Find out more about the greatest 20th Century Historians, including Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault, Niall Ferguson, Donald Tusk and William Rehnquist.
Noam Chomsky07 December 1928, American
Linguist
Michel Foucault15 October 1926, French
French philosopher
David McCullough07 July 1933, American
Author, 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
Alan John Percival Taylor25 March 1906, British
Historian
David Irving24 March 1938, British
Essayist, Journalist, Historian, Writer,
Niall Ferguson18 April 1964, British
Writer, Economic historian, Historian, University
Terry Jones01 February 1942, British
Actor, Comedian, Film director, Screenwriter,
Robert Osborne03 May 1932, American
Actor, Television actor, Biographer, Film actor,
William Rehnquist01 October 1924, American
Judge, Lawyer, Historian
Bettany Hughes1968 AD, British
historian
Dan Carlin14 November 1965, American
radio personality, podcaster
Victor Davis Hanson05 September 1953, American
Historian, University teacher, Journalist
Gilles Deleuze18 January 1925, French
Philosopher, Historian, Writer, University
David Eisenhower31 March 1948, American
Officer
Jon Meacham20 May 1969, American
Journalist, Historian, Biographer
William Hague26 March 1961, British
Politician, Historian, Judoka, Biographer
Francis Fukuyama27 October 1952, American
Writer, Political scientist, Blogger, Economist
Shelby Foote17 November 1916, American
Historian, Novelist, Writer, University teacher,
Mark Rutte14 February 1967, Dutch
Politician, Historian, Teacher, Pianist
Alan Clark13 April 1928, British
Politician, Historian, Diarist
Howard Zinn24 August 1922, American
Playwright, Political scientist, Historian of the
Mircea Eliade13 March 1907, Romanian
Historian
Bill James05 October 1949, American
Statistician
George F. Kennan16 February 1904, American
Diplomat, Historian, Geopolitician, Political
Michael Scheuer1952 AD, American
journalist, intelligence analyist
Murray Bookchin14 January 1921, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher, University
Doris Kearns Goodwin04 January 1943, American
Journalist, Historian
Romila Thapar30 November 1931, Indian
Historian, University teacher
Suzannah Lipscomb07 December 1978, British
historian
Isaiah Berlin06 June 1909, Latvian, British
Philosopher, Historian, University teacher,
Stephen E. Ambrose10 January 1936, American
Historian, Writer, Screenwriter, University
Max Hastings28 December 1945, British
Journalist, Military historian, Writer
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Anthony Blunt26 September 1907, British
Art historian, University teacher
Robert K. Merton04 July 1910, American
Sociologist
David Starkey03 January 1945, British
Historian, Radio personality, Writer
Benzion Netanyahu25 March 1910, Israeli
Historian, Educationist, Writer, University
Michael Eric Dyson23 October 1958, American
Historian, Biographer
Simon Schama13 February 1945, British
Art historian, Historian, University teacher,
Max Boot12 September 1969, American
Writer, Consultant, Historian, Journalist
Emma Georgina Rothschild16 May 1948, British
Economic historian, Historian, University teacher,
Arnold J. Toynbee14 April 1889, British
Historian, Professor, Diplomat
Joseph L. Galloway13 November 1941, American
Journalist, Historian
Joe Medicine Crow27 October 1913, American
Anthropologist, Historian, Author, Non-fiction
David Owen02 July 1938, British, Welsh
politician, physician
Ramachandra Guha29 April 1958, Indian
Author, Historian, Teacher, Journalist
Sebastian Junger17 January 1962, American
Film director, Journalist, Non-fiction writer,
Antony Beevor14 December 1946, British
Military historian, Novelist, Historian,
Ian Kershaw29 April 1943, British
Contemporary historian, University teacher,
Cokie Roberts27 December 1943, American
Journalist
Sugata Bose07 September 1956, Indian
Historian, Author, Politician
Iris Chang28 March 1968, Chinese, American
Historian, Journalist, Writer
Eric Foner07 February 1943, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Ivan Illich04 September 1926, Austrian
Writer, Historian, Educationist, Philosopher,
Timothy D. Snyder18 August 1969, American
Historian, Writer, Literary critic, University
Bernard Lewis31 May 1916, British
Historian, University teacher
Immanuel Wallerstein28 September 1930, American
Economist, Geopolitician, Economic historian,
John Lukacs31 January 1924, Hungarian, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Garry Wills22 May 1934, American
Historian, Biographer
Studs Terkel16 May 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Radio personality, Writer,
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Richard J. Evans29 September 1947, British
Historian, University teacher, Non-fiction writer
David Halberstam10 April 1934, American
Historian, Writer, Journalist
Aviva Chomsky20 April 1957, American
Historian, University teacher
John Julius Norwich15 September 1929, British
Television presenter, Politician, Historian,
Marc Bloch06 July 1886, French
Historian, Medievalist, University teacher, Writer
Robert Fisk12 July 1946, British
Journalist, Historian, Writer, War correspondent
Fernand Braudel24 August 1902, Brazilian, French
Economic historian, Historian, Professor
Michael Ignatieff12 May 1947, Canadian
Journalist, Historian, Politician, Novelist,
E. H. Carr28 June 1892, British
Historian, Journalist, Diplomat, Writer, Political
Michael Parenti1933 AD, Italian
political scientist, historian, journalist
A. J. P. Taylor25 March 1906, British
Historian of the modern age, University teacher,
Russell Kirk19 October 1918, American
Political scientist, Philosopher, Literary critic,
William L. Shirer23 February 1904, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer
John Keegan15 May 1934
Journalist, Military historian, Historian,
Mark Bowden17 July 1951, American
Writer, Historian, Screenwriter, Journalist
Barbara W. Tuchman30 January 1912, American
Journalist, Historian, Writer, Biographer
E. P. Thompson03 February 1924, British
Writer, Historian of the modern age, Historian,
Drew Gilpin Faust18 September 1947, American
Historian, University teacher
Richard Carrier01 December 1969, American
Historian, Philosopher
Christopher Browning22 May 1944, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian
Gavin Menzies14 August 1937, British
Explorer, Submariner, Historian, Writer
Joseph Needham09 December 1900, British
historian, biochemist, writer
Michel Onfray01 January 1959, French
Philosopher, Writer, Historian, Essayist, Audio
Eric Williams25 September 1911, Trinidadian
Historian
Margaret MacMillan23 December 1943, Canadian
historian, university teacher
Christopher Lasch01 June 1932, American
Historian, Social critic, Writer, Sociologist,
Robert Conquest15 July 1917, British
Historian, Researcher, Writer, Science fiction
Tony Judt02 January 1948, British
Historian, Professor, Non-fiction writer
Richard Hofstadter06 August 1916, American
Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University
Francis Parker Yockey18 September 1917, American
Philosopher, Historian, Writer, Pianist, Lawyer,
John Henrik Clarke01 January 1915, American
Historian
Marcelo Caetano17 August 1906, Portuguese
Politician, University teacher, Lawyer, Historian
Benny Morris08 December 1948, Israeli
Historian, Writer, University teacher, Journalist