List of historians


This is a list of historians, but only for those with a biographical entry in Wikipedia. Major chroniclers and annalists are included and names are listed by the person's historical period. The entries continue with the specializations, not nationality.

Antiquity

Greco-Roman world

Classical period

Hellenistic period

Roman Empire

China

Middle Ages

Byzantine sphere

Latin sphere

Early Middle Ages

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

Late Middle Ages

Historians of the Italian Renaissance listed under "Renaissance"

Islamic world

East Asia

India

Renaissance to early modern

Renaissance Europe

Early modern period

Western historians of the Early modern and Enlightenment period, c. 1600–1815

Jewish

Middle East and Islamic Empires

East Asia

Modern historians

Historians flourishing post-1815, born post-1770

Historians born in the 19th century

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Historians born in the 20th century

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