HISTORIAN

Allan Lichtman

1947 - Today

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Allan Jay Lichtman (; born April 4, 1947) is an American historian who has taught at American University in Washington DC since 1973. He is best known for creating the Keys to the White House with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The Keys to the White House is a system that uses 13 true/false criteria to predict whether the presidential candidate of the incumbent party will win or lose the next election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Lichtman has received more than 1,134,448 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Lichtman is the 550th most popular historian (down from 452nd in 2019), the 14,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,391st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Historian.

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  • 37.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Allan Lichtman ranks 550 out of 561. Before him are Ellen Meiksins Wood, Irfan Habib, Gerhard Weinberg, Bernard Bailyn, Janusz Kurtyka, and Stephen Kotkin. After him are Wendy Beckett, Stephen Turnbull, Peter Heather, Peeter Järvelaid, Adrian Goldsworthy, and Bettany Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Allan Lichtman ranks 858. Before him are Nelson Oduber, Maddy Prior, Joe Wilson, Tommy Hutchison, Larry Norman, and Andy Sutcliffe. After him are Judith Heumann, Federico Peña, John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Christine Gregoire, Ian O'Brien, and Mona Marshall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allan Lichtman ranks 14,558 out of 20,380. Before him are Lena Park (1976), Julia Mancuso (1984), Peter Del Vecho (1958), Chris Andersen (1978), Bill Ayers (1944), and Felicia Day (1979). After him are Tony Evers (1951), Doris Matsui (1944), Mike Conley Sr. (1962), Duke Nalon (1913), LeAnn Rimes (1982), and Mike Trout (1991).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Allan Lichtman ranks 53. Before him are Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), and Stephen Kotkin (1959). After him are Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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