1914 - 2004
Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel J. Boorstin has received more than 363,904 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Daniel J. Boorstin is the 312th most popular historian (down from 254th in 2019), the 5,434th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,973rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Historian.
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Among historians, Daniel J. Boorstin ranks 312 out of 339. Before him are Lyubomir Miletich, A. J. P. Taylor, André Clot, Michele Amari, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, and Élisabeth Roudinesco. After him are Stephen E. Ambrose, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Lothrop Stoddard, Léon Gautier, Martin van Creveld, and Gustave Lanson.
1863 - 1937
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 306
1906 - 1990
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 307
1909 - 2002
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 308
1806 - 1889
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 309
1931 - 2017
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 310
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 311
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 312
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 313
1805 - 1871
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 314
1883 - 1950
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 315
1832 - 1897
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 316
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 317
1857 - 1934
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 318
Among people born in 1914, Daniel J. Boorstin ranks 227. Before him are Jan Kott, Dmitry Lavrinenko, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Afonsinho, Orhan Kemal, and Sueo Ōe. After him are Yrjö Nikkanen, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Fumio Hayasaka, Vincent J. McMahon, Wilhelm Hahnemann, and William Gibson. Among people deceased in 2004, Daniel J. Boorstin ranks 166. Before him are Alicia Markova, Luis E. Miramontes, Gennadi Strekalov, Bryce DeWitt, Hasse Ekman, and Bror Mellberg. After him are Augusto da Costa, Daouda Malam Wanké, Ancel Keys, John Randolph, John Drew Barrymore, and Frank Thomas.
1914 - 2001
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 221
1914 - 1941
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 222
1914 - 2003
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 223
1914 - 1997
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 224
1914 - 1970
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 225
1914 - 1941
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 226
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 227
1914 - 1985
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 228
1914 - 2005
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 229
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 230
1914 - 1984
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 231
1914 - 1991
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 232
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 233
1910 - 2004
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 160
1925 - 2004
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 161
1940 - 2004
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 162
1923 - 2004
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 163
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 164
1923 - 2004
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 165
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 166
1920 - 2004
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 167
1946 - 2004
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 168
1904 - 2004
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 169
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 170
1932 - 2004
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 171
1912 - 2004
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 172
Among people born in United States, Daniel J. Boorstin ranks 5,434 out of 18,182. Before him are Edward Platt (1916), David Mamet (1947), Russell Kirk (1918), Nolan Ryan (1947), Zoë Kravitz (1988), and Lupe Ontiveros (1942). After him are BD Wong (1960), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), John Dall (1920), Harry Guardino (1925), and Gene Clark (1944).
1916 - 1974
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,428
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,429
1918 - 1994
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,430
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,431
1988 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,432
1942 - 2012
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 5,433
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5,434
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5,435
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 5,436
1900 - 1965
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 5,437
1920 - 1971
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 5,438
1925 - 1995
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 5,439
1944 - 1991
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 5,440
Among historians born in United States, Daniel J. Boorstin ranks 18. Before him are John King Fairbank (1907), William H. Prescott (1796), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Donald Keene (1922), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), and Drew Gilpin Faust (1947). After him are Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), Richard N. Frye (1920), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), and Daniel Pipes (1949).
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 12
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 13
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 14
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 17
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 18
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 19
1883 - 1950
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 20
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 22
1917 - 2007
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 24