History

Notable people in History: explore their research, scientific achievements, important works and role in advancing their field.

Iosif Amusin
Iosif Amusin
Soviet historian, Hebraist, Qumran scholar, papyrologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences
Iohann-Philipp Abelin
Iohann-Philipp Abelin
Germany
Known as the author under the name Johann Ludwig Gottfried (German: Johann-Ludwig Gottfried) or Gottofredus. Born in Strasbourg.
Georges Lacour-Gayet
Georges Lacour-Gayet
France
French historian
Ibn Taghriberdi
Ibn Taghriberdi
Egypt
Arab historian and writer.
Hannah Adams
Hannah Adams
USA
American writer, historian
Ivan Boltin
Ivan Boltin
Russia
Russian historian
George Otto Trevelyan
George Otto Trevelyan
Great Britain
English historian and statesman
Kenneth Clark
Kenneth Clark
Great Britain
English art historian, critic and lecturer
Flavius Eutropius
Flavius Eutropius
Italy
Roman historian
Guibert Nogent
Guibert Nogent
Historiographer of the First Crusade
Theodor von Sickel
Theodor von Sickel
Austria
Austrian historian
Vardan Arevelti
Vardan Arevelti
Armenia
Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher, translator, teacher
Juan Cole
Juan Cole
USA
American scientist and historian
Manfred Kridl
Manfred Kridl
Poland
Polish historian and literary theorist.
Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote
USA
American writer and renowned historian
Nikolay Lysenko
Nikolay Lysenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian public and political figure, historian
Jacques-Louis Cart
Jacques-Louis Cart
Switzerland
Swiss Protestant historian
Ilya Yakovkin
Ilya Yakovkin
Russia
Professor of Russian History
Ernest Lavisse
Ernest Lavisse
France
French historian
Abraham Warburg
Abraham Warburg
Germany
German art historian
Isaak Markus Jost
Isaak Markus Jost
Germany
German historian, philologist, translator and teacher
Onno Klopp
Onno Klopp
Germany
German historian
Petr Tronko
Petr Tronko
Ukraine
Statesman and political figure, scientist and historian
Bernhard Ludwig Suphan
Bernhard Ludwig Suphan
Germany
Historian of German literature
Rudolph Edelberg
Rudolph Edelberg
Austria
Austrian art historian.
Jacques Baynac
Jacques Baynac
France
French historian, writer and screenwriter
Tomas Baranauskas
Tomas Baranauskas
Lithuania
Lithuanian historian. The works are dedicated to the ancient and medieval history of Lithuania.
Gilles De Bouvier
Gilles De Bouvier
France
French chronicler
Arist Kunik
Arist Kunik
Russia
Historian
Julius Henrik Lange
Julius Henrik Lange
Denmark
Danish art historian.
Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson
USA
British historian, writer and journalist, professor
Basil Henry Liddell Hart
Basil Henry Liddell Hart
France
English military historian and theorist
Philippe Aries
Philippe Aries
France
French historian
Aleksey Komech
Aleksey Komech
Russia
Art critic
Antun Kanizlic
Antun Kanizlic
Croatia
Croatian poet and historian, Jesuit.
Zbynek Zeman
Zbynek Zeman
Great Britain
British historian of Czech origin
Herbert Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker
USA
American Marxist historian, political activist and publicist
Arno Peters
Arno Peters
Germany
German explorer and thinker, geographer, historian, economist and humanist
Gabriel Gorodetsky
Gabriel Gorodetsky
Israel
Israeli historian, professor of history
John I Antioch
John I Antioch
Byzantine historian of the 7th century
Iaroslav Lebedynsky
Iaroslav Lebedynsky
France
French historian of Ukrainian origin
Yosef Ben-Shlomo
Yosef Ben-Shlomo
Israel
Israeli historian of Jewish philosophy, religion and mysticism
Fernao Lopes de Castanheda
Fernao Lopes de Castanheda
Portugal
Portuguese historian
Zaza Aleksidze
Zaza Aleksidze
Georgia
Georgian historian
Henry Zimmer
Henry Zimmer
Germany
German Indologist and historian of South Asian art.
Halil Inaldjik
Halil Inaldjik
Turkey
Leading Turkish Ottoman historian
Quintin Craufurd
Quintin Craufurd
Great Britain
English historian, memoirist, writer.
Petr Koshel
Petr Koshel
Belarus
Soviet, Russian writer, historian, translator
Hiroaki Kuromiya
Hiroaki Kuromiya
Japan
Japanese-American researcher of Soviet and Russian history, contemporary Russia and Ukraine.
Basil Davidson
Basil Davidson
Great Britain
British Africanist historian and international journalist