HISTORIAN
Marc Bloch
1886 - 1944
Marc Bloch
Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; French: [maʁk leɔpɔld bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ blɔk]; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France over the course of his career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Bloch has received more than 606,485 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Marc Bloch is the 28th most popular historian (down from 27th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from France (down from 378th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Historian.
Marc Bloch is most famous for his book "The Historian's Craft" which is a book about the history of French and European society.
Memorability Metrics
610k
Page Views (PV)
68.95
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
48
Languages Editions (L)
9.01
Effective Languages (L*)
2.57
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among HISTORIANS
Among historians, Marc Bloch ranks 28 out of 561. Before him are Procopius, Ibn Kathir, Fernand Braudel, Arrian, Johan Huizinga, and Saxo Grammaticus. After him are Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, Bede, Jacob Burckhardt, Edward Gibbon, and Ibn Ishaq.
Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsProcopius
500 - 560
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 22
Ibn Kathir
1301 - 1373
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 23
Fernand Braudel
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 24
Arrian
89 - 175
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 25
Johan Huizinga
1872 - 1945
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 26
Saxo Grammaticus
1150 - 1220
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 27
Marc Bloch
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 28
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
1779 - 1861
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 29
Hippolyte Taine
1828 - 1893
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 30
Bede
672 - 735
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 31
Jacob Burckhardt
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 32
Edward Gibbon
1737 - 1794
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 33
Ibn Ishaq
704 - 767
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 34
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1886, Marc Bloch ranks 10. Before him are Diego Rivera, Oskar Kokoschka, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Manne Siegbahn, Béla Kun, and Sergey Kirov. After him are René Guénon, Jean Arp, Ernst Thälmann, Karl Barth, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Karl von Frisch. Among people deceased in 1944, Marc Bloch ranks 18. Before him are Günther von Kluge, Richard Sorge, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Charles Glover Barkla, Michael Wittmann, and Alexis Carrel. After him are Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Ludwig Beck, Ernst Thälmann, Chūichi Nagumo, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Hilma af Klint.
Others Born in 1886
Go to all RankingsDiego Rivera
PAINTER
1886 - 1957
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 4
Oskar Kokoschka
PAINTER
1886 - 1980
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 5
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
ARCHITECT
1886 - 1969
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 6
Manne Siegbahn
PHYSICIST
1886 - 1978
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 7
Béla Kun
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1938
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 8
Sergey Kirov
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1934
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 9
Marc Bloch
HISTORIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 10
René Guénon
WRITER
1886 - 1951
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 11
Jean Arp
ARTIST
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 12
Ernst Thälmann
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 13
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 14
Wilhelm Furtwängler
CONDUCTOR
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 15
Karl von Frisch
BIOLOGIST
1886 - 1982
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 1944
Go to all RankingsGünther von Kluge
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 12
Richard Sorge
JOURNALIST
1895 - 1944
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 13
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
WRITER
1876 - 1944
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 14
Charles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 15
Michael Wittmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1914 - 1944
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 16
Alexis Carrel
PHYSICIAN
1873 - 1944
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 17
Marc Bloch
HISTORIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 18
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1944
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 19
Ludwig Beck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1944
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 20
Ernst Thälmann
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 21
Chūichi Nagumo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1944
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 22
Florence Foster Jenkins
SINGER
1868 - 1944
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 23
Hilma af Klint
PAINTER
1862 - 1944
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 24
In France
Among people born in France, Marc Bloch ranks 423 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexis Carrel (1873), Pytheas (-380), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Fernand Léger (1881), and Émilie du Châtelet (1706). After him are Pauline Bonaparte (1780), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Giambologna (1529), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), and Alfred Binet (1857).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsAlexis Carrel
PHYSICIAN
1873 - 1944
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 417
Pytheas
EXPLORER
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 418
Nicolas Malebranche
PHILOSOPHER
1638 - 1715
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 419
Napoléon, Prince Imperial
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1879
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 420
Fernand Léger
PAINTER
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 421
Émilie du Châtelet
MATHEMATICIAN
1706 - 1749
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 422
Marc Bloch
HISTORIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 423
Pauline Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1825
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 424
Pierre Gassendi
PHILOSOPHER
1592 - 1655
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 425
Giambologna
SCULPTOR
1529 - 1608
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 426
Eugène François Vidocq
INSPIRATION
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 427
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
PHILOSOPHER
1908 - 1961
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 428
Alfred Binet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 429
Among HISTORIANS In France
Among historians born in France, Marc Bloch ranks 4. Before him are Tacitus (54), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), and Fernand Braudel (1902). After him are Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), and Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929).
Tacitus
54 - 120
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1
Alexis de Tocqueville
1805 - 1859
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 2
Fernand Braudel
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 3
Marc Bloch
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 4
Hippolyte Taine
1828 - 1893
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 5
Jacques Le Goff
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 6
Lucien Febvre
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 7
François Guizot
1787 - 1874
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 8
Joseph Justus Scaliger
1540 - 1609
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 9
Geoffrey of Villehardouin
1150 - 1210
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 10
Gaston Maspero
1846 - 1916
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 11
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 12