Snyder Q747312 American historian (born 1969) Historian history; Central Europe 1969-08-18 USA United States USA 3 50 64.09 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timothy%20Snyder%20(2026)%20III.jpg?width=320 52 A. J. P. Taylor Q706931 English historian (1906-1990) Historian 1906-03-25 1990-09-07 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 49 58.35 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20AJP%20Taylor%20on%20dust%20jacket%20of%20Bismarck%20The%20Man%20and%20the%20Statesman.jpg?width=320 53 Ibn Ishaq Q334847 Arab hagiographer and historian (704–767) Historian prophetic biography; history of Islam 0704 0768 SAU 1 48 73.22 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibn%20Ishaq.png?width=320 53 Socrates of Constantinople Q336198 5th century Greek Christian church historian Historian 0380 0440 Byzantine Empire TUR 1 48 72.04 53 Lucien Febvre Q156999 French historian (1878-1956) Historian history 1878-07-22 1956-09-25 FRA France FRA 1 48 71.88 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucien%20Febvre-Strasbourg.jpg?width=320 53 Poggio Bracciolini Q318254 Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459) Historian philosophy 1380-02-19 1459-11-08 Papal States; Republic of Florence ITA 13 48 71.22 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gianfrancesco%20Poggio%20Bracciolini%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320 53 Bernard Lewis Q501880 British-American historian (1916–2018) Historian political history; commentary 1916-05-31 2018-05-19 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 48 69.41 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Lewis%20in%202012%20(1).JPG?width=320 58 Erwin Panofsky Q57656 German art historian (1892–1968) Historian art history 1892-03-30 1968-03-14 United States; Germany DEU 2 47 72.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erwin%20Panofsky%20at%20Oberlin%20College%20(1950)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 58 Niketas Choniates Q297340 Greek historian (1155-1217) Historian history 1155 1217 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 47 71.45 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niketas%20Choniates.JPG?width=320 58 John Skylitzes Q312330 Greek historian (early 1040s – after 1101) Historian 1040 1110 Byzantine Empire 1 47 70.52 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil%20I%20(867-886)%20from%20the%20Chronikon%20of%20Ioannis%20Skylitzes.jpg?width=320 61 Ibn al-Athir Q334854 Islamic historian, theologian and geographer (1160–1232/3) Historian history; universal history 1160-05-19 1233 TUR 3 46 72.68 61 Johann Gustav Droysen Q60217 German historian (1808–1884) Historian historian 1808-07-06 1884-06-19 Kingdom of Prussia POL 1 46 70.59 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Gustav%20Droysen%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320 61 Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani Q335599 Arab historian, writer, poet and musicologist (897–967) Historian 0897 0967-11-25 Abbasid Caliphate IRN 1 46 67.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kitab%20al-Aghani%2001.jpg?width=320 61 Henry Thomas Buckle Q435699 English historian (1821–1862) Historian philosophy 1821-11-24 1862-05-29 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 46 63.46 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Thomas%20Buckle%20(1857).jpg?width=320 61 Vasily Klyuchevsky Q379584 Russian historian (1841–1911) Historian history of Russia; history 1841-01-28 1911-05-25 Russian Empire RUS 0 46 60.68 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Klyuchevsky%202.jpg?width=320 66 Al-Baladhuri Q293528 Abbasid-era Muslim historian (820-892) Historian 0820 0892 Abbasid Caliphate IRQ 2 45 72.19 66 Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Q471116 Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449) Historian fiqh; science of hadith 1372-02-18 1449-02-11 EGY 18 45 70.98 https://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 66 Niall Ferguson Q377638 British historian Historian journalism; economics 1964-04-18 United Kingdom; United States GBR 0 45 54.56 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niall%20Ferguson%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%202017%20(37840342015)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 69 Theophylact Simocatta Q313504 early 7th-century Byzantine historian Historian history; poetry 0580 0630 Byzantine Empire EGY 1 44 69.32 69 Donna Haraway Q253407 American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies (born 1944) Historian gender studies 1944-09-06 USA United States USA 4 44 67.42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donna%20Haraway%202006%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 69 Robert Conquest Q379628 British historian and poet Historian historiography; history of the Soviet Union 1917-07-15 2015-08-03 United Kingdom; United States GBR 1 44 61.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Conquest%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 69 Thomas Fuller Q1248758 English churchman and historian (1608–1661) Historian 1608-06-29 1661-08-16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 0 44 54.28 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Fuller%201841.jpg?width=320 73 Joseph Justus Scaliger Q315163 French historian (1540-1609) Historian theology; history 1540-08-15 1609-01-21 Kingdom of France; Dutch Republic FRA 1 43 70.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scaliger.jpg?width=320 73 Ernst Gombrich Q78504 Austrian art historian (1909–2001) Historian popular science literature; art history 1909-03-30 2001-11-03 Austria; United Kingdom AUT 0 43 70.69 https://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 73 Libanius Q263892 Greek rhetorician (4th century AD) Historian 0314 0393 Ancient Rome TUR 0 43 69.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Libanius%20the%20sophist.jpg?width=320 76 Henri Pirenne Q312501 Belgian historian (1862-1935) Historian medieval studies 1862-12-23 1935-10-24 BEL Belgium BEL 1 42 68.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri.Pirenne.Portrait.gif?width=320 76 Sozomen Q354350 Byzantine historian Historian history; history of Christianity 0400 0448 Byzantine Empire 2 42 66.76 76 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke Q182509 Dutch statesman (1798-1872) Historian international relations 1798-01-14 1872-06-04 NLD Kingdom of the Netherlands NLD 0 42 63.26 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan%20Heinrich%20Neuman%20-%20Johan%20Rudolf%20Thorbecke.jpg?width=320 76 Frederick Jackson Turner Q548462 American historian (1861-1932) Historian historian 1861-11-14 1932-03-14 USA United States USA 0 42 59.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick%20Jackson%20Turner.jpg?width=320 80 Moses of Chorene Q365695 5th-century Armenian historian Historian history of Armenia; history 0410 0490 Kingdom of Armenia 1 41 69.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.Movses%20Khorenatsi.jpg?width=320 80 Ephorus Q313791 Greek historian (c. 400 – 330 BC) Historian historian -400 -330 TUR 1 41 69.19 80 Gaston Maspero Q311816 French egyptologist (1846–1916) Historian 1846-06-24 1916-06-30 FRA France FRA 0 41 68.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaston%20Maspero%20Reutlinger%20BNF%20Gallica.jpg?width=320 80 Nicolaus of Damascus Q313924 1st-century BC historian and philosopher Historian -64 0004 Seleucid Empire SYR 0 41 68.31 84 Samuel von Pufendorf Q57186 German philosopher (1632–1694) Historian 1632-01-08 1694-10-26 SWE Sweden DEU 1 40 71.49 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20von%20Pufendorf.jpg?width=320 84 Geoffrey of Villehardouin Q5361 knight and historian Historian 1148 1213 Kingdom of France FRA 1 40 69.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geoffroi%20de%20Villehardouin.jpg?width=320 84 Julius Wellhausen Q76897 German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918) Historian oriental studies 1844-05-17 1918-01-07 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 40 67.93 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius%20Wellhausen%2002.jpg?width=320 84 Sextus Julius Africanus Q317014 Greco-Roman Christian traveller and historian (c.160–c.240) Historian 0160 0240 Ancient Rome ISR 1 40 66.14 84 Pierre Nora Q266382 French historian and publisher (1931–2025) Historian publishing house; history 1931-11-17 2025-06-02 FRA France FRA 0 40 64.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Nora.JPG?width=320 84 Golo Mann Q77109 German-Swiss historian (1909-1994) Historian literary activity; history 1909-03-27 1994-04-07 Switzerland; Germany DEU 1 40 64.33 https://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 84 C. Northcote Parkinson Q352729 British naval historian (1909–1993) Historian 1909-07-30 1993-03-09 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 40 62.67 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyril%20Northcote%20Parkinson%201961.jpg?width=320 84 William of Malmesbury Q345524 English monk and chronicler (c.1095 – c.1143) Historian 1095-11 1143 Kingdom of England GBR 12 40 61.56 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William.of.malmesbury.arp.jpg?width=320 92 Carlo Ginzburg Q355251 Italian historian (1939–2026) Historian history 1939-04-15 2026-06-17 ITA Italy ITA 1 39 67.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlo%20Ginzburg%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20mars%202013%20(2).jpg?width=320 92 Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Q314148 French historian and writer Historian microhistory; climate change 1929-07-19 2023-11-22 FRA France FRA 1 39 65.76 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmanuel%20Le%20Roy%20Ladurie%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20octobre%202014%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 92 Gerald of Wales Q357824 medieval clergyman and historian Historian history; medieval literature 1146 1201 GBR Wales GBR 6 39 59.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St.David's%20Cathedral%20-%20Dreieinigkeitskapelle%205%20Giraldus%20Cambrensis.jpg?width=320 95 Callisthenes Q82793 Greek historian (c. 360–327 BC) Historian -360 -327 GRC 0 38 69.54 95 Kenneth Clark Q371258 English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster (1903–1983) Historian 1903-07-13 1983-05-21 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 38 68.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenneth%20Clark%20PBS%201971.jpg?width=320 95 Erich Auerbach Q57603 German philologist (1892-1957) Historian linguistics 1892-11-09 1957-10-13 DEU Germany DEU 1 38 67.32 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich%20Auerbach%20um%201930.jpg?width=320 95 Norman Davies Q376303 British historian Historian history 1939-06-08 GBR United Kingdom GBR 8 38 62.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman%20Davies%202018.jpg?width=320 95 E. P. Thompson Q434160 British historian & peace activist (1924-1993) Historian history 1924-02-03 1993-08-28 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 38 62.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20P%20Thompson%20at%201980%20protest%20rally%20(cropped).JPG?width=320 95 Antony Beevor Q380229 English military historian Historian history; military history 1946-12-14 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 38 62.52 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antony%20Beevor%200008.jpg?width=320 95 Timothy Garton Ash Q311729 British historian and author Historian journalism; political history 1955-07-12 GBR United Kingdom GBR 2 38 59.66 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019-05-30%20Timothy%20Garton%20Ash-6011.jpg?width=320 95 Mary Beard Q458403 English classicist (born 1955) Historian classical philology 1955-01-01 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 38 55.02 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Beard%20UC3M%202017%20(cropped).JPG?width=320 95 Anvar Chingizoghlu Q12850258 Azerbaijani historian, journalist and writer Historian genealogy; ethnology 1962-05-10 2022-07-10 AZE Azerbaijan AZE 0 38 54.97 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enver%20Chingizo%C4%9Flu.JPG?width=320 104 Aby Warburg Q60185 German art historian and cultural theorist (1866–1929) Historian history of art; aesthetics 1866-06-13 1929-10-26 DEU Germany DEU 0 37 71.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aby%20Warburg.jpg?width=320 104 Heinrich Wölfflin Q123466 Swiss art critic and art historian (1864-1945) Historian art history 1864-06-21 1945-07-19 CHE Switzerland CHE 0 37 70.43 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduard%20Wasow%20-%20Portr%C3%A4t%20des%20Kunsthistorikers%20Heinrich%20W%C3%B6lfflin%2C%201924.png?width=320 104 Theopompus Q4318 Greek historian and rhetorician (c.380–c.315 BC) Historian -380 -320 GRC 2 37 69.44 104 Al-Dhahabi Q293554 Syrian Islamic historian and Hadith scholar (1274–1348) Historian Islamic theology; history 1274-10-12 1348-02-12 SYR 18 37 68.82 104 Eunapius Q343018 ancient Greek sophist and historian Historian ancient Greek philosophy 0349 0420 Ancient Rome TUR 2 37 66.64 104 Hayden White Q434818 American historian (1928–2018) Historian history; literary criticism 1928-07-12 2018-03-05 USA United States USA 1 37 64.77 https://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=320 104 Richard Pipes Q449064 American historian (1923–2018) Historian history 1923-07-11 2018-05-17 United States; Poland POL 0 37 63.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Pipes%202004.JPG?width=320 104 Egon Friedell Q112255 Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938) Historian 1878-01-21 1938-03-16 AUT Austria AUT 1 37 61.52 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egon%20Friedell%201931.jpg?width=320 104 Lyudmila Alexeyeva Q293156 Soviet-Russian human rights activist (1927–2018) Historian 1927-07-20 2018-12-08 Russia; United States 0 37 60.67 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyudmila%20Alexeyeva%202017-02-07%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 113 Euhemerus Q317942 ancient Greek philosopher Historian philosophy -330 -250 ITA 0 36 70.7 113 Georges Duby Q271295 French historian (1919–1996) Historian medieval history 1919-10-07 1996-12-03 FRA France FRA 1 36 67.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgesDuby-StudioHarcourt-1967.png?width=320 113 Arthur Moeller van den Bruck Q77466 German historian (1876–1925) Historian theory of the state 1876-04-23 1925-05-30 German Empire; Weimar Republic DEU 0 36 66.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Moeller%20van%20den%20Bruck.jpg?width=320 113 Tony Judt Q312279 British-American historian (1948–2010) Historian history 1948-01-02 2010-08-06 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 36 60.6 113 Bernard Berenson Q359047 American art critic and collector (1865-1959) Historian Renaissance painting; art history 1865-06-26 1959-10-06 USA United States LTU 0 36 59.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1917%20Bernard%20Berenson.jpg?width=320 113 Agnes Arber Q394451 British botanist (1879-1960) Historian botany; metaphysics 1879-02-23 1960-03-22 GBR United Kingdom GBR 3 36 59.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Agnes%20Arber%201911.png?width=320 113 Christopher Hill Q719787 British historian (1912–2003) Historian history 1912-02-06 2003-02-23 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 36 58.74 113 Charles A. Beard Q719860 American historian (1874-1948) Historian history 1874-11-27 1948-09-01 USA United States USA 0 36 55.64 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Austin%20Beard.jpg?width=320 121 Al-Maqrizi Q293604 Egyptian historian (1364–1442) Historian history of Islam; economics 1364 1442-02-17 Medieval Egypt EGY 6 35 66.91 121 Tyrannius Rufinus Q365835 monk, historian, and theologian Historian translations from Greek; translation into Latin 0345 0411 Ancient Rome ITA 5 35 66.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rufinus%20Aquileiensis.jpg?width=320 121 Steven Runciman Q49979 British historian of the Middle Ages (1903–2000) Historian 1903-07-07 2000-11-01 GBR United Kingdom GBR 2 35 62.65 121 Edgar Quinet Q551735 French writer (1803-1875) Historian 1803-02-17 1875-03-27 FRA France FRA 0 35 61.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar%20Quinet%20vers%201860.jpg?width=320 125 Johann Jakob Bachofen Q123861 Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887) Historian philology 1815-12-22 1887-11-25 CHE Switzerland CHE 0 34 69.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Jakob%20Bachofen%20by%20Jenny%20Burckhardt.jpg?width=320 125 Arthur M. Schlesinger Q435195 American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007) Historian 1917-10-15 2007-02-28 USA United States USA 0 34 68.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20M.%20Schlesinger%2C%20Jr.%201961.jpg?width=320 125 George Ostrogorsky Q311461 Russian Byzantinist (1902-1976) Historian Byzantine studies 1902-01-19 1976-10-24 Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Russian Empire; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Soviet Union RUS 0 34 68.06 125 Hermann Diels Q61889 German classical scholar (1848–1922) Historian classical philology 1848-05-18 1922-06-04 German Empire DEU 0 34 66.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Alexander%20Diels.jpg?width=320 125 Georgios Kedrenos Q360883 Byzantine historian (11th century) Historian 1100 1100 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 34 66.85 125 René Grousset Q527963 French historian (1885-1952) Historian 1885-09-05 1952-09-12 FRA France FRA 1 34 65.67 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9%20Grousset.jpg?width=320 125 Michael Rostovtzeff Q502983 Russian historian of ancient history (1870–1952) Historian archaeology; classical philology 1870-11-10 1952-10-20 USA United States UKR 0 34 64.63 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Rostovtzeff.jpg?width=320 125 Heinrich von Treitschke Q62400 German historian and political writer (1834-1896) Historian opinion journalism; political science 1834-09-15 1896-04-28 Kingdom of Saxony DEU 0 34 63.96 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20von%20Treitschke.jpg?width=320 125 Ian Kershaw Q312532 English historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943) Historian history 1943-04-29 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 34 62.63 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian%20Kershaw%202012%20crop.jpg?width=320 125 Gerda Lerner Q85102 Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013) Historian 1920-04-30 2013-01-02 United States; Austria AUT 1 34 59.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UW-Madison%20history%20professor%20Gerda%20Lerner.jpg?width=320 135 Flavio Biondo Q434834 historian from Italy Historian history 1392 1463-06-13 ITA 0 33 66.35 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flavio%20Biondi.jpg?width=320 135 Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange Q442240 French philologist (1610–1688) Historian 1610-12-18 1688-10-23 FRA France FRA 1 33 64.64 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Du%20Fresne%2C%20Seigneur%20Du%20Cange%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320 135 Evagrius Scholasticus Q365678 6th century Syrian scholar and intellectual Historian history; medieval literature 0536 0594 Byzantine Empire SYR 2 33 63.17 135 Augustin Thierry Q381092 French historian (1795-1856) Historian 1795-05-10 1856-05-22 FRA France FRA 0 33 62.83 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AugustinThierry.jpg?width=320 135 George Buchanan Q715169 Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506–1582) Historian 1506-02-11 1582-10-08 GBR Scotland GBR 1 33 59.53 https://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=320 135 Drew Gilpin Faust Q49128 American historian and board member, director at Goldman Sachs Historian American Civil War; women's history 1947-09-18 USA United States USA 0 33 55.31 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Women%20in%20Economic%20Decision-making%20Drew%20Gilpin%20Faust%20(8414040540)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 135 Romila Thapar Q2744161 Indian historian (born 1931) Historian history 1931-11-30 IND India IND 0 33 51.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thapr2.jpg?width=320 142 Shoqan Walikhanov Q135392 Kazakhstani ethnographer (1835–1865) Historian 1835-11 1865-04-10 Russian Empire KAZ 0 32 64.86 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russian%20scientist%20and%20traveller%20Shokan%20Valikhanov%20during%20his%20visit%20in%20Saint-Petersburg%20in%201860.jpg?width=320 142 Max Weinreich Q467106 American/Latvian linguist (1894–1969) Historian Yiddish 1894-04-22 1969-01-29 USA United States LVA 0 32 62.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Weinreich.jpg?width=320 142 John Foxe Q380961 16th-century English historian Historian 1516 1587-04-18 Kingdom of England GBR 0 32 59.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Foxe%20from%20NPG%20cleaned.jpg?width=320 145 Timaeus Q367298 Greek historian (died c. 260 BC) Historian history -345 -260 GRC Classical Athens ITA 1 31 67.68 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timeo%20di%20Tauromenio.png?width=320 145 Leo the Deacon Q362589 Byzantine historian Historian 0950 0992 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 31 65.02 145 Richard Sennett Q450412 American sociologist and academic Historian sociology 1943-01-01 USA United States USA 0 31 64.45 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Sennett%2C%20re-publica%202016%20(cropped).JPG?width=320 145 Ivane Javakhishvili Q1367287 Georgian historian and linguist (1876-1940) Historian history 1876-04-23 1940-11-18 Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Democratic Republic of Georgia; Georgian SSR GEO 0 31 62.76 https://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=320 145 Krste Misirkov Q2586864 Philologist, collector, ethnologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer Historian 1874-11-18 1926-07-26 BGR Bulgaria GRC 1 31 61.77 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krste%20P.Misirkov-%20portret.PNG?width=320 145 Guglielmo Ferrero Q689713 Italian historian and writer (1871-1942) Historian humanities; ancient history 1871-06-21 1942-08-03 Kingdom of Italy 0 31 60.23 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guglielmo%20Ferrero.jpg?width=320 145 İlber Ortaylı Q343562 Turkish historian (1947–2026) Historian history of the Ottoman Empire; administrative history 1947-05-21 2026-03-13 TUR Turkey AUT 2 31 58.25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C4%B0lber%20Ortayl%C4%B1%202023.jpg?width=320 145 John Bagnell Bury Q502912 Anglo-Irish historian and classical scholar (1861–1927) Historian history 1861-10-16 1927-06-01 GBR United Kingdom IRL 0 31 57.65 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JBagnellBury.png?width=320 145 Stephen E. Ambrose Q443953 American historian and writer (1936–2002) Historian military history; history 1936-01-10 2002-10-13 USA United States USA 0 31 55.78 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen%20Ambrose.jpg?width=320 145 Helene Ahrweiler Q81500 Greek/French Byzantinist (1926–2026) Historian Byzantine studies 1926-08-29 2026-02-16 France; Greece GRC 0 31 55.15 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helene%20Ahrweiler.jpg?width=320 145 Daniel Pipes Q369283 American historian, writer, journalist and political scientist (born 1949) Historian international relations 1949-09-09 USA United States USA 0 31 53.44 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20pipes%202.jpg?width=320 145 Gábor Kósa Q17361723 Hungarian orientalist, religious historian, university professor Historian 1971-01-31 HUN Hungary HUN 0 31 48.82 157 Agatharchides Q391216 Ptolemaic Greek servant and secretary, remembered as a historian and geographer Historian history -208 TUR 1 30 65.97 157 Al-Waqidi Q285255 Muslim historian and biographer of Muhammad (c.747-823) Historian fiqh; history 0747-09-14 0823 Abbasid Caliphate SAU 3 30 65.88 157 Philostorgius Q380943 Byzantine Church historian (368 – c. 439) Historian Arianism; history of Christianity 0368 0439 Byzantine Empire; Ancient Rome TUR 1 30 64.21 157 Hieronymus Wolf Q61631 German pedagogue and humanist (1516-1580) Historian 1516-08-23 1580-10-18 Holy Roman Empire DEU 0 30 63.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Hieronymus%20Wolf%20Hieronymus%20Wolffius%20(titel%20op%20object)%2C%20RP-P-OB-31.457.jpg?width=320 157 Michael Attaleiates Q181919 Byzantine judge and historian (11th century) Historian 1021 1080 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 30 63.62 157 François Furet Q318667 French historian (1927–1997) Historian French Revolution 1927-03-27 1997-07-12 FRA France FRA 3 30 63.07 157 Moritz Cantor Q61751 German historian of mathematics (1829-1920) Historian mathematics; history 1829-08-23 1920-04-09 Grand Duchy of Baden; Weimar Republic DEU 1 30 61.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moritz%20Cantor%20(HeidICON%2028790)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 157 Deborah Lipstadt Q254798 American diplomat and Holocaust historian (born 1947) Historian 1947-03-18 USA United States USA 0 30 61.07 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deborah%20Lipstadt%2C%20U.S.%20Special%20Envoy.jpg?width=320 157 Peter Brown Q962080 Irish historian (1935- ) Historian Late antiquity 1935-07-26 IRL Ireland IRL 0 30 60.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Brown%20Balzan%20Prize%20Ceremony%202011.JPG?width=320 157 Ahmad Kasravi Q400678 Iranian academic (1890–1946) Historian philosophy; history 1890-09-29 1946-03-11 Qajar Iran; Pahlavi Iran IRN 5 30 59.84 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmad-Kasravi.jpg?width=320 157 Halil İnalcık Q739524 Turkish historian (1916–2016) Historian social history; history of the Ottoman Empire 1916-05-26 2016-07-25 TUR Turkey TUR 2 30 59.71 https://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=320 157 Serhii Plokhy Q1257297 Ukrainian-American historian Historian Ukrainian studies 1957-05-23 RUS 0 30 57.99 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%20Plokhy.jpg?width=320 157 Daniel J. Boorstin Q551252 American historian (1914–2004) Historian 1914-10-01 2004-02-28 USA United States USA 0 30 55.67 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Boorstin.jpg?width=320 157 G. M. Trevelyan Q1373357 British historian (1876–1962) Historian 1876-02-16 1962-07-21 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 30 55.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GM%20Trevelyan%20by%20Beresford.jpg?width=320 157 Robert Kagan Q711031 American historian (born 1958) Historian international relations 1958-09-26 USA United States GRC 0 30 52.6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Kagan%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2002.jpg?width=320 172 Arnold Toynbee Q537152 British economic historian (1852–1883) Historian 1852-08-23 1883-03-09 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 0 29 65.45 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The%20Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20studies%20in%20historical%20and%20political%20science%20(1883)%20(14780586191).jpg?width=320 172 Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme Q733270 French historian (1540–1614) Historian French literature; military affairs 1540 1614-07-15 FRA France FRA 1 29 64.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20de%20Bourdeille%2C%20dit%20Brant%C3%B4me%20(v.%201540-1614).jpg?width=320 172 Jan Assmann Q61247 German egyptologist (1938–2024) Historian cultural history; Egyptology 1938-07-07 2024-02-19 DEU Germany DEU 0 29 62.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MJK62894%20Jan%20Assmann.jpg?width=320 172 Janko Prunk Q310106 Slovenian politician and historian Historian history 1942-12-30 SVN Slovenia SVN 0 29 62.22 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JankoPrunk2026.jpg?width=320 172 Anthony Blunt Q508392 British art historian and Soviet spy (1907-1983) Historian 1907-09-26 1983-03-26 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 29 61.17 172 Natalie Zemon Davis Q266185 Canadian-American historian (1928-2023) Historian social history; cultural history 1928-11-08 2023-10-21 United States; Canada USA 2 29 60.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natalie%20Zemon%20Davis%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 172 William Hickling Prescott Q505844 American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859) Historian history 1796-05-04 1859-01-28 USA United States USA 0 29 60.09 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Hickling%20Prescott%20by%20Southworth%20%26%20Hawes%2C%20c1850-9-crop.jpg?width=320 172 Karl Otfried Müller Q62113 German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840) Historian topography; classical philologist 1797-08-28 1840-08-01 Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 29 59.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Otfried%20M%C3%BCller%20Oesterley.jpg?width=320 172 Hugh Trevor-Roper Q335087 British historian (1914-2003) Historian history of Europe 1914-01-15 2003-01-26 GBR United Kingdom GBR 2 29 57.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh%20Trevor-Roper%20(1975).jpg?width=320 172 Riane Eisler Q469551 Austrian-American sociologist Historian partner relationship; futurism 1931-07-22 United States; Austria AUT 1 29 56.02 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Riane%20Eisler.png?width=320 172 Nikolaus Pevsner Q61682 German-born British scholar (1902-1983) Historian architecture; history of architecture 1902-01-30 1983-08-18 Germany; United Kingdom DEU 0 29 55.35 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolaus%20Pevsner%20(1929)%20von%20Genja%20Jonas.jpg?width=320 172 Simon Schama Q472272 British University Professor of Art History and History Historian 1945-02-13 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 29 52.07 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%20Schama%20FT%20Business%20Book%20of%20the%20Year%202013.jpg?width=320 184 Andrea Alciato Q464471 Italian jurist and writer (1492–1550) Historian 1492-05-17 1550-01-22 ITA 1 28 66.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Alciato%201584.JPG?width=320 184 Emmanuel Todd Q713775 historian, demographer, anthropologist, sociologist, political scientist Historian historical demography; anthropology 1951-05-16 FRA France FRA 7 28 66.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmanuel%20Todd%20-%20E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s%20J%C3%B3zsef%20Lecture.jpg?width=320 184 Vasily Bartold Q326005 Russian orientalist (1869–1930) Historian Arabic studies; archival science 1869-11-15 1930-08-19 Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian Empire; Soviet Union RUS 0 28 65.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Bartold.jpg?width=320 184 Christoph Cellarius Q62674 German classical scholar Historian historiography; philology 1638-11-22 1707-06-04 DEU Germany DEU 0 28 65.35 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christoph%20Cellarius.png?width=320 184 W. Montgomery Watt Q471167 Scottish historian and Orientalist (1909–2006) Historian Arabic studies; Islamic studies 1909-03-14 2006-10-24 GBR United Kingdom GBR 2 28 65.25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdolrashidi%20%26%20prof%20watt.jpg?width=320 184 Peter Burke Q504484 British historian (b. 1937) Historian cultural history 1937-08-16 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 28 65.02 https://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=320 184 Vladimir Minorsky Q462697 Russian historian, orientalist, iranist (1877–1966) Historian oriental studies 1877-02-06 1966-03-25 Soviet Union; Russian Empire RUS 0 28 63.78 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Minorsky.jpg?width=320 184 Martino Martini Q1243676 Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661) Historian 1614-09-20 1661-06-06 Qing dynasty ITA 0 28 62.93 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martino%20Martini.JPG?width=320 184 Hermann Abert Q61275 German musicologist (1871–1927) Historian musicology; pedagogy 1871-03-25 1927-08-13 DEU Germany DEU 0 28 62.89 https://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=320 184 Marin Barleti Q464230 Catholic priest, Albanian humanist and historian Historian 1450 1513 Venetian Albania ALB 0 28 62.85 184 Festus Q666127 4th-century Roman historian Historian history 0390 0380-01 Ancient Rome ITA 1 28 59.98 184 Maxime Rodinson Q522094 French historian, sociologist and orientalist (1915–2004) Historian history; sociology 1915-01-26 2004-05-23 FRA France FRA 0 28 59.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maxime%20Rodinson%20(1970).jpg?width=320 184 Donald Kagan Q469761 American historian (1932-2021) Historian history of ancient Greece; classical philology 1932-05-01 2021-08-06 USA United States LTU 0 28 57.42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dkaganbiopic.png?width=320 184 Mary Ritter Beard Q6780609 American historian and women's suffrage activist (1876–1958) Historian 1876-08-05 1958-08-14 USA United States USA 0 28 55.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Ritter%20Beard%20cph.3b16401.jpg?width=320 184 William Dalrymple Q955334 author and historian (born 1965) Historian travel book; history 1965-03-20 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 28 54.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Dalrymple%20(sq%20cropped).png?width=320 199 Árni Magnússon Q252301 Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector (1663-1730) Historian 1663-11-13 1730-01-07 ISL Iceland SWE 0 27 65.21 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arni%20Magnusson%20drawing.jpg?width=320 199 Reinhart Koselleck Q61271 German historian (1923–2006) Historian conceptual history 1923-04-23 2006-02-03 DEU Germany DEU 1 27 65.13 199 Abd al-Razzaq Samarqandi Q2511004 Persian Timurid islamic scholar, diplomat and historian Historian historiography 1413-11-07 1482 Timurid Empire AFG 0 27 64.8 199 Guibert of Nogent Q4289 Benedictine historian, theologian and author of autobiographies (c. 1055–1124) Historian 1055-04-21 1124 Kingdom of France FRA 6 27 64.69 199 Paisius of Hilendar Q552756 Bulgarian clergyman Historian 1722 1773 Ottoman Empire BGR 1 27 64.53 https://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=320 199 Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Q551267 Carnolian scientist Historian 1641-05-28 1693-09-19 Holy Roman Empire SVN 0 27 63.15 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janez%20Vajkard%20Valvasor%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 199 Shlomo Sand Q718329 Israeli historian Historian nationalism; political history 1946-09-10 France; Israel AUT 2 27 63.14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shlomo%20Sand%2012%20juillet%202014.jpg?width=320 199 George Cœdès Q663757 French historian (1886–1969) Historian Thai studies 1886-08-10 1969-10-02 FRA France FRA 1 27 62.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Coed%C3%A8s.jpg?width=320 199 Linda Nochlin Q434478 American art historian (1931–2017) Historian art history; modern art 1931-01-30 2017-10-29 USA United States USA 1 27 61.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda%20Nochlin%202012%20(2min07s).jpg?width=320 199 Alexander Kazhdan Q942541 Soviet historian and Byzantine Empire specialist (1922-1997) Historian Byzantine studies; history 1922-09-03 1997-05-29 USA United States RUS 1 27 61.71 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Kazhdan%20at%201992%20Byzantine%20Studies%20Symposium%2C%20Dumbarton%20Oaks.jpg?width=320 199 Slobodan Jovanović Q89188 Serbian jurist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and literary critic Historian 1869-11-21 1958-12-12 GBR United Kingdom SRB 0 27 61.65 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slobodan%20Jovanovi%C4%87%2C%20by%20Uro%C5%A1%20Predi%C4%87%20(1931).jpg?width=320 199 Yahya of Antioch Q557361 Melkite Christian physician Historian 0980 1066 Byzantine Empire EGY 0 27 59.4 199 Efraim Zuroff Q521774 American historian Historian history; Jewish history 1948-08-05 Israel; United States USA 0 27 59.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Efraim%20Zuroff%201%20(May%202007)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 199 Yehuda Bauer Q695770 Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian (1926–2024) Historian history; Jewish history 1926-04-06 2024-10-18 ISR Israel CZE 0 27 58.95 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yehuda%20Bauer%201.jpg?width=320 199 Mikhail Pogodin Q1093709 Russian historian and journalist (1800–1875) Historian journalism; collecting 1800-11-23 1875-12-20 Russian Empire RUS 0 27 58.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michail%20Pogodin.jpg?width=320 199 Charles de Montalembert Q577504 French publicist, historian and Count of Montalembert, Deux-Sèvres (1810-1870) Historian 1810-04-15 1870-03-13 FRA France GBR 0 27 58.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Forbes%20Comte%20de%20Montalembert.png?width=320 199 Patricia Crone Q286019 Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015) Historian oriental studies; history of Islam 1945-03-28 2015-07-11 USA United States DNK 0 27 58.2 199 Edward Granville Browne Q982047 British Iranologist (1862–1926) Historian 1862-02-07 1926-01-05 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 27 57.57 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Granville%20Browne%20Shannon.jpg?width=320 199 Mykhailo Maksymovych Q2639333 Ukrainian academic (1804-1873) Historian 1804-09-15 1873-11-22 Russian Empire 0 27 57.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20A.%20Maksimovich.jpeg?width=320 199 John Keegan Q363722 British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist (1934–2012) Historian 1934-05-15 2012-08-02 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 27 57.24 199 Peter Gay Q63670 German-American historian and author (1923–2015) Historian 1923-06-20 2015-05-12 Germany; United States DEU 0 27 56.89 199 Ehsan Yarshater Q924275 Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018) Historian linguistics; Iranian studies 1920-04-03 2018-09-02 IRN Iran IRN 0 27 56.67 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ehsan%20Yarshater.png?width=320 199 Joan Wallach Scott Q291798 American academic and historian Historian 1941-12-18 USA United States USA 0 27 56.64 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joan%20Wallach%20Scott%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 222 Minhaj-i-Siraj Q657968 Persian historian Historian 1193 1260 Mamluk Sultanate; Ghurid Empire AFG 0 26 66 222 Arnold Hauser Q365852 Hungarian art historian (1892-1978) Historian 1892-05-08 1978-01-28 HUN Hungary ROU 0 26 64.54 222 Adémar de Chabannes Q4267 French monk, historian, musical composer and successful literary forger Historian 0988 1034 Kingdom of France FRA 5 26 63.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint%20Cybard.jpg?width=320 222 Ibn al-Faqih Q2372133 Historian and geographer Historian 0976 IRN 0 26 62.5 222 Afet İnan Q382163 Turkish historian and sociologist (1908–1985) Historian history 1908-11-29 1985-06-08 TUR Turkey GRC 0 26 62.44 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yamzu.jpg?width=320 222 Karl Lamprecht Q63369 German historian (1856–1915) Historian economic history; economics 1856-02-25 1915-05-10 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 26 62.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K.%20Lamprecht%2C%20PA02557.jpg?width=320 222 Ferdinand Gregorovius Q61425 German historian (1821–1891) Historian 1821-01-19 1891-05-01 Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 26 62.13 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregorovius%20ferdinand.jpg?width=320 222 Philipp Spitta Q61567 German musicologist (1841–1894) Historian 1841-12-27 1894-04-13 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 26 61.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spitta.jpg?width=320 222 Karl Krumbacher Q61463 German byzantinist (1856–1909) Historian Byzantine studies 1856-09-23 1909-12-12 Kingdom of Bavaria DEU 0 26 61.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Krumbacher%20-%20Imagines%20philologorum.jpg?width=320 222 Miguel Ayuso Guixot Q1688598 Spanish cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (1952–2024) Historian 1952-06-17 2024-11-25 ESP Spain ESP 0 26 60.28 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Ayuso%20Guixot%20(cropped2).jpg?width=320 222 Charles Rollin Q2471187 French historian and educator (1661–1741) Historian 1661-01-30 1741-09-14 FRA France FRA 0 26 60.21 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Rollin.jpg?width=320 222 Marin Drinov Q1898224 Bulgarian historian (1838–1906) Historian history; philology 1838-11-01 1906-03-13 BGR Bulgaria BGR 0 26 59.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marin-drinov-portrait-rulexru.jpg?width=320 222 Quentin Skinner Q465807 British historian (1940-) Historian history of political thought; philosophy 1940-11-26 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 26 59.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quentin%20skinner%20david%20cobley.jpg?width=320 222 Gustave Lanson Q733188 French historian and literary critic (1857-1934) Historian 1857-08-05 1934-12-15 FRA France FRA 0 26 59.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave%20Lanson.jpg?width=320 222 Pierre Vidal-Naquet Q205185 French historian (1930–2006) Historian ancient history 1930-07-23 2006-07-29 FRA France FRA 1 26 58.82 222 Ernest Lavisse Q981891 French historian (1842-1922) Historian history 1842-12-17 1922-08-18 FRA France FRA 0 26 58.03 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest%20Lavisse%2C%201913.jpg?width=320 222 Olena Apanovych Q7086350 Ukrainian historian (1919-2000) Historian archival science; Zaporozhian Cossacks 1919-09-09 2000-02-21 UKR Ukraine RUS 0 26 56.65 222 Florian Cajori Q122323 American mathematician (1859–1930) Historian history of mathematics 1859-02-28 1930-08-14 United States; Switzerland CHE 2 26 56.58 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Florian%20Cajori.jpg?width=320 222 Stephen Greenblatt Q639065 American literary critic, theorist and scholar Historian 1943-11-07 USA United States USA 0 26 55.97 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StephenJayGreenblatt.jpg?width=320 222 Henry James Sumner Maine Q1195523 British jurist and historian (1822–1888) Historian legal history 1822-08-15 1888-02-03 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 0 26 55.62 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HSMaine.jpg?width=320 222 Robert Jay Lifton Q711066 American psychiatrist and author (1926–2025) Historian psychiatry; psychohistory 1926-05-16 2025-09-04 USA United States USA 1 26 54.4 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2000%2003%2017%20Robert%20Jay%20Lifton.jpg?width=320 222 Francis Parkman Q1340161 American historian (1823–1893) Historian 1823-09-16 1893-11-08 USA United States USA 2 26 51.34 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F.