HISTORIAN

Hayden White

1928 - 2018

Photo of Hayden White

Icon of person Hayden White

Hayden V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hayden White has received more than 378,867 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hayden White is the 118th most popular historian (down from 106th in 2019), the 1,996th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,898th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Hayden White ranks 118 out of 561. Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Richard Sennett, Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Thomas Buckle, Richard Pipes, and Leo the Deacon. After him are Ibn Hibban, Arnold Hauser, Michael Rostovtzeff, Agatharchides, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hayden White ranks 124. Before him are Hannah Pick-Goslar, Natalie Zemon Davis, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bo Diddley, Peter Naur, and Howard S. Becker. After him are Branko Mikulić, Desmond Morris, Fumihiko Maki, Yaacov Agam, Christa Ludwig, and Roddy McDowall. Among people deceased in 2018, Hayden White ranks 83. Before him are Whitey Bulger, James Mirrlees, Odvar Nordli, Richard Pipes, Robert Faurisson, and Uri Avnery. After him are Aharon Appelfeld, Fernando del Paso, Keith O'Brien, Oliver Dragojević, Kim Jong-pil, and Oskar Gröning.

Others Born in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2018

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Hayden White ranks 1,996 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Schekman (1948), Candice Bergen (1946), Frank Borzage (1894), Samuel Adams (1722), Hubert Humphrey (1911), and Eartha Kitt (1927). After him are William Halsey Jr. (1882), Abner Doubleday (1819), Margaret Sanger (1879), William H. Seward (1801), James Heckman (1944), and Jeff Koons (1955).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Hayden White ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Kuhn (1922), Jared Diamond (1937), Donna Haraway (1944), Richard Sennett (1943), and Natalie Zemon Davis (1928). After him are Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Howard Zinn (1922), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Linda Nochlin (1931), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), and Deborah Lipstadt (1947).

American born Historians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous