The Most Famous

Historians from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 9 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 11th most number of Historians behind Greece and Egypt.

Top 9 Austrian Historians

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrians Historians of all time. This list of famous Austrians Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

  1. #1
    Photo of Ernst Gombrich

    Ernst Gombrich

    1909 - 2001

    HPI 70.6936 langs

    Ernst Gombrich is most famous for his book The Story of Art, which is a comprehensive survey of the history of art.

  2. #2
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    Alois Riegl

    1858 - 1905

    HPI 64.6119 langs
    Alois Riegl is most famous for his theory of art history, which is called the "periods of style." He believed that styles change over time...Read moreShow less

    Alois Riegl is most famous for his theory of art history, which is called the "periods of style." He believed that styles change over time and that they can be divided into three periods: Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic.

  3. #4
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    Egon Friedell

    1878 - 1938

    HPI 61.5227 langs

    Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938)

  4. #5
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    Gerda Lerner

    1920 - 2013

    HPI 59.0523 langs

    Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)

  5. #6
    Photo of İlber Ortaylı

    İlber Ortaylı

    1947 - 2026

    HPI 58.2523 langs

    Turkish historian (1947–2026)

  6. #7
    Photo of Riane Eisler

    Riane Eisler

    b. 1931

    HPI 56.0222 langs

    Austrian-American sociologist

Overlapping Lives

Which Historians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Historians since 1700.

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