Historian
Griselda Pollock
1949 - today
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Griselda Pollock
Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Griselda Pollock is the 510th most popular historian (up from 531st in 2024), the 174th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 193rd in 2019) and the most popular South African Historian.
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Among Historians
Among historians, Griselda Pollock ranks 510 out of 561. Before her are Firishta, Richard Taruskin, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, Vladimir Ćorović, and Christopher Lasch. After her are Richard Overy, David Bordwell, Hugh N. Kennedy, Robert Kagan, George Grote, and R. H. Tawney.
Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFirishta
1560 - 1620
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 504
Richard Taruskin
1945 - 2022
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 505
N. G. L. Hammond
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 506
Jacques Barzun
1907 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 507
Vladimir Ćorović
1885 - 1941
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 508
Christopher Lasch
1932 - 1994
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 509
Griselda Pollock
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 510
Richard Overy
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 511
David Bordwell
1947 - 2024
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 512
Hugh N. Kennedy
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 513
Robert Kagan
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 514
George Grote
1794 - 1871
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 515
R. H. Tawney
1880 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 516
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1949, Griselda Pollock ranks 598. Before her are Gennady Novitsky, Per Røntved, Boris Plotnikov, Olga Morozova, Bill Hobbs, and Toller Cranston. After her are Nadezhda Ilyina, Dan Ar Braz, Roy Bittan, Günther Schumacher, Témime Lahzami, and Ed King.
Others Born in 1949
Go to all RankingsGennady Novitsky
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 592
Per Røntved
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 2023
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 593
Boris Plotnikov
ACTOR
1949 - 2020
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 594
Olga Morozova
TENNIS PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 595
Bill Hobbs
ATHLETE
1949 - 2020
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 596
Toller Cranston
SKATER
1949 - 2015
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 597
Griselda Pollock
HISTORIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 598
Nadezhda Ilyina
ATHLETE
1949 - 2013
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 599
Dan Ar Braz
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 600
Roy Bittan
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 601
Günther Schumacher
CYCLIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 602
Témime Lahzami
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 603
Ed King
MUSICIAN
1949 - 2018
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 604
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Griselda Pollock ranks 174 out of NaN. Before her are David Benatar (1966), Karel Schoeman (1939), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Ahmed Kathrada (1929), and Fatima Meer (1928). After her are Constand Viljoen (1933), Solomon Linda (1909), Bessie Head (1937), Gavin Hood (1963), Florence Fuller (1867), and Denis Goldberg (1933).
Others born in South Africa
Go to all RankingsDavid Benatar
PHILOSOPHER
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 168
Karel Schoeman
WRITER
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 169
Thomas Shardelow
CYCLIST
1931 - 2019
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 170
Ingrid Jonker
WRITER
1933 - 1965
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 171
Ahmed Kathrada
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2017
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 172
Fatima Meer
WRITER
1928 - 2010
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 173
Griselda Pollock
HISTORIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 174
Constand Viljoen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 175
Solomon Linda
SINGER
1909 - 1962
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 176
Bessie Head
WRITER
1937 - 1986
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 177
Gavin Hood
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 178
Florence Fuller
PAINTER
1867 - 1946
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 179
Denis Goldberg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 180
Among Historians In South Africa
Among historians born in South Africa, Griselda Pollock ranks 1. After her are Wendy Beckett (1930).





































