Famous historians

scholar who deals with the exploration and presentation of history

1,427 people

All Alive Deceased
David Hume

David Hume

1711 – 1776 · Age 65
Deceased
Montesquieu

Montesquieu

1689 – 1755 · Age 66
Deceased
Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol

1809 – 1852 · Age 42
Deceased
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson

1964 · Age 61
Alive
Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

1932 – 2016 · Age 84
Deceased
Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

1713 – 1784 · Age 70
Deceased
B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

1891 – 1956 · Age 65
Deceased
Tacitus

Tacitus

0056 – 0120 · Age 64
Deceased
Sima Qian

Sima Qian

Deceased
Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland

1866 – 1944 · Age 78
Deceased
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

1771 – 1832 · Age 61
Deceased
Thucydides

Thucydides

Deceased
Thomas More

Thomas More

1478 – 1535 · Age 57
Deceased
Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier

1768 – 1830 · Age 62
Deceased
Titus Livius

Titus Livius

Deceased
Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl

1930 – 2017 · Age 87
Deceased
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

1951 · Age 75
Alive
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

1759 – 1797 · Age 38
Deceased
Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen

1817 – 1903 · Age 85
Deceased
Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci

1891 – 1937 · Age 46
Deceased
Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

0020 – 0079
Deceased
Xenophon

Xenophon

Deceased
Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

1926 – 1984 · Age 57
Deceased
Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi

1130 – 1200 · Age 69
Deceased
Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

1881 – 1942 · Age 60
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q201788