Historian

NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
A. J. P. Taylor British March 25, 1906 September 7, 1990
Alan Bullock British December 13, 1914 February 2, 2004
Albert Bushnell Hart American July 1, 1854 July 16, 1943
Alexis de Tocqueville French July 29, 1805 April 16, 1859
Alfred Leslie Rowse British December 4, 1903 October 3, 1997
Anita Brookner English July 16, 1938
Anthony Blunt English September 6, 1907 March 26, 1983
Arnold J. Toynbee British April 14, 1889 October 22, 1975
Arrian Greek
Arthur Bryant British February 18, 1899 June 22, 1985
Arthur Helps British July 10, 1813 March 7, 1875
Arthur M. Schlesinger American February 27, 1888 October 30, 1965
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American October 15, 1917 February 28, 2007
B. H. Liddell Hart British October 31, 1895 January 29, 1970
Barbara Tuchman American January 30, 1912 February 6, 1989
Ben Pimlott British July 4, 1945 April 10, 2004
Bernard Berenson American June 26, 1865 October 6, 1959
Bronislaw Geremek Polish March 6, 1932 July 13, 2008
Brooks Adams American June 24, 1848 February 13, 1927
Bruce Catton American October 9, 1899 August 28, 1978
C. Northcote Parkinson British June 30, 1909 March 9, 1993
Carter G. Woodson American December 19, 1875 April 3, 1950
Charles A. Beard American November 27, 1874 September 1, 1948
Charles Seymour American January 1, 1885 August 11, 1963
Christopher Lasch American June 1, 1932 February 14, 1994
Cleveland Amory American September 2, 1917 October 14, 1998
Crane Brinton American 1898 1968
Cyril Falls English 1888 1971
Daniel J. Boorstin American October 1, 1914 February 28, 2004
David Herbert Donald American October 1, 1920 May 17, 2009
David Lavender American February 4, 1910 April 26, 2003
David McCullough American July 7, 1933
Diane Ravitch American 1938
Donald Creighton Canadian July 15, 1902 December 19, 1979
Donald Kagan American 1932
Doris Kearns Goodwin American January 4, 1943
E. P. Thompson British February 3, 1924 August 28, 1993
Edgar Quinet French February 17, 1803 March 27, 1875
Edward Gibbon English April 27, 1737 January 16, 1794
Edward Norman English November 22, 1938
Eric Hobsbawm British June 8, 1917
Eric Williams September 25, 1911 March 29, 1981
Fernand Braudel French August 24, 1902 November 27, 1985
Flavius Josephus Roman 37 100
Francesco Guicciardini Italian March 6, 1483 May 22, 1540
Francis Parkman American September 16, 1823 November 8, 1893
Francois Guizot French October 4, 1787 September 12, 1874
Frederick Jackson Turner American November 14, 1932
G. M. Trevelyan English February 16, 1876 July 21, 1962
George Bancroft American October 3, 1800 January 17, 1891
George F. Kennan American February 16, 1904 March 17, 2005
George Kimble August 2, 1908
Gertrude Himmelfarb American August 8, 1922
Goldwin Smith Canadian August 13, 1823 June 7, 1910
Golo Mann German March 27, 1909 April 7, 1994
Hannah Arendt German October 14, 1906 December 4, 1975
Harold Acton English July 5, 1904 1994
Henri Pirenne Belgian December 23, 1862 October 25, 1935
Henry Adams American February 16, 1838 March 27, 1918
Henry B. Adams American February 16, 1838 March 27, 1918
Henry Hallam English July 9, 1777 January 21, 1859
Henry James Sumner Maine English August 15, 1822 February 3, 1888
Henry Steele Commager American October 25, 1902 1998
Herodotus Greek 484 409
Howard Zinn American December 7, 1922 January 27, 2010
Hugh Trevor-Roper English January 15, 1914 January 26, 2003
Immanuel Velikovsky Belarusian June 10, 1895 November 17, 1979
Iris Chang Chinese March 28, 1968 November 9, 2004
Irving Howe American June 11, 1920 May 5, 1993
James Anthony Froude English April 23, 1818 October 20, 1894
James Harvey Robinson American June 29, 1863 1936
James Mill English April 6, 1773 June 23, 1836
James Truslow Adams American October 18, 1878 May 18, 1949
Jean Froissart French 1337 1405
Johan Huizinga Dutch December 7, 1872 February 1, 1945
John Acton English January 10, 1834 June 19, 1902
John Edward Christopher Hill English February 6, 1912 February 23, 2003
John Hope Franklin American January 2, 1915
John Keegan English May 15, 1934
John Lothrop Motley American April 15, 1814 May 29, 1877
John Thorn American April 17, 1947
Jules Michelet French August 21, 1798 February 9, 1874
Kenneth Scott Latourette American August 6, 1884 December 26, 1968
Len Deighton British February 18, 1929
Leopold Von Ranke German December 21, 1795 May 23, 1886
Lord Acton British January 10, 1834 June 19, 1902
Louis Mumford American October 19, 1895
Mandell Creighton British July 5, 1843 January 14, 1901
Marc Bloch French July 6, 1886 June 16, 1944
Martin Van Creveld Israeli March 5, 1946
Mary Ritter Beard American August 5, 1876 August 14, 1958
Matthew Hale British November 1, 1609 December 25, 1676
Michael Beschloss American November 30, 1955
Michael King New Zealander December 15, 1945 March 30, 2004
Michel Foucault French October 15, 1926 June 26, 1984
Nigel Tranter Scottish November 23, 1909 January 9, 2000
Paul Fussell American March 22, 1924
Perry Miller American February 25, 1905 December 9, 1963
Peter Gay American June 20, 1923
Philip Guedalla English March 12, 1889 December 16, 1944
Polybius Greek 203 120
Richard Hofstadter American August 6, 1916 October 24, 1970
Robert Conquest British July 15, 1917
Robert Hewison British June 2, 1943
Ronald Wright English 1948
Sallust Roman 86 34
Samuel E. Morison American July 9, 1887 May 15, 1976
Sima Qian Chinese 145 86
Stephen Ambrose American January 10, 1936 October 13, 2002
Steven Runciman British July 7, 1903 November 1, 2000
Steven T. Katz
Tacitus Roman 55 120
Thomas B. Macaulay English 1800 1859
Thomas Hearne English 1678 1735
Thucydides Greek 460 395
Titus Livius Roman 59 17
Victor Davis Hanson American 1953
Wilhelm Dilthey German November 19, 1833 October 1, 1911
Will Durant American November 5, 1885 November 7, 1981
William Camden English 1551 1623
William Manchester American April 1, 1922 June 1, 2004
William P. Bundy American September 24, 1917 October 6, 2000
William Winwood Reade Scottish 1838 1875