%20Parkman.jpg?width=320 222 Faustus of Byzantium Q285772 5th century Armenian historian Historian 0390 0500 Byzantine Empire 1 26 34.32 245 Cangjie Q1033199 legendary inventor of the Chinese writing system, historian Historian -2650 CHN 0 25 65.55 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cangjie2.jpg?width=320 245 Frances Yates Q132105 English historian of the Renaissance (1899–1981) Historian essay; cultural history 1899-11-28 1981-09-29 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 25 65.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frances%20Yates%201924.jpg?width=320 245 August Ludwig von Schlözer Q61318 German historian (1735–1809) Historian history 1735-07-05 1809-09-09 DEU Hohenlohe-Kirchberg DEU 0 25 64.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20Ludwig%20Schl%C3%B6zer.jpg?width=320 245 Doukas Q439834 Byzantine historian Historian history; diplomacy 1400 1500 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 25 63.08 245 Charles Diehl Q516758 French Byzantinist (1859–1944) Historian Byzantine Empire 1859-07-04 1944-11-01 FRA France FRA 0 25 62.52 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Diehl%201922.jpg?width=320 245 Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam Q798589 Egyptian historian (801-871) Historian history 0800 0871 Abbasid Caliphate 1 25 62.04 245 Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi Q557961 muhaddith, historian and Hafiz Historian science of hadith; hadith 1002 1071 IRQ 8 25 61.96 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al%20Khatib%20al-Baghdadi.png?width=320 245 Ibn Wahshiyya Q1246493 Nabatean Arab writer, agronomist and historian Historian linguistics; alchemy 0900 0930 IRQ 2 25 61.75 245 Christian Gottlob Heyne Q63182 German classical philologist (1729-1812) Historian 1729-09-25 1812-07-14 Electorate of Hanover DEU 0 25 61.61 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian%20Gottlob%20Heyne%20Tischbein%201772.jpg?width=320 245 Bernard Desclot Q2621130 chronicler from the Kingdom of Aragon Historian 1201 1280 Crown of Aragon FRA 1 25 60.47 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BernatDesclot.jpg?width=320 245 André Clot Q316966 French historian and essayist Historian Arab and muslim world 1909-11-09 2002-11-15 FRA France FRA 0 25 59.88 245 Stéphane Courtois Q334609 French historian (born 1947) Historian communist regime; late modern period 1947-11-25 FRA France FRA 0 25 59.43 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%C3%A9phane%20Courtois%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 245 Georg Gottfried Gervinus Q61648 German historian and politician (national liberalism), (1805-1871) Historian literary scholar; historian 1805-05-20 1871-03-18 Grand Duchy of Hesse DEU 0 25 58.59 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Gottfried%20Gervinus%2Cstraightened.jpg?width=320 245 Benny Morris Q374803 Israeli historian (born 1948) Historian history 1948-12-08 ISR Israel ISR 0 25 57.25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny%20morris.jpg?width=320 245 Aleksey Shakhmatov Q729707 Russian philologist (1864–1920) Historian philology; history 1864-06-17 1920-08-16 Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic EST 0 25 56.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shahmatov%20Aleksey%20Aleksandrovich.jpg?width=320 245 Rainer Zitelmann Q90744 German historian, author, management consultant and real estate expert Historian management; real estate business 1957-06-14 DEU Germany DEU 1 25 53.84 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zitelmann-pressefoto(schick)%2Cmailversand.jpg?width=320 245 Walter Rodney Q1394990 Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980) Historian history; politics 1942-03-23 1980-06-13 GUY Guyana GUY 1 25 53.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zomachi%20Walter%20Rodney.jpg?width=320 262 Michael Glycas Q581550 Byzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and poet Historian 1125 1204 Byzantine Empire GRC 0 24 64.91 262 Alois Riegl Q692100 Austrian art historian (1858-1905) Historian art history; historic preservation 1858-01-14 1905-06-17 Austrian Empire AUT 1 24 64.61 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alois%20Riegl.jpg?width=320 262 Ibn Hibban Q4794354 Hadith compiler Historian history; science of hadith 0883 0965 Abbasid Caliphate AFG 4 24 63.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IbnHibban.png?width=320 262 Jean-Pierre Vernant Q472206 French historian and anthropologist (1914–2007) Historian anthropology; history 1914-01-04 2007-01-09 FRA France FRA 0 24 63.13 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Pierre%20Vernant%20(Aubervilliers%202006)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 262 Antiochus of Syracuse Q580661 ancient Greek historian Historian -450 -450 ITA 0 24 62.68 262 Friedrich Meinecke Q66147 German historian and philosopher of history (1862-1954) Historian 1862-10-30 1954-02-06 DEU Germany DEU 0 24 62.26 262 Évariste Lévi-Provençal Q291260 French historian (1894-1956) Historian oriental studies 1894-01-04 1956-03-23 FRA France DZA 1 24 61.86 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maklouf%20Evariste%20Levi.png?width=320 262 Henri Maspero Q345265 French sinologist (1883–1945) Historian sinology 1883-12-15 1945-03-17 FRA France FRA 0 24 61.77 https://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=320 262 Paul Veyne Q739537 French historian (1930–2022) Historian history; ancient history 1930-06-13 2022-09-29 FRA France FRA 3 24 61.67 262 Johannes Aventinus Q61140 Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534) Historian 1477-07-04 1534-01-09 DEU Germany DEU 0 24 61.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes%20Aventinus.png?width=320 262 Reinhart Dozy Q708843 Dutch orientalist (1820-1883) Historian oriental studies; Arabic studies 1820-02-21 1883-04-29 NLD Kingdom of the Netherlands NLD 1 24 60.65 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R-P-A-Dozy-02.jpg?width=320 262 Hisham ibn al-Kalbi Q716228 Arab historian (737–819) Historian 0737 0819 Abbasid Caliphate IRQ 3 24 60.13 https://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=320 262 Abraham Geiger Q60844 Prussian rabbi and scholar (1810–1874) Historian 1810-05-24 1874-10-23 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 24 59.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geiger%20a.jpg?width=320 262 Juan de Mariana Q939889 Spanish historian Historian 1536-10-05 1624-02-17 ESP Spain ESP 0 24 59.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El%20padre%20Juan%20de%20Mariana%20(Museo%20del%20Prado).jpg?width=320 262 Paul Kennedy Q712123 British historian Historian 1945-06-17 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 24 59.08 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Profpaulkennedy.jpg?width=320 262 Johann Gottfried Eichhorn Q66355 German theologian Historian 1752-10-16 1827-06-25 Kingdom of Württemberg DEU 0 24 58.55 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Gottfried%20Eichhorn.jpeg?width=320 262 Donald Keene Q1240040 Japanese/American academic (1922–2019) Historian Japanese; Japanese literature 1922-06-18 2019-02-24 United States; Japan USA 0 24 58.17 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald%20Keene.jpg?width=320 262 Omer Bartov Q929282 Israeli-American historian (1954-) Historian history 1954-04-17 Israel; United States ISR 0 24 58.15 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Keynote%20Omer%20Bartov%20(BEYOND-Konferenz)%2014.07%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 262 Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko Q1972559 Ukrainian historian Historian history 1884-02-12 1973-06-08 UKR 0 24 58.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polonsk2.gif?width=320 262 Andrea Riccardi Q48602 Italian historian, professor, politician, and activist Historian 1950-01-16 ITA Italy ITA 0 24 58.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Riccardi%20(2009).jpg?width=320 262 Richard N. Frye Q685767 American historian (1920–2014) Historian Iranian studies; Iranian philology 1920-01-10 2014-03-27 United States; Sweden USA 0 24 58 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frye%20Ghirshman.jpg?width=320 262 Leo Allatius Q725712 Greek scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library (1586–1669) Historian 1586 1669-01-19 GRC 0 24 57.12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leone%20Allacci%20im%20Collegio%20Greco%20Rom.jpg?width=320 262 Heinrich von Sybel Q65600 German historian (1817–1895) Historian 1817-12-02 1895-08-01 Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 24 56.97 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20von%20Sybel%20Stahlstich.jpg?width=320 262 Martin Gilbert Q575610 English historian (1936-2015) Historian Jewish history; history 1936-10-25 2015-02-03 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 24 55.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20Gilbert%2C%20May%202011.jpg?width=320 262 Hermann Oldenberg Q76678 German indologist (1854–1920) Historian Sanskrit 1854-10-31 1920-03-18 DEU Germany DEU 0 24 55.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman%20Oldenberg.png?width=320 262 Richard J. Evans Q607427 British historian (born 1947) Historian history 1947-09-29 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 24 54.83 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor%20Sir%20Richard%20Evans%20(cropped).JPG?width=320 262 Walter Jens Q38573 German philologist and writer (1923–2013) Historian 1923-03-08 2013-06-09 DEU Germany DEU 1 24 54.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterJens1.jpg?width=320 262 Mark Mazower Q984165 British historian Historian Balkan studies; history 1958-02-20 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 24 53.23 262 Andreas Maislinger Q78607 Austrian political scientist Historian international relations 1955-02-26 AUT Austria AUT 0 24 52.38 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andreas%20Maislinger%20and%20Branko%20Lustig%20at%20the%20LAMOTH%202nd%20Annual%20Dinner%20(2)%20cropped.jpg?width=320 262 Jan Morris Q3395844 Welsh historian, author and travel writer (1926–2020) Historian history; creative and professional writing 1926-10-02 2020-11-20 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 24 51.74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Morris%20(1975).jpg?width=320 292 Benzion Netanyahu Q818507 Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012) Historian Zionism; history 1910-03-25 2012-04-30 United States; Israel POL 0 23 69.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benzion%20Netanyahu%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 292 Helmold Q61177 German historian Historian Polabian Slavs; Middle Ages 1120 1177 Holy Roman Empire DEU 1 23 63.37 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pap%C5%82o%C5%84ski%20Helmolda%20Kronika%20S%C5%82owia%C5%84ska.jpeg?width=320 292 Matthew of Edessa Q302586 12th-century Armenian historian Historian history of Armenia; Armenian Historiography 1100 1144 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 23 63.27 292 Gottfried Achenwall Q215933 German historian and jurist (1719–1772) Historian 1719-10-20 1772-05-01 Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 23 62.99 292 Max Dvořák Q112173 Czech art historian (1874-1921) Historian history; art history 1874-06-24 1921-02-08 AUT Austria CZE 0 23 62.34 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Dvorak.jpg?width=320 292 Christopher Browning Q59098 American historian of the Holocaust Historian history 1944-05-22 USA United States USA 1 23 62.09 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Browning%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 292 Peter Andreas Munch Q561632 Norwegian historian (1810-1863) Historian history 1810-12-15 1863-05-25 NOR Norway 1 23 61.49 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%20A%20Munch%20photo.jpg?width=320 292 Gerardus Vossius Q785925 Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649) Historian 1577 1649-03-19 Dutch Republic DEU 1 23 60.96 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerardus%20Johannes%20Vossius%20(1577-1649)%2C%20by%20Anonymous.jpg?width=320 292 Saul Friedländer Q699701 Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor (born 1932) Historian 1932-10-11 Germany; Austria; Israel; France; United States CZE 0 23 60.89 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saul%20Friedlander.jpg?width=320 292 Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés Q919967 Spanish naturalist and historian (1478–1557) Historian 1478 1557-07-16 Spain; Mexico ESP 0 23 60.79 292 Clifford Edmund Bosworth Q40315 British historian and orientalist (1928–2015) Historian history; Iranian studies 1928-12-29 2015-02-28 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 23 60.39 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C.E.Bosworth%20Cambridge%2020.9.2011.jpg?width=320 292 Zeev Sternhell Q184435 Israeli historian (1935-2020) Historian sociology; political science 1935-04-10 2020-06-21 ISR Israel POL 0 23 60.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zeev%20Sternhell%20in%20Berlin%20(2016).jpg?width=320 292 Philistus Q712572 Greek historian (c. 432 – 356 BC) Historian history -430 -356 ITA 0 23 60.06 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philistus.png?width=320 292 Yeghishe Q612501 Armenian historian Historian history 0410 0475 1 23 59.88 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yeghishe%20vardapet.jpg?width=320 292 Gustav Hugo Q67446 German jurist Historian law; jurisprudence 1764-11-23 1844-09-15 Grand Duchy of Baden DEU 0 23 59.78 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GustavvonHugo.jpg?width=320 292 Gerhard Friedrich Müller Q76636 German historian and ethnologist Historian history; translation 1705-10-29 1783-10-22 Russian Empire DEU 0 23 59.