1922 - 2010
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Zinn has received more than 2,544,013 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Zinn is the 141st most popular historian (up from 158th in 2019), the 2,649th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,014th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Historian.
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Among historians, Howard Zinn ranks 141 out of 339. Before him are Helmold, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Heinrich von Treitschke, Ian Kershaw, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Charles Diehl. After him are Vladimir Minorsky, Otto von Gierke, Adémar de Chabannes, Matthew of Edessa, Philostorgius, and Ibn Hibban.
1120 - 1177
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 135
1641 - 1693
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 136
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 137
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 138
1895 - 1963
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 139
1859 - 1944
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 140
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 141
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 142
1841 - 1921
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 143
989 - 1034
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 144
1100 - 1144
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 145
368 - 439
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 146
883 - 965
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 147
Among people born in 1922, Howard Zinn ranks 137. Before him are Eleanor Parker, Sōsuke Uno, Manolis Glezos, Yuri Knorozov, Charles M. Schulz, and Kevin Roche. After him are Luis Somoza Debayle, Tadeusz Borowski, Kingsley Amis, Bernardin Gantin, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Albert Lamorisse. Among people deceased in 2010, Howard Zinn ranks 90. Before him are Robert Culp, Captain Beefheart, Charlie Wilson, Teddy Scholten, Maurice Wilkes, and Martin Sandberger. After him are Miguel Delibes, Erich Segal, Vladislav Ardzinba, Dick Francis, Alexander Haig, and Raimon Panikkar.
1922 - 2013
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 131
1922 - 1998
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 132
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 133
1922 - 1999
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 134
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 135
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 136
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 137
1922 - 1967
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 138
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 139
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 140
1922 - 2008
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 141
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 142
1922 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 143
1930 - 2010
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 84
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 85
1933 - 2010
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 86
1926 - 2010
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 87
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 88
1911 - 2010
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 89
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 90
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 91
1937 - 2010
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 92
1945 - 2010
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 93
1920 - 2010
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 94
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 95
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 96
Among people born in United States, Howard Zinn ranks 2,649 out of 18,182. Before him are Carly Simon (1945), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Arlene Dahl (1925), Ted Levine (1957), August Derleth (1909), and Kristen Stewart (1990). After him are Dyanne Thorne (1936), Dennis Farina (1944), Bo Derek (1956), Zendaya (1996), Jerome Powell (1953), and Clifford Brown (1930).
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,643
1928 - 1995
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 2,644
1925 - 2021
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,645
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,646
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,647
1990 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,648
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 2,649
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,650
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,651
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 2,652
1996 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,653
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,654
1930 - 1956
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,655
Among historians born in United States, Howard Zinn ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Kuhn (1922), Jared Diamond (1937), Donna Haraway (1944), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Hayden White (1928), and Richard Sennett (1943). After him are Linda Nochlin (1931), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Robert Darnton (1939), John King Fairbank (1907), and William H. Prescott (1796).
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 2
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 3
1912 - 1989
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 4
1928 - 2018
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 6
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 7
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 9
1861 - 1932
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 10
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 11
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 12
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 13