Famous historians

scholar who deals with the exploration and presentation of history

1,427 people

All Alive Deceased
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

1768 – 1848 · Age 79
Deceased
William Ramsay

William Ramsay

1852 – 1916 · Age 63
Deceased
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

1874 – 1926 · Age 52
Deceased
Prosper Mérimée

Prosper Mérimée

1803 – 1870 · Age 66
Deceased
Suetonius

Suetonius

0070 – 0126 · Age 56
Deceased
Josephus

Josephus

0037 – 0100 · Age 63
Deceased
Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

1933 – 2004 · Age 71
Deceased
Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius

1583 – 1645 · Age 62
Deceased
Brian May

Brian May

1947 · Age 78
Alive
Pius II

Pius II

1405 – 1464 · Age 58
Deceased
Henri Barbusse

Henri Barbusse

1873 – 1935 · Age 62
Deceased
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti

1110 – 1166 · Age 56
Deceased
Polybius

Polybius

Deceased
Oswald Spengler

Oswald Spengler

1880 – 1936 · Age 55
Deceased
Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus

Deceased
Bronisław Komorowski

Bronisław Komorowski

1952 · Age 73
Alive
Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

1914 – 2002 · Age 87
Deceased
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

1888 – 1975 · Age 86
Deceased
Bede

Bede

0672 – 0735 · Age 63
Deceased
Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

1923 – 2007 · Age 84
Deceased
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

1878 – 1967 · Age 89
Deceased
Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze

1925 – 1995 · Age 70
Deceased
Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon

1897 – 1982 · Age 85
Deceased
Adolphe Thiers

Adolphe Thiers

1797 – 1877 · Age 80
Deceased
Lucan

Lucan

0039 – 0065 · Age 25
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q201788