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard%20Friedrich%20M%C3%BCller%2001.jpg?width=320 292 Gustave Schlumberger Q704218 French historian (1844–1929) Historian 1844-10-17 1929-05-09 FRA France FRA 0 23 59.53 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave-L%C3%A9on%20Schlumberger.jpg?width=320 292 Filippo Baldinucci Q979574 Italian art historian (1625-1697) Historian 1625-06-03 1697-01-01 ITA Italy ITA 1 23 59.04 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Filippo%20Baldinucci%2C%20RP-P-1907-187%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 292 Walter Laqueur Q213692 American historian and political commentator (1921-2018) Historian history; international relations 1921-05-26 2018-09-30 USA United States POL 0 23 58.94 292 Ludwig von Pastor Q64162 German historian and Austrian diplomat (1854-1928) Historian history 1854-01-31 1928-09-30 German Empire DEU 0 23 58.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig%20von%20Pastor.JPG?width=320 292 Walter Burkert Q61888 German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015) Historian history; ancient history 1931-02-02 2015-03-11 DEU Germany DEU 0 23 58.67 292 Nicholas Adontz Q967052 historian (1871–1942) Historian Byzantine studies; history 1871-01-22 1942-01-27 BEL Belgium ARM 0 23 57.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicholas%20Adontz%20stamp.jpg?width=320 292 Fritz Stern Q66375 American historian (1926–2016) Historian history; historiography 1926-02-02 2016-05-18 United States; Germany POL 0 23 56.86 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/STERNFFM.jpg?width=320 292 Ronald Syme Q707856 New Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903-1989) Historian classics 1903-03-11 1989-09-04 New Zealand; United Kingdom NZL 0 23 56.75 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronald%20Syme.jpg?width=320 292 Albrecht Weber Q72205 German indologist (1825–1901) Historian Sanskrit; Indology 1825-02-17 1901-11-30 Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 23 55.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albrecht%20Friedrich%20Weber.jpg?width=320 292 Martin van Creveld Q729094 Israeli military historian and theorist Historian military history; military strategy 1946-03-05 Belgium; Israel NLD 1 23 55.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20van%20Creveld%20crop.jpg?width=320 292 Lawrence Stone Q968540 English historian (1919-1999) Historian history 1919-12-04 1999-06-16 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 23 55.12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence%20Stone%20(1967)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 292 Robert Service Q2749421 British historian Historian 1947-10-29 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 23 53.6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Service%2C%20Robert.IMG%201910.JPG?width=320 292 Jacques Barzun Q712946 French-American historian (1907–2012) Historian 1907-11-30 2012-10-25 United States; France FRA 2 23 53.08 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques%20barzun.jpg?width=320 292 George Grote Q1364848 English historian and political radical (1794–1871) Historian 1794-11-17 1871-06-18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 0 23 52.56 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture%20of%20George%20Grote.jpg?width=320 292 Richard Hofstadter Q982698 American historian and public intellectual (1916–1970) Historian 1916-08-06 1970-10-24 USA United States USA 0 23 51.79 292 Michael Wood Q209394 English historian and broadcaster (born 1948) Historian 1948-07-23 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 23 43.8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Wood%20-%20Ruins%20of%20Empire%20(2013)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 292 Bettany Hughes Q4898381 English popular historian, author, and broadcaster Historian classical antiquity 1968 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 23 42.42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bettany%20Hughes%20cropped.png?width=320 325 Peter Martyr d'Anghiera Q163381 Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat Historian history 1457-02-11 1526-10 ESP Spain ITA 2 22 64.55 325 Jan Huyghen van Linschoten Q941383 Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian (1563–1611) Historian 1563 1611-02-08 Dutch Republic NLD 0 22 62.26 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JanHuygenVanLinschoten.png?width=320 325 Joseph Klausner Q964668 Jewish historian (1874–1958) Historian Hebrew literature; history of literature 1874-08-14 1958-10-27 ISR Israel LTU 0 22 62.15 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Klausner.jpg?width=320 325 Pulakeshi II Q708370 Indian king from Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi Historian 0610 0642 IND 0 22 62.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pulikesin%20II%2C%20the%20Chalukhaya%2C%20receives%20envoys%20from%20Persia%20(1).jpg?width=320 325 Fritz Fischer Q61687 German historian (1908–1999) Historian history 1908-03-05 1999-12-01 DEU Germany DEU 0 22 60.85 325 Muhammad Khwandamir Q2977486 16th-century Persian historian Historian 1475 1534 AFG 1 22 60.84 325 Julien Ries Q551836 Belgian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal, and historian (1920–2013) Historian 1920-04-19 2013-02-23 BEL Belgium BEL 0 22 60.65 325 Philochorus Q266299 Greek historian (c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC) Historian -340 -260 GRC Classical Athens GRC 0 22 60.65 325 Edward Luttwak Q2657585 American writer and military strategist Historian military strategy 1942-11-04 Romania; United States ROU 1 22 60.57 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Luttwak%20in%202026.jpg?width=320 325 Francisco López de Gómara Q721423 Spanish historian Historian 1511-02-12 1564 Spain; Mexico ESP 0 22 60.56 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Escultura%20de%20Francisco%20L%C3%B3pez%20de%20G%C3%B3mara%2C%20Soria.jpg?width=320 325 Hermann Conring Q77508 German philosopher (1606-1681) Historian 1606-11-09 1681-12-12 Sweden; Germany DEU 0 22 60.04 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Conring.jpg?width=320 325 Émile Mâle Q286253 French art historian (1862-1954) Historian 1862-06-02 1954-10-06 FRA France FRA 0 22 59.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89mile%20M%C3%A2le.jpg?width=320 325 Vakhushti of Kartli Q2669115 Georgian royal prince (batonishvili) of the Kingdom of Kartli, Governor of Tbilisi, Russian general, academic Historian history; geography 1696 1757 Russian Empire; Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti; Kingdom of Kartli GEO 0 22 58.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vakhushti%20Batonishvili.jpg?width=320 325 Ziya Bunyadov Q1985760 Azerbaijani historian (1921-1997) Historian history; oriental studies 1921-12-24 1997-02-21 AZE Azerbaijan AZE 0 22 58.66 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ziya%20Bundayov%20during%20World%20War%20II.jpg?width=320 325 Joseph-François Michaud Q1041329 French academic (1767-1839) Historian 1767-06-19 1839-09-30 FRA France FRA 0 22 58.22 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Michaud%20by%20Mauduison%20%26%20Boilly.png?width=320 325 Dino Compagni Q716994 Italian historian (1255-1324) Historian writer 1255 1324-03-05 ITA 0 22 57.67 325 Al-Jabarti Q658401 Egyptian scholar and historian of Somali origin (1753–1825) Historian history; philosophy 1754 1822 Egypt eyalet EGY 1 22 57.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Jabarti%20calligraphy.png?width=320 325 Taner Akçam Q559228 Turkish-German historian (born 1953) Historian Turkology; Armenian Genocide 1953-10-23 Turkey; Germany TUR 3 22 57.28 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taner%20Ak%C3%A7am.PNG?width=320 325 Heinrich Gelzer Q124494 classical philologist and historian (1847-1906) Historian history; classical philology 1847-07-01 1906-07-11 CHE Switzerland DEU 0 22 56.87 325 Zdeněk Nejedlý Q169038 Czech musicologist, writer and politician (1878–1962) Historian history; biography 1878-02-10 1962-03-09 Austria–Hungary CZE 0 22 55.57 https://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=320 325 Edward Duyker Q337569 Australian historian, biographer and author (born 1955) Historian 1955-03-21 AUS Australia AUS 0 22 55.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Duyker%2014%20Jan%202014.jpg?width=320 325 Avi Shlaim Q790712 Israeli-British historian (born 1945) Historian international relations 1945-10-31 United Kingdom; Israel IRQ 0 22 55.33 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Avi%20Shlaim%20(01).jpg?width=320 325 Mikhail Artamonov Q1961977 Soviet archaeologist and historian (1898–1972) Historian art history; archaeology 1898-12-05 1972-07-31 Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic RUS 0 22 54.93 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artamonov%20student.jpg?width=320 325 William Robertson Q1113461 British historian, minister of religion, and principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721-1793) Historian history 1721-09-19 1793-06-11 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 22 54.41 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamRobertsonColour.jpg?width=320 325 Timofey Granovsky Q555693 Russian historian (1813-1855) Historian medieval studies 1813-03-21 1855-10-16 Russian Empire RUS 0 22 54.14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZakharovPZ%20PtTGranovskogoGTG.jpg?width=320 325 Frederic G. Kenyon Q683055 British palaeographer and classical scholar (1863–1952) Historian philology; palaeography 1863-01-15 1952-08-23 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 22 53.82 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederic%20George%20Kenyon.jpg?width=320 325 Christopher Lasch Q705399 American historian (1932-1994) Historian history 1932-06-01 1994-02-14 USA United States USA 0 22 52.95 325 R. H. Tawney Q2589871 English philosopher (1880–1962) Historian 1880-11-30 1962-01-16 GBR United Kingdom IND 0 22 52.46 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R.%20H.%20Tawney.png?width=320 325 Elaine Pagels Q263099 historian of religion Historian history of religions 1943-02-13 USA United States USA 0 22 49.17 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elaine%20pagels%208315812.jpg?width=320 325 Stephen Kotkin Q2042569 American historian, academic, author Historian geopolitics; communism 1959-02-17 USA United States USA 2 22 45.72 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015-Mar-11%20Stephen%20Kotkin%20Politics%20and%20Prose.jpg?width=320 325 Adrian Goldsworthy Q373061 Welsh historian and author Historian military history; Ancient Rome 1969 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 22 43.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adrian%20Goldsworthy-2%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 325 Susan Stryker Q7648438 American professor, historian, author, and filmmaker Historian history; LGBTQ history in the United States 1961 USA United States USA 1 22 42.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susan%20Stryker9190209.jpg?width=320 357 William Hardy McNeill Q1765863 Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016) Historian world history 1917-10-31 2016-07-08 USA United States CAN 1 21 63.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20H.%20McNeill.jpg?width=320 357 Matrakçı Nasuh Q4115413 Bosnian Ottoman polymath (1480 – c. 1564) Historian Matrak 1480 1564 Ottoman Empire BIH 0 21 63.04 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soltaniyeh%20map%20by%20Matrak%C3%A7%C4%B1%20Nasuh%2C%20circa%201550.jpg?width=320 357 Mīr-Khvānd Q1377629 Iranian historian Historian 1433 1498 Timurid Empire UZB 1 21 62.55 357 H. A. R. Gibb Q1371875 Scottish orientalist (1895–1971) Historian 1895-01-02 1971-10-22 GBR United Kingdom EGY 0 21 61.6 357 Simon Dubnow Q213693 Russian historian, writer, activist Historian history; Jewish history 1860-09-10 1941-12-08 Russian Empire BLR 0 21 61.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SimonDubnow.jpg?width=320 357 Baha ad-Din Shoieb Q253568 Kurdish historian and scholar, biographer of Saladin (1145–1234) Historian 1145-03-12 1234-11-15 Abbasid Caliphate IRQ 1 21 61.28 357 Constantine Lascaris Q1358738 Greek grammarian and scholar (1434–1501) Historian 1434 1501-08-25 Byzantine Empire TUR 0 21 60.76 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lascaris%201493.JPG?width=320 357 Ibn Said al-Maghribi Q3045396 Arab geographer, historian and poet (1213–1286) Historian 1213 1286 al-Andalus ESP 1 21 60.75 357 Mohammad Aufi Q140584 Persian historian/scientist/author Historian 1171 1242 UZB 0 21 60.32 357 Sigfried Giedion Q123143 Swiss architectural historian (1888–1968) Historian 1888-04-14 1968-04-09 CHE Switzerland CZE 1 21 60.26 357 Iryna Melnykova Q4289917 Ukrainian historian (1918–2010) Historian history 1918-10-24 2010-11-03 UKR Ukraine UKR 0 21 60.2 357 Heinrich Graetz Q63762 Prussian Jewish historian (1817 – 1891) Historian Jewish history 1817-10-31 1891-09-07 Kingdom of Prussia; German Empire POL 1 21 60.13 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Graetz.jpg?width=320 357 Régine Pernoud Q272189 French archivist and historian (1909–1998) Historian medieval studies 1909-06-17 1998-04-22 FRA France FRA 0 21 60.11 357 Lucius Coelius Antipater Q704313 2nd-century Roman jurist and historian Historian -180 -120 Ancient Rome 0 21 60.08 357 Yitzhak Arad Q2467594 Israeli historian, retired IDF brigadier general and a former Soviet partisan who has served as director of Yad Vashem from 1972 to 1993 Historian history; The Holocaust 1926-11-11 2021-05-06 ISR Israel LTU 0 21 59.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yitshak%20arad%202016.jpg?width=320 357 Marc Ferro Q1372228 French historian (1924–2021) Historian history of film; late modern period 1924-12-24 2021-04-21 FRA France FRA 0 21 59.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Historian%20Marc%20Ferro.jpg?width=320 357 Tom Segev Q1393067 Israeli historian Historian history 1945-03-01 ISR Israel ISR 0 21 59.12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Segev%20(2011).jpg?width=320 357 Ghazar Parpetsi Q2626111 Armenian historian Historian 0442 0510 ARM 1 21 58.47 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monument%20to%20Ghazar%20Parpetsi%20in%20Parpi.jpg?width=320 357 Al-Nuwayri Q288067 Egyptian historian, encyclopedist and calligrapher (1279–1333) Historian botany; geography 1278 1333-06-13 Medieval Egypt EGY 1 21 58.47 https://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=320 357 Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius Q445928 1st century BC Roman historian and writer Historian -200 -100 Ancient Rome ITA 0 21 58.13 357 Philip Khuri Hitti Q554718 Lebanese-American academic and authority on the Middle East (1886-1978) Historian Semitic; Islam 1886-06-22 1978-12-24 Lebanon; United States LBN 3 21 58.02 357 Jérôme Carcopino Q122503 French archaeologist, epigraphist and historian (1881-1970) Historian 1881-06-27 1970-03-17 FRA France FRA 0 21 57.