1943 - Today
Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's foremost experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is particularly noted for his biographies of Hitler. He was a follower of the German historian Martin Broszat, and until his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Sheffield. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Kershaw has received more than 1,033,477 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ian Kershaw is the 138th most popular historian (up from 140th in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,651st in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Ian Kershaw ranks 138 out of 339. Before him are E. P. Thompson, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Helmold, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Ernst Kantorowicz, Charles Diehl, Howard Zinn, Vladimir Minorsky, Otto von Gierke, and Adémar de Chabannes.
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 132
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 133
1610 - 1688
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 134
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
Among people born in 1943, Ian Kershaw ranks 174. Before him are Edward Herrmann, Bill Duke, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Spector, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, and Joanna Shimkus. After him are David Morrell, Dominik Duka, Nicholas Negroponte, Nolan Bushnell, Wallace Shawn, and Dragan Nikolić.
1943 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 168
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 169
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 170
1943 - 2022
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 171
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 172
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 173
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 174
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 175
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 176
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 177
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 178
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 179
1943 - 2016
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 180
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Kershaw ranks 1,588 out of 7,765. Before him are Sam Worthington (1976), James Edward Smith (1759), Steve Hackett (1950), Walter Bagehot (1826), Howard Staunton (1810), and Gerald Gardner (1884). After him are Michael Anderson (1920), James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Joan of the Tower (1321), David Yates (1963), and George Stubbs (1724).
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 1,582
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 1,583
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 1,584
1826 - 1877
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 1,585
1810 - 1874
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 1,586
1884 - 1964
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,587
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,588
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 1,589
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 1,590
1455 - 1483
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 1,591
1321 - 1362
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 1,592
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 1,593
1724 - 1806
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,594
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Ian Kershaw ranks 12. Before him are C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), Peter Burke (1937), Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), and E. P. Thompson (1924). After him are Arnold Toynbee (1852), Steven Runciman (1903), Antony Beevor (1946), Robert Conquest (1917), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), and Quentin Skinner (1940).
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 8
1800 - 1859
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 10
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12
1852 - 1883
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 13
1903 - 2000
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 14
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 15
1917 - 2015
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 16
1810 - 1870
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 18