1870 - 1952
Mikhail Ivanovich Rostovtzeff, or Rostovtsev (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Росто́вцев; November 10 [O.S. October 29] 1870 – October 20, 1952), was a Russian historian whose career straddled the 19th and 20th centuries and who produced important works on ancient Roman and Greek history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Rostovtzeff has received more than 116,573 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michael Rostovtzeff is the 113th most popular historian (up from 128th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 253rd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Historian.
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Among historians, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 113 out of 339. Before him are Eunapius, Cangjie, Vasily Bartold, Leo the Deacon, Henry Thomas Buckle, and Doukas. After him are Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, C. Northcote Parkinson, Peter Burke, Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, and François Furet.
349 - 420
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 107
2650 BC - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 108
1869 - 1930
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 109
950 - 992
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 110
1821 - 1862
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 111
1400 - 1500
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 112
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 113
1002 - 1071
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 114
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 115
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 116
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 117
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 118
1927 - 1997
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 119
Among people born in 1870, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 50. Before him are Alexander Berkman, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Oscar Straus, Gustav Landauer, Leopold Godowsky, and Marianne Weber. After him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Vladimir Purishkevich, Helge von Koch, Florent Schmitt, Vítězslav Novák, and Alexandre Benois. Among people deceased in 1952, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 45. Before him are Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Otto Dietrich, Pedro Lascuráin, Jigme Wangchuck, Kurt Schumacher, and William Fox. After him are Efim Bogoljubov