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20Carcopino.jpg?width=320 357 Hafiz-i Abru Q4115520 Persian historian at the court of Timurid rulers of Central Asia Historian 1358 1430-06 IRN 0 21 57.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Journey%20of%20the%20Prophet%20Muhammad%2C%20Folio%20from%20the%20Majma%20al-Tavarikh%2C%201425%2C%20Metmuseum.jpg?width=320 357 Jacob Talmon Q939379 historian of Modern Age, political scientist, pedagogue, penman, university teacher (1916-1980) Historian 1916-06-14 1980-06-16 Israel; Poland POL 0 21 57.17 357 Léon Gautier Q286485 French archivist and literary historian (1832-1897) Historian history of literature; translation 1832-08-08 1897-08-25 FRA France FRA 0 21 57.01 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on%20Gautier.png?width=320 357 Stanley George Payne Q1335382 American historian Historian history; comparative fascist studies 1934-09-09 USA United States USA 0 21 56.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanley%20G.%20Payne.jpg?width=320 357 Cyril Toumanoff Q1134707 Russian-born Georgian-American historian and genealogist (1913-1997) Historian Armenian; genealogy 1913-10-13 1997-02-04 USA United States RUS 0 21 55.99 357 Catharine Macaulay Q538767 English historian, philosopher, feminist (1731-1791) Historian 1731-04-02 1791-06-22 Kingdom of Great Britain GBR 1 21 55.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catharine%20Macaulay%20(n%C3%A9e%20Sawbridge)%20by%20Robert%20Edge%20Pine.jpg?width=320 357 Alain Daniélou Q373147 French historian, musicologist and Indologist (1907–1994) Historian 1907-10-04 1994-01-27 FRA France FRA 0 21 55.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain%20Dani%C3%A9lou.jpg?width=320 357 Arthur Smith Woodward Q542973 English paleontologist (1864–1944) Historian geology; museology 1864-05-23 1944-09-02 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 21 55.43 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr.%20A.%20S.%20Woodward%20of%20the%20British%20Museum%20(Natural%20History).jpg?width=320 357 John King Fairbank Q1394780 American sinologist (1907-1991) Historian sinology 1907-05-24 1991-09-14 USA United States USA 0 21 55.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20King%20Fairbank.jpg?width=320 357 Alain Besançon Q2629540 French historian and teacher (1932-2023) Historian late modern period; political science 1932-04-25 2023-07-08 FRA France FRA 0 21 55.17 357 Irina Antonova Q452606 Russian art historian, director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (1922–2020) Historian history of art; art history 1922-03-20 2020-11-30 RUS Russia RUS 0 21 54.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irina%20Antonova%2002%20(mos.ru)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 357 Lothrop Stoddard Q1871107 American white-supremacist historian, political scientist, journalist (1883–1950) Historian 1883-06-29 1950-05-01 USA United States USA 1 21 54.21 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Lothrop%20Stoddard.jpg?width=320 357 Stephen F. Cohen Q1890361 American historian (1938-2020) Historian history of the Soviet Union; Russian studies 1938-11-25 2020-09-18 USA United States USA 0 21 54.14 357 Samuel Eliot Morison Q982883 United States admiral and historian (1887-1976) Historian 1887-07-09 1976-05-15 USA United States USA 0 21 54.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rear%20Adm.%20Samuel%20Eliot%20Morison%20USNR.jpg?width=320 357 Charles Oman Q29031 British military historian (1860-1946) Historian 1860-01-12 1946-06-23 GBR United Kingdom 0 21 51.15 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Oman.png?width=320 357 Edward Augustus Freeman Q1292269 English historian (1823–1892) Historian 1823-08-02 1892-03-16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 1 21 50.32 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Augustus%20Freeman.jpg?width=320 357 Allan Lichtman Q4730788 American political scientist and historian Historian history; political history 1947-04-04 USA United States USA 0 21 46.77 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Allan%20Lichtman.jpg?width=320 357 Victor Davis Hanson Q1276395 American classicist and military historian Historian military history; ancient warfare 1953-09-05 USA United States USA 0 21 44.18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor%20Davis%20Hanson.jpg?width=320 357 John Komlos Q1668889 academic Historian economic history 1944-12-28 USA United States HUN 0 21 43.61 357 Rémi Mathis Q673718 French historian and librarian Historian history of the book; Jansenism 1982-11-20 FRA France FRA 5 21 40.46 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%A9mi%20Mathis%20in%202021%20with%20his%20book%20on%20Wikip%C3%A9dia%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 399 Otto von Gierke Q61652 German philosopher (1841–1921) Historian jurisprudence; legal history 1841-01-11 1921-10-10 German Reich; Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 20 62.59 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto%20von%20Gierke%2002.jpg?width=320 399 Aulus Cremutius Cordus Q772677 1st-century Roman writer Historian -50 0025 Ancient Rome 1 20 61.71 399 Mahmoud Muhammad Taha Q1884989 Sudanese philosopher (1909-1985) Historian philosophy 1909 1985-01-18 SDN Sudan SDN 0 20 61.26 399 Guo Pu Q765572 Chinese writer Historian 0276 0324 Jin dynasty CHN 1 20 61.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guo%20Pu.jpg?width=320 399 Annius of Viterbo Q567224 Italian friar, scholar, historian and forger (1437–1502) Historian 1437-01-14 1502-11-23 Papal States ITA 2 20 61.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annio%20da%20Viterbo.jpg?width=320 399 Abān ibn ʻUthmān Q4165460 Muslim historian Historian science of hadith 0641 0723 Rashidun Caliphate; Umayyad Caliphate SAU 0 20 60.82 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aban%20ibn%20Uthman%20ibn%20Affan%20(A.S.).png?width=320 399 Joseph de Guignes Q1708317 French academic Historian oriental studies 1721-10-19 1800-03-19 FRA France FRA 0 20 60.79 399 Albert Soboul Q223588 French historian Historian French Revolution 1914-04-27 1982-09-11 FRA France DZA 0 20 60.67 399 Abu Mikhnaf Q337009 Muslim historian Historian Islamic studies 0709 0774 Abbasid Caliphate 0 20 60.6 399 Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi Q4520456 historian Historian 1400 1454 IRN 1 20 60.54 https://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=320 399 Ibn Hayyan Q2745220 Al-Andalus Arab historian (987–1075) Historian 0987 1076-10 ESP 0 20 60.53 399 Alexander Vasiliev Q2386577 Russian historian (1867–1953) Historian Arabic studies; Byzantine studies 1867-10-04 1953-05-30 USA United States RUS 0 20 60.49 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasiliev%20AA%20historian.jpg?width=320 399 Zuo Qiuming Q230192 Chinese historian (556–451 BC), responsible for an important commentary on Confucius's Spring & Autumn Annals Historian -556 -451 Lu 1 20 59.66 https://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=320 399 Georges Lefebvre Q663862 French historian (1874–1959) Historian French Revolution; social history 1874-08-06 1959-08-28 FRA France FRA 0 20 59.54 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Lefebvre.jpg?width=320 399 Lyubomir Miletich Q646605 Bulgarian academic (1863–1937) Historian philology 1863-01-13 1937-06-01 BGR Bulgaria MKD 0 20 59.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyubomir%20Miletich%20Shtip.jpg?width=320 399 Vardan Areveltsi Q2503404 Armenian scholar Historian history 1198 1271 ARM 0 20 59.18 399 Johannes Meursius Q547901 Dutch philologist and historian Historian history of Denmark; history of the Netherlands 1579-02-19 1639-09-20 Dutch Republic NLD 1 20 58.4 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Johannes%20Meursius%2C%20RP-P-1904-3742.jpg?width=320 399 Henrik Gabriel Porthan Q333651 Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804) Historian 1739-11-08 1804-03-16 SWE Sweden FIN 0 20 58.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henrik%20Gabriel%20Porthan.jpg?width=320 399 Robert Darnton Q964180 American historian Historian history of the book 1939-05-10 USA United States USA 1 20 58.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Darnton%20en%20la%20UNAM%2C%202025.%20Retrato%20de%20Uriel%20Santiago%20Velasco.jpg?width=320 399 Bobojon Ghafurov Q2669462 Tajik politician (1908–1977) Historian 1908-12-31 1977-07-12 Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union 1 20 58.09 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamp%20of%20Tajikistan%20-%201998%20-%20Colnect%20290896%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Bobojon%20Ghafurov.jpeg?width=320 399 Heinrich Zimmer Q215922 German Indologist and linguist (1890–1943) Historian Indology 1890-12-06 1943-03-20 German Reich DEU 0 20 57.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Zimmer%201933.jpg?width=320 399 Domenico Losurdo Q1237192 Italian scholar (1941-2018) Historian 1941-11-14 2018-06-28 ITA Italy 0 20 56.8 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Losurdo.png?width=320 399 Jan T. Gross Q534080 American historian and sociologist Historian sociology 1947-08-01 USA United States POL 0 20 56.76 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Tomasz%20Gross.png?width=320 399 Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok Q4078073 Ukrainian academic Historian history; history of Christianity 1879-06-22 1943 Ukrainian People's Republic; Soviet Union; Russian Empire UKR 0 20 56.63 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1913VolodymyrBarvinok.jpg?width=320 399 Hugo Falcandus Q373309 Italian historian Historian 1200 1200 FRA 2 20 56.62 399 Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos Q2449920 Greek historian and university professor (1815–1891) Historian history of Greece 1815 1891-04-14 Kingdom of Greece; Ottoman Empire TUR 0 20 56.61 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paparrigopoulos.jpg?width=320 399 Marc Fumaroli Q558114 French historian of literature (1932-2020) Historian 1932-06-10 2020-06-24 FRA France FRA 0 20 56.51 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fumaroli%20bis%20marc%20500.jpg?width=320 399 Joseph Hergenröther Q63620 German Church historian and canonist (1824-1890) Historian history of Christianity 1824-09-15 1890-10-03 Kingdom of Bavaria DEU 0 20 56.21 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kardinal%20Josef%20Hergenr%C3%B6ther%20JS.jpg?width=320 399 Dudo of Saint-Quentin Q4276 11th-century Norman historian Historian 0970 1026 FRA France FRA 0 20 56.11 399 Boris Chicherin Q2619530 Russian philosopher (1828-1904) Historian jurisprudence; philosophy 1828-06-07 1904-02-16 Russian Empire RUS 0 20 55.91 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris%20Chicherin.jpg?width=320 399 Heinrich Ewald Q62686 German orientalist, theologian, and Biblical exegete (1803–1875) Historian study of the Hebrew language; Arabic 1803-11-16 1875-05-04 Kingdom of Hanover; Kingdom of Prussia DEU 0 20 55.49 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ewald%2C%20Georg%20Heinrich%20August%20(1803-1875).jpg?width=320 399 Carl Benjamin Boyer Q983561 American mathematician and historian (1906–1976) Historian history of mathematics; history of science 1906-11-03 1976-04-26 USA United States USA 1 20 55.42 399 René Rémond Q711542 French historian and political economist (1918-2007) Historian 1918-09-30 2007-04-14 FRA France FRA 2 20 54.89 399 Thomas Walker Arnold Q3595922 British orientalist and historian (1864–1930) Historian 1864-04-19 1930-06-09 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 20 53.68 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomasarnoldorientalist.jpg?width=320 399 Mohammed Qacim Ferichta Q3319050 Persian court historian (1570–1620) Historian history 1560 1620 IRN 0 20 53.15 399 Richard Taruskin Q1173665 American musicologist, music critic and choral conductor (1945-2022) Historian 1945-04-02 2022-07-01 USA United States USA 0 20 53.12 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taruskin-2014.jpg?width=320 399 N. G. L. Hammond Q2978546 British historian of ancient Greece (1907–2001) Historian classics 1907-11-15 2001-03-24 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 20 53.08 399 Griselda Pollock Q3108719 British art historian Historian history of art; gender studies 1949-03-11 GBR United Kingdom ZAF 0 20 52.94 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pollock%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 399 Richard Overy Q1376016 British historian Historian history 1947-12-23 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 20 52.92 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Overy.JPG?width=320 399 Alessandro Barbero Q960451 Italian historian and writer (born 1959) Historian history; Middle Ages 1959-04-30 ITA Italy ITA 5 20 52.33 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alessandro%20Barbero%20at%20FestivalCom%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 399 Irfan Habib Q3154342 Indian Marxist historian Historian historiography; historical science 1931-08-12 IND India IND 0 20 47.32 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irfan%20habib.jpg?width=320 399 Janusz Kurtyka Q158926 Polish historian (1960–2010) Historian history 1960-08-13 2010-04-10 POL Poland POL 0 20 47.02 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurtyka%20Janusz.jpg?width=320 441 Ernst Kantorowicz Q77499 German historian (1895–1963) Historian medieval art; political history 1895-05-03 1963-09-09 DEU Germany POL 0 19 61.85 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst%20Kantorowicz%201921.jpg?width=320 441 Richard G. Hovannisian Q2657741 American historian (1932–2023) Historian history of the Middle East; history of Armenia 1932-11-09 2023-07-10 United States; Armenia USA 0 19 60.14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Hovannisian.jpg?width=320 441 Jerónimo Zurita y Castro Q727313 Aragonese historian (1512-1580) Historian 1512-12-14 1580-11-13 Kingdom of Aragon ESP 0 19 59.