The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Guyana
This page contains a list of the greatest Guyanese Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 1 of which were born in Guyana. This makes Guyana the birth place of the 64th most number of Historians behind Brazil, and Guinea.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guyanese Historians of all time. This list of famous Guyanese Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Walter Rodney (1942 - 1980)
With an HPI of 51.96, Walter Rodney is the most famous Guyanese Historian. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Guyanese historians born between 1942 and 1942. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Guyanese historians include Walter Rodney.