Noam Chomsky07 December 1928, American
Linguist
Michel Foucault15 October 1926, French
French philosopher
Max Weber21 April 1864, German
Sociologist
Anthony Blunt26 September 1907, British
Art Historian, University Teacher
David Irving24 March 1938, British
Writer
David McCullough07 July 1933, American
Author, Historian
René Girard25 December 1923, French
Philosopher
Oswald Spengler29 May 1880, German
Philosopher
Arnold J. Toynbee14 April 1889, British
Historian
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.15 October 1917, American
Historian
Michael King15 December 1945, New Zealander
Historian & Biographer
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco12 October 1908, Ecuadorian
Novelist, Essayist, Historian
Carter Woodson19 December 1875, American
Historian
Alan John Percival Taylor25 March 1906, British
Historian
Tara Westover27 September 1986, American
Memoirist
Bettany Hughes1968 AD, British
historian
David Starkey03 January 1945, British
Historian, Radio personality, Writer
Terry Jones01 February 1942, British, Welsh
Actor
Eric Bogosian24 April 1953, American
Actor
Niall Ferguson18 April 1964, British
Writer, Economic historian, Historian, University
William Rehnquist01 October 1924, American
Judge, Lawyer, Historian
Howard Zinn24 August 1922, American
Playwright, Political scientist, Historian of the
Lucy Worsley18 December 1973, British
Historian
Mark Rutte14 February 1967, Dutch
Politician, Historian, Teacher, Pianist
Henry Louis Gates Jr.16 September 1950, American
Author
Victor Davis Hanson05 September 1953, American
Historian, University teacher, Journalist
Francis Fukuyama27 October 1952, American
Writer, Political scientist, Blogger, Economist
Gregg Wallace17 October 1964, British
TV Presenters
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Gilles Deleuze18 January 1925, French
Philosopher, Historian, Writer, University
Jon Meacham20 May 1969, American
Journalist, Historian, Biographer
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Simon Russell Beale12 January 1961, Malaysian, British
Actor
Suzannah Lipscomb07 December 1978, British
historian
David Eisenhower31 March 1948, American
Officer
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Michael Eric Dyson23 October 1958, American
Historian, Biographer
William Hague26 March 1961, British
Politician, Historian, Judoka, Biographer
Cokie Roberts27 December 1943, American
Journalist
Cherie Blair23 September 1954, British
Barrister
Michael Shermer08 September 1954, American
Writer
Tim Considine31 December 1940, American
Actor
Murray Bookchin14 January 1921, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher, University
Walter Isaacson20 May 1952, American
Writer
N. T. Wright01 December 1948, British
Theologian
Eric Hobsbawm09 June 1917, Egyptian
Historian
Bill James05 October 1949, American
Statistician
Dave Meltzer24 October 1959, American
Journalist
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Ramachandra Guha29 April 1958, Indian
Author, Historian, Teacher, Journalist
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
Robert Osborne03 May 1932, American
Actor, Television actor, Biographer, Film actor,
Harry Turtledove14 June 1949, American
Novelist
Zygmunt Bauman19 November 1925, Polish, British
Sociologist
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Joseph L. Galloway13 November 1941, American
Journalist, Historian
Simon Schama13 February 1945, British
Art historian, Historian, University teacher,
Eric Foner07 February 1943, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Max Boot12 September 1969, American
Writer, Consultant, Historian, Journalist
James M. McPherson11 October 1936, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
Michael Parenti1933 AD, Italian
political scientist, historian, journalist
Roy Jenkins11 November 1920, British, Welsh
Politician
Simon Sebag Montefiore27 June 1965, British
Historian
Tariq Ali21 October 1943, Pakistani, British
Historian
Iris Chang28 March 1968, Chinese, American
Historian, Journalist, Writer
Ian Kershaw29 April 1943, British
Contemporary historian, University teacher,
Emma Georgina Rothschild16 May 1948, British
Economic historian, Historian, University teacher,
Ivan Illich04 September 1926, Austrian
Writer, Historian, Educationist, Philosopher,
Joe Medicine Crow27 October 1913, American
Author
Len Deighton18 February 1929, British
Writer
Max Hastings28 December 1945, British
Journalist, Military historian, Writer
Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi02 July 1939, Emirati
Member of the Federal Supreme Council
David Halberstam10 April 1934, American
Historian, Writer, Journalist
Noel Ignatiev1940 AD, American
historian
Christopher Lasch01 June 1932, American
Historian, Social critic, Writer, Sociologist,
Nikolai Tolstoy23 June 1935, British
Historian, Non-fiction writer
Gordon S. Wood27 November 1933, American
Historian, University teacher, Writer
Studs Terkel16 May 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Writer,
Jacob M. Appel21 February 1973, American
Historian, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Medical
Benzion Netanyahu25 March 1910, Israeli
Historian, Educationist, Writer, University
Robert Fisk12 July 1946, British
Journalist, Historian, Writer, War correspondent
Sebastian Junger17 January 1962, American
Film director, Journalist, Non-fiction writer,
Antony Beevor14 December 1946, British
Military historian, Novelist, Historian,
David Owen02 July 1938, British, Welsh
politician, physician
John Buchan26 August 1875, Scottish
Novelist
John Hope Franklin02 January 1915, American
Historian, University teacher, Author, Professor,
William L. Shirer23 February 1904, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer
Bernard Lewis31 May 1916, British
Historian, University teacher
Richard Hofstadter06 August 1916, American
Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University
Antonia Fraser27 August 1932, British
Novelist
Allan Lichtman04 April 1947, American
Historian
Roland Penrose14 October 1900, British
Artist
Timothy D. Snyder18 August 1969, American
Historian, Writer, Literary critic, University
Michael Ignatieff12 May 1947, Canadian
Journalist, Historian, Politician, Novelist,
Richard J. Evans29 September 1947, British
Historian, University teacher, Non-fiction writer