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jer%C3%B3nimo%20Zurita.jpg?width=320 441 Marino Sanuto the Younger Q781378 Italian historian (1466-1536) Historian history 1466-07-01 1536-04-14 Republic of Venice ITA 1 19 59.46 441 Rose Valland Q222961 French resistance member, art historian (1898-1980) Historian 1898-11-01 1980-09-18 FRA France FRA 1 19 59.07 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rose%20Valland%20vers%201930.%20Archives%20diplomatiques%20(La%20Courneuve).png?width=320 441 Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Q1354427 French Jesuit historian specializing in China Historian history 1674-02-01 1743-08-18 FRA France FRA 0 19 58.91 441 Jacob Theodor Klein Q65219 Prussian scholar (1685-1759) Historian botany 1685-08-15 1759-02-27 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth RUS 0 19 58.83 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%20Theodor%20Klein%20Gem%C3%A4lde%20von%20J.%20Wessel.jpg?width=320 441 Malchus Q721022 Byzantine historian Historian 0450 Byzantine Empire SYR 1 19 58.73 441 Ibn Idhari Q508501 Late 13th/early 14th century Moroccan writer and historian Historian 1200 1299 Marinid dynasty MAR 0 19 58.59 441 Élisabeth Roudinesco Q274705 French historian and psychoanalyst Historian psychoanalysis; history 1944-09-10 FRA France FRA 2 19 58.34 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elisabeth%20Roudinesco%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%202016%20(29725624045)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 441 Ernest Fenollosa Q933253 American art historian and orientalist (1853-1908) Historian 1853-02-18 1908-09-21 USA United States USA 1 19 58 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fenollosa.jpg?width=320 441 Kurt Aland Q61806 German theologian and biblical scholar (1915–1994) Historian 1915-03-28 1994-04-13 DEU Germany DEU 0 19 57.83 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt%20Aland%201915-1994.png?width=320 441 Milan Šufflay Q1280614 Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931) Historian 1879-11-09 1931-02-18 Austria–Hungary; Kingdom of Yugoslavia HRV 0 19 57.74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milan%20%C5%A0ufflay.jpg?width=320 441 Franz Babinger Q66650 German orientalist and turkologist (1891-1967) Historian Ottoman studies 1891-01-15 1967-06-23 DEU Germany DEU 0 19 57.31 441 Gottfried Arnold Q67146 German Lutheran theologian and historian Historian literature; theology 1666-09-05 1714-05-30 DEU Germany DEU 0 19 57.08 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gottfried-Arnold.jpg?width=320 441 Michele Amari Q703569 Italian patriot and arabist (1806–1889) Historian oriental studies; history 1806-07-07 1889-07-16 Kingdom of Italy ITA 0 19 56.92 https://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=320 441 George Finlay Q1239075 Scottish historian (1799-1875) Historian 1799-12-21 1875-01-26 GBR Scotland GBR 0 19 56.56 441 Michael Panaretos Q2790469 Greek historian Historian 1320 1390 Empire of Trebizond 0 19 56.54 441 Sirarpie Der Nersessian Q4455404 Armenian art historian (1896–1989) Historian art history; Byzantine art 1896-09-05 1989-07-06 FRA France TUR 1 19 56.54 441 Vyacheslav Lypynsky Q1978120 Ukrainian historian (1882-1931) Historian 1882-04-17 1931-06-14 Russian Empire; Ukrainian State UKR 1 19 56.53 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vyacheslav%20Lypynsky%2C%201921.jpg?width=320 441 Friedrich Kittler Q69187 literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011) Historian 1943-06-12 2011-10-18 DEU Germany DEU 0 19 56.49 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20Kittler%20(2009).png?width=320 441 Ivan Čarota Q15075592 Belarusian translator, specialist in literature and literary critic Historian literary studies; criticism 1952-09-16 2024-11-07 BLR Belarus 0 19 56.47 441 Neagu Djuvara Q672846 Romanian historian Historian 1916-08-31 2018-01-25 France; Romania ROU 0 19 56.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neagu%20Djuvara.JPG?width=320 441 Francis Godwin Q1387711 English bishop, historian and writer Historian pastoral care; history 1562 1633-04 Kingdom of England GBR 0 19 56.03 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancisGodwin.jpg?width=320 441 Boris Rybakov Q834947 Soviet archaeologist (1908–2001) Historian history of Russia; history 1908-06-03 2001-12-27 RUS Russia RUS 0 19 56.02 441 Franz Theodor Kugler Q64509 German art historian and artist (1808–1858) Historian 1808-01-18 1858-03-18 Kingdom of Prussia POL 0 19 55.98 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kugler-Denkmal.jpg?width=320 441 Henri Grégoire Q176136 Belgian byzantinist (1881-1964) Historian 1881-03-21 1964-09-28 BEL Belgium BEL 0 19 55.84 441 Izabella Bashmakova Q1673591 Russian historian of mathematics (1921–2005) Historian history of science; history of mathematics 1921-01-03 2005-07-17 RUS Russia RUS 0 19 55.81 https://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=320 441 Enzo Traverso Q1346171 Italian historian Historian history 1957-10-14 ITA Italy ITA 0 19 55.81 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enzo%20Traverso%2C%20UB%20201906.jpg?width=320 441 Anton Heinrich Springer Q64637 German art historian (1825–1891) Historian 1825-07-13 1891-05-31 Austria–Hungary CZE 0 19 55.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%20Heinrich%20Springer.jpg?width=320 441 Abu-Shama al-Maqdissí Q481455 damascene historian Historian science of hadith; fiqh 1202 1267-06-19 SYR 4 19 55.55 441 Ekvtime Takaishvili Q732247 Georgian historian (1863–1953) Historian 1863-01-04 1953-02-21 Democratic Republic of Georgia; Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic; Soviet Union; Russian Empire GEO 0 19 55.41 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takaishvili.jpg?width=320 441 Charles Homer Haskins Q973349 American historian (1870–1937) Historian 1870-12-21 1937-05-14 USA United States USA 0 19 55.07 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles.h.haskins.jpg?width=320 441 Herwig Wolfram Q78997 Austrian historian Historian history of Germany; medieval studies 1934-02-14 Austria; Germany AUT 0 19 54.93 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herwig%20Wolfram%20Aufnahme%20von%20Werner%20Maleczek.jpg?width=320 441 Hugh Thomas Q335150 British historian (1931-2017) Historian political science; history 1931-10-21 2017-05-07 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 19 54.54 441 Sheila Fitzpatrick Q453863 Australian and American historian Historian history 1941-06-04 Australia; United States AUS 0 19 54.48 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheila%20Fitzpatrick.JPG?width=320 441 Simon Janashia Q732235 Georgian historian (1900–1947) Historian 1900-07-26 1947-11-05 Soviet Union; Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic; Russian Empire; Democratic Republic of Georgia 0 19 54.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%20Janashia.jpg?width=320 441 William of Newburgh Q1234687 English historian Historian history 1130 1190 Kingdom of England GBR 3 19 53.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiliam%20of%20Newburgh.jpg?width=320 441 Vladimir Ćorović Q617598 Serbian historian (1885–1941) Historian history 1885-10-15 1941-04-12 Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 0 19 53 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20%C4%86orovi%C4%87.jpg?width=320 441 Djibril Tamsir Niane Q3032943 Senegalese and Guinean writer and historian (1932–2021) Historian Mali Empire; creative and professional writing 1932-01-09 2021-03-08 Senegal; Guinea GIN 1 19 52.07 441 Carroll Quigley Q720443 American historian (1910–1977) Historian history 1910-11-09 1977-01-03 USA United States USA 0 19 52.05 441 Bernard Bailyn Q822286 American historian (1922–2020) Historian history of the United States 1922-09-10 2020-08-07 USA United States USA 0 19 49.71 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Bailyn%20June%202012.jpg?width=320 441 James H. Billington Q137576 13th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018) Historian library science; history 1929-06-01 2018-11-20 USA United States USA 0 19 49.62 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Hadley%20Billington.jpg?width=320 441 Wendy Beckett Q465292 British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (1930-2018) Historian religion; art history 1930-02-25 2018-12-26 GBR United Kingdom ZAF 0 19 47.19 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Sister%20Wendy%20Beckett.jpg?width=320 485 Roger Chartier Q2466876 French historian Historian book culture; cultural history 1945-12-09 FRA France FRA 1 18 61.66 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chartier%20Roger.jpg?width=320 485 Pei Songzhi Q710078 Chinese historian and politician (372–451) Historian 0372 0451 China CHN 0 18 61.53 485 İbrahim Peçevi Q694908 Ottoman historian Historian 1574 1649 Ottoman Empire HUN 0 18 60.72 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibrahim%20Pecevi%20statue.jpg?width=320 485 Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim Q426954 historian, auxiliary bishop of Trier, originator of Febronianism Historian 1701-01-27 1790-09-02 Holy Roman Empire DEU 0 18 60.45 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20Johann%20Nikolaus%20von%20Hontheim.tif?width=320 485 Rudolph Rummel Q334918 American academic (1932–2014) Historian 1932-10-21 2014-03-02 USA United States USA 0 18 60.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RJRummel.jpg?width=320 485 Robert Skidelsky Q335331 British economist and author (1939–2026) Historian economics; higher education 1939-04-25 2026-04-15 GBR United Kingdom CHN 0 18 60.29 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official%20portrait%20of%20Lord%20Skidelsky%20crop%202%2C%202024.jpg?width=320 485 Alexander Svanidze Q2041978 Georgian soviet politician (1886–1941) Historian 1884 1941-08-20 Russian Empire; Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Georgian SSR; Democratic Republic of Georgia; Soviet Union GEO 0 18 60.1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aliosha%20Svanidze%201915.jpg?width=320 485 Wilhelm von Bode Q64607 German art historian and museum director (1845-1929) Historian museology 1845-12-10 1929-03-01 DEU Germany DEU 9 18 59.43 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Liebermann%20Bildnis%20Wilhelm%20Bode.jpg?width=320 485 Ubbo Emmius Q399131 Frisian historian and geographer (1547–1625) Historian 1547-12-05 1625-12-09 DEU Germany DEU 0 18 59.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ubbo%20Emmius%20(1547-1625).jpg?width=320 485 Charles Barbier de Meynard Q1063659 French historian and orientalist (1826–1908) Historian 1826-02-06 1908-03-31 FRA France TUR 0 18 59.03 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbier%20de%20Meynard%2C%20Charles%20Adrien%20Casimir%2C%20par%20Eug%C3%A8ne%20Pirou%2C%20BNF%20Gallica.jpg?width=320 485 Stepanos Asoghik Q1026984 Armenian historian Historian 1000 1100 0 18 58.56 485 Fernão Lopes Q704519 Portuguese chronicler Historian 1385 1458 Kingdom of Portugal PRT 4 18 57.72 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernao%20Lopes.jpg?width=320 485 Léon Poliakov Q701745 French historian (1910–1997) Historian history 1910-11-25 1997-12-08 FRA France RUS 0 18 57.37 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poliakov-Leon%20Cerisy-07-1952%20b.jpg?width=320 485 Khalifa ibn Khayyat Q519405 Arab historian of Abbasid era (777-854) Historian history; hadith 0777 0854 IRQ Iraq IRQ 1 18 57.26 485 Zhao Rukuo Q698817 Chinese politician and author during the Song dynasty Historian 1170-04-19 1231-08-18 Song dynasty CHN 1 18 56.66 485 Américo Castro Q482275 Spanish historian (1885–1972) Historian 1885-05-04 1972-07-25 ESP Spain BRA 0 18 55.24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AMERICO%20CASTRO%201885%20CRITICO%20ESPA%C3%91OL%20(13451217465).jpg?width=320 485 Eadmer of Canterbury Q725614 English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic Historian 1060 1120 Kingdom of England 5 18 54.94 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eadmer%20of%20Canterbury%20portrait%20(cropped%20from%20Google%20Art%20Project).jpg?width=320 485 Benjamin Mazar Q817625 Israeli historian and biblical archaeologist (1906-1995) Historian archaeology 1906-06-28 1995-09-09 ISR Israel POL 0 18 54.7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mazar%201936.jpg?width=320 485 David Abulafia Q1173525 English historian (1949–2026) Historian history of Italy; medieval studies 1949-12-12 2026-01-24 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 18 54.62 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Abulafia%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 485 Alfred W. Crosby Q3271870 Historian, author, and professor (1931-2018) Historian history; history of technology 1931-01-15 2018-03-14 USA United States USA 1 18 53.61 485 Gregory Areshian Q4069097 Armenian-American archeologist and historian Historian archaeology 1949-05-13 2020-08-02 United States; Armenia ARM 0 18 53.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GEA%20istanbul.jpg?width=320 485 William Mitchell Ramsay Q326308 Scottish archaeologist and New Testament scholar (1851-1939) Historian 1851-03-15 1939-04-20 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 18 53.16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20William%20M.