The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Croatia
This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 2 of which were born in Croatia. This makes Croatia the birth place of the 42nd most number of Historians behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Algeria.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Historians of all time. This list of famous Croatian Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Thomas the Archdeacon (1200 - 1268)
With an HPI of 58.84, Thomas the Archdeacon is the most famous Croatian Historian. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Thomas the Archdeacon (Latin: Thomas Archidiaconus; Italian: Tommaso Arcidiacono; Croatian: Toma Arhiđakon; c. 1200 – 8 May 1268), also known as Thomas of Spalato (Latin: Thomas Spalatensis, Hungarian: Spalatói Tamás, Croatian: Toma Splićanin), was a Roman Catholic cleric, historian and chronicler from Split (Spalato). He is often referred to as one of the greatest sources in the historiography of Croatian lands.
2. Milan Šufflay (1879 - 1931)
With an HPI of 58.30, Milan Šufflay is the 2nd most famous Croatian Historian. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Milan Šufflay (8 November 1879 – 19 February 1931) was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of Albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel. As a Croatian nationalist, he was persecuted in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and his murder subsequently caused an internationally publicized affair.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Croatian historians born between 1200 and 1879. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Croatian historians include Thomas the Archdeacon, and Milan Šufflay. As of April 2024, 2 new Croatian historians have been added to Pantheon including Thomas the Archdeacon, and Milan Šufflay.
