







The Most Famous
Historians from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greeks Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 14 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 9th most number of Historians behind Russia and Poland.
Top 10 Greek Historians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Greeks Historians of all time. This list of famous Greeks Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Greeks Historians.
- #1

Thucydides
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI 83.7193 langsThucydides is most famous for writing a history of the Peloponnesian War.
- #2

Xenophon
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI 82.0590 langsXenophon is most famous for writing the "Anabasis", which is an account of the Greek mercenaries' journey from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea.
- #3

Polybius
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI 77.8370 langsPolybius is most famous for his book The Histories, which is a description of the rise of Rome from the end of the Second Punic War to the...Read moreShow less
Polybius is most famous for his book The Histories, which is a description of the rise of Rome from the end of the Second Punic War to the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War.
- #4

Quintus Curtius Rufus
41 - 53
HPI 72.9650 langsQuintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian who wrote a history of Alexander the Great.
- #5

Callisthenes
360 BC - 327 BC
HPI 69.5434 langsCallisthenes is most famous for being the historian who accompanied Alexander the Great on his conquests.
- #6

Theopompus
400 BC - 320 BC
HPI 69.4436 langsTheopompus was most famous for his writings on the history of Philip II of Macedon.
- #7

Michael Glykas
1125 - 1204
HPI 64.9121 langsByzantine historian, theologian, mathematician, astronomer, and poet
- #8

Afet İnan
1908 - 1985
HPI 62.4423 langsTurkish sociologist (1908–1985)
- #9

Krste Misirkov
1874 - 1926
HPI 61.7724 langsPhilologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer
- #10

Philochorus
340 BC - 260 BC
HPI 60.6519 langsGreek historian (c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Greeks Historians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Historians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Historians since 1700.