%20Ramsay.jpg?width=320 485 Horace Engdahl Q912866 Swedish literary historian, Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy Historian 1948-12-30 SWE Sweden SWE 0 18 52.11 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace%20Engdahl-press%20conference%20Dec%2006th%2C%202008-3.jpg?width=320 485 Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa Q436901 Polish scientist, university lecturer,anthropologist,ethnographer (1885-1967) Historian linguistics; art history 1885-08-02 1967-02-28 POL Poland EST 0 18 51.7 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cezaria%20J%C4%99drzejewiczowa.jpg?width=320 485 Richard Bauckham Q3065290 British theologian Historian 1946-09-22 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 18 50.85 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B2%98%EB%93%9C%20%EB%B3%B4%EC%BB%B4.jpg?width=320 485 Andrei Lankov Q502317 Russian academic Historian 1963-07-26 Russia; Australia RUS 0 18 50.62 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lankov%202010%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 485 Iain Pears Q983568 British writer and art historian Historian 1955-08-08 GBR United Kingdom GBR 3 18 49.79 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iain%20Pears%202015.JPG?width=320 485 Jonathan Riley-Smith Q247729 British historian Historian Crusades; Christianity and Islam 1938-06-27 2016-09-13 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 18 49.25 485 Christopher Clark Q639522 Australian historian Historian 1960-03-14 AUS Australia AUS 0 18 48.84 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Clark%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202013%201.JPG?width=320 485 Peter Heather Q1358340 British historian Historian Late antiquity; Early Middle Ages 1960-06-08 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 18 48.16 485 Adam Tooze Q351075 British author, history teacher and historian Historian history; economic history 1967-07-05 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 18 46.93 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Adam%20Tooze)%20librairie%20mollat%20-%20Le%20d%C3%A9luge%201916-1931%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 485 Hatoon al-Fassi Q5681752 Saudi Arabian professor Historian 1964 SAU Saudi Arabia SAU 0 18 45.26 517 Arnold Hugh Martin Jones Q695399 British historian of classical antiquity (1904–1970) Historian classical antiquity; history 1904-03-09 1970-04-09 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 17 59.88 517 Marsyas of Pella Q978418 historian and writer Historian -400 -360 Macedonia GRC 0 17 58.87 517 Max Jakob Friedländer Q62110 German curator and art historian (1867-1958) Historian 1867-06-05 1958-10-11 Germany; Kingdom of the Netherlands DEU 1 17 58.62 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedlaender-max-j-aus-aan-max-j-friedlaender-1867-5-juni-1942-vorsatz.jpg?width=320 517 Edwin O. Reischauer Q183253 American diplomat (1910-1990) Historian culture; history 1910-10-15 1990-09-01 USA United States JPN 1 17 58.57 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Our%20Asian%20Frontiers-06.jpg?width=320 517 Jean Delumeau Q767691 French historian (1923-2020) Historian history of Christianity; modern period 1923-06-18 2020-01-13 FRA France FRA 0 17 58.28 517 Miroslav Hroch Q2502881 Czech historian and university educator Historian 1932-06-14 CZE Czech Republic CZE 0 17 57.52 517 Israel Gutman Q388436 Polish-born Israeli historian and Holocaust survivor (1923–2013) Historian 1923-05-20 2013-10-01 Poland; Israel POL 0 17 57.42 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Israel%20Guttman%20at%20Eichmann%20trial1961.jpg?width=320 517 Géza Alföldy Q80258 Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011) Historian Ancient Rome 1935-06-07 2011-11-06 HUN Hungary HUN 2 17 57.09 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%A9za%20Alf%C3%B6ldy.jpg?width=320 517 Ernest Labrousse Q975777 French historian (1895–1988) Historian history; economics 1895-03-16 1988-05-23 FRA France FRA 0 17 56.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest%20Labrousse%201986.jpg?width=320 517 Cadmus of Miletus Q388333 ancient Greek historian, son of Pandion Historian -500 -600 TUR 0 17 56.84 517 Ilya Berezin Q171247 Russian orientalist Historian 1818-08-01 1896-04-03 Russian Empire 0 17 55.77 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berezin%20IN.jpg?width=320 517 Cyril Mango Q1148656 British scholar (1928–2021) Historian Byzantine architecture; art history 1928-04-14 2021-02-08 GBR United Kingdom TUR 0 17 55.52 517 Donald M. Nicol Q81326 British Byzantinist (1923–2003) Historian Byzantine Empire 1923-02-04 2003-09-25 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 17 55.35 517 Aron Gurevich Q302163 Russian historian (1924–2006) Historian medieval studies 1924-06-12 2006-08-05 Soviet Union RUS 0 17 55.02 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aron%20Gurevich.jpg?width=320 517 Miguel León Portilla Q2449906 Mexican academic (1926–2019) Historian history; anthropology 1926-02-22 2019-10-01 MEX Mexico MEX 1 17 54.73 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Le%C3%B3n-Portilla%20NotimexTV.jpg?width=320 517 Ji Xianlin Q714228 Chinese academic, linguist, historian, translator and university teacher (1911-2009) Historian 1911-08-06 2009-07-11 CHN People's Republic of China CHN 0 17 54.71 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ji%20Xianlin%201952.jpg?width=320 517 Artur Hazelius Q549109 Swedish folklorist (1833-1901) Historian linguistics 1833-11-30 1901-05-27 SWE Sweden SWE 0 17 54.63 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artur%20Hazelius.jpg?width=320 517 Michelle Perrot Q3311452 French historian (born 1928) Historian 1928-05-18 FRA France FRA 0 17 54.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle%20Perrot%20juin%202016%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 517 Yevgeny Tarle Q1398528 Soviet historian and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1874-1955) Historian history 1875-11-08 1955-01-05 Russian Empire; Soviet Union UKR 0 17 54.05 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20V%20Tarle.jpg?width=320 517 Kemal Karpat Q4730588 Turkish historian (1923–2019) Historian 1923-02-15 2019-02-20 Turkey; Romania; United States ROU 0 17 53.39 517 American Horse Q465027 Lakota chief (1840-1908) Historian Sioux 1840 1908-12-16 USA United States USA 0 17 53.34 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/American.Horse.1900.ws.jpg?width=320 517 Mikhail Piotrovsky Q2280388 Russian orientalist Historian history of Islam; Near East 1944-12-09 RUS Russia ARM 0 17 52.74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20Piotrovsky%20-%202018%20-%2003.jpg?width=320 517 David Bordwell Q638397 American film historian (1947–2024) Historian film theory; history of film 1947-07-23 2024-02-29 USA United States USA 0 17 52.71 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Bordwell%20(cropped).jpg?width=320 517 Peter Turchin Q2896108 Russian-American complexity scientist Historian economic history; mathematical modelling 1957-05-22 USA United States RUS 0 17 52.18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Turchin%202020.webp?width=320 517 Vasily Vasilievich Struve Q647712 Russian orientalist (1889-1965) Historian Assyriology; ancient history 1889-02-02 1965-09-15 Soviet Union RUS 0 17 50.62 517 Anthony Grafton Q555308 American historian of early modern Europe Historian 1950-05-21 USA United States USA 0 17 49.92 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Grafton%20(cropped).JPG?width=320 517 Ellen Meiksins Wood Q434183 American marxist scholar (1942–2016) Historian 1942-04-12 2016-01-14 United States; Canada USA 0 17 49.84 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen%20Meiksins%20Wood.jpg?width=320 517 Oliver Grau Q61681 German art historian and media theoretician (born 1965) Historian history of art 1965-10-24 DEU Germany DEU 0 17 47.87 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Grau.jpg?width=320 517 Andreas Umland Q87159 Expert on Russian and Ukrainian history and politics Historian 1967 DEU Germany DEU 0 17 47.58 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Umland%20Andreas.jpg?width=320 517 Soner Çağaptay Q461221 Turkish political scientist (born 1970) Historian political science; history 1970 TUR Turkey TUR 0 17 42.57 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Soner%20Cagaptay%20in%202020%20(2).png?width=320 547 Harold Murray Q2667032 British chess historian (1868–1955) Historian 1868-06-24 1955-05-16 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 16 60.94 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20James%20Ruthven%20Murray.jpg?width=320 547 Claude Cahen Q2281554 French Marxist Orientalist and historian (1909–1991) Historian 1909-02-26 1991-11-18 FRA France FRA 0 16 59.69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude%20Cahen%20et%20son%20%C3%A9pouse%20en%201989.jpg?width=320 547 Chris Wickham Q783073 British historian (1950-2026) Historian 1950-05-18 2026-10-09 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 16 58.99 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris%20Wickham%20UAL%20(cropped%202).jpg?width=320 547 `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni Q3629943 Grand Mufti of India and historian (1540–1615) Historian 1540-08-31 1615-11-05 Mughal Empire IND 1 16 58.82 547 Arno Peters Q28328 German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002) Historian 1916-05-22 2002-12-02 DEU Germany DEU 0 16 57.97 547 Fenestella Q662582 Roman historian and encyclopaedic writer Historian -36 0034 Ancient Rome 0 16 57.47 547 Omeljan Pritsak Q2997351 Ukrainian-American historian (1919-2006) Historian history; oriental studies 1919-04-07 2006-05-29 USA United States UKR 0 16 57.18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omeljan%20Pritsak%2C%20Ottoman%20documents%20and%20the%20Black%20Sea%20region%20colloquium%2C%20HURI%2C%20March%201981.jpg?width=320 547 Pierre Chaunu Q1333590 French historian & academic (1923-2009) Historian 1923-08-17 2009-10-23 FRA France FRA 0 16 56.51 547 Eberhard Jäckel Q71397 German historian (1929–2017) Historian history of Germany; history 1929-06-29 2017-08-15 DEU Germany DEU 2 16 56.46 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eberhard%20J%C3%A4ckel.jpg?width=320 547 Gerhard Ritter Q72371 German historian (1888-1967) Historian history 1888-04-06 1967-07-01 DEU Germany DEU 0 16 56.11 https://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=320 547 Lidiya Ponomarenko Q12142258 Ukrainian local historian, cartographer (1922-2013) Historian 1922-02-16 2013-12-03 UKR Ukraine UKR 1 16 56.03 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lidiya%20Ponomarenko.jpg?width=320 547 Andreas Alföldi Q287822 Hungarian historian, epigraphist, numismatist, archaeologist (1895-1981) Historian archaeology; numismatics 1895-08-27 1981-02-12 HUN Hungary HUN 0 16 55.87 547 Mikheil Tsereteli Q637822 Georgian diplomat (1878-1965) Historian 1878-12-23 1965-03-02 DEU Germany 0 16 55.4 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgian%20historian%20Mikheil%20Tsereteli.jpg?width=320 547 Martin Noth Q64966 German theologian (1902–1968) Historian 1902-08-03 1968-05-30 DEU Germany DEU 0 16 55.26 547 David Marshall Lang Q2993294 British historian Historian history 1924-05-06 1991-03-20 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 16 55.11 547 Michael Aris Q983928 British academic (1946–1999) Historian history 1946-03-27 1999-03-27 United Kingdom; Cuba; Canada CUB 0 16 55.1 547 Stanley Morison Q384501 type designer (1889–1967) Historian 1889-05-06 1967-10-11 GBR United Kingdom GBR 1 16 54.9 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanley%20Morison%20by%20Sir%20William%20Rothenstein.jpg?width=320 547 Sara Ashurbeyli Q4073579 Azerbaijani historian (1906–2001) Historian history 1906-01-27 2001-07-17 AZE Azerbaijan AZE 0 16 54.82 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sara%20Ashurbeyli.jpg?width=320 547 Craterus Q1120892 Macedonian historian Historian -320 -300 Macedonia 0 16 54.61 547 Aleks Buda Q3280529 Albanian historian (1910–1993) Historian 1910-09-07 1993-07-07 ALB Albania ALB 0 16 54.14 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleks%20Buda%20bust%20in%20Tirana%2C%20Albania.jpg?width=320 547 Hugh N. Kennedy Q973739 British historian Historian Middle Ages; history 1947-10-22 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 16 52.62 547 Karolina Lanckorońska Q468466 Polish World War II resistance fighter, historian and art historian (1898-2002) Historian 1898-08-11 2002-08-25 POL Poland AUT 0 16 51.08 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karolina%20Lanckoro%C5%84ska.jpg?width=320 547 Warren Treadgold Q1995678 American historian (born 1949) Historian Byzantine Empire; medieval studies 1949-04-30 USA United States GBR 0 16 50.81 547 Frank Dikötter Q982717 Dutch historian Historian history of China 1961-11-30 NLD Kingdom of the Netherlands NLD 1 16 49.32 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrankDikotter2013.jpg?width=320 547 Stephen Turnbull Q3176384 British historian of Japan Historian 1948-02-06 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 16 46.95 547 Peeter Järvelaid Q14943047 Estonian legal historian (born 1957) Historian jurisprudence 1957-11-28 EST Estonia EST 0 16 45.68 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peeter%20J%C3%A4rvelaid.jpg?width=320 547 Kim Ryholt Q443108 Danish egyptologist (born 1970) Historian Egyptian literature; Egyptology 1970-06-19 USA United States USA 0 16 39.67 574 Thomas the Archdeacon Q1280353 Roman Catholic cleric, historian and chronicler from Split Historian 1200 1268-05-15 Republic of Venice HRV 1 15 60.02 574 Chimalpahin Q775502 Nahua Mesoamericanist Historian 1579-06-06 1660 Nahua; Mexico MEX 0 15 55.9 574 Marian Turski Q9352578 Polish historian Historian history; journalism 1926-06-26 2025-02-18 POL Poland LTU 0 15 55.36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marian%20Turski%20Ocala%C5%82y%20przemawia%20na%20Stacji%20Radegast%202016%20MZW%20DSC09521.jpg?width=320 574 Girolamo Mei Q925697 Italian historian Historian history of music 1519-05-27 1594-07 ITA 0 15 55.2 574 Pierre Rosenberg Q966176 French art historian, collector, and former director of the Louvre Historian visual arts; art history 1936-04-13 FRA France FRA 0 15 54.18 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Pierre%20Rosenberg%20de%20l'Acad%C3%A9mie%20fran%C3%A7aise.jpg?width=320 574 Gerhard Weinberg Q214357 American military historian Historian 1928-01-01 USA United States DEU 0 15 48.95 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhard%20Weinberg.jpg?width=320 574 Richard Foltz Q923825 American-Canadian scholar and historian (born 1961) Historian Iranian studies 1961-04-19 CAN Canada USA 0 15 44.27 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Foltz.jpg?width=320 574 Peter Frankopan Q26856932 British historian Historian 1971-03-22 GBR United Kingdom GBR 0 15 40.3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Frankopan.JPG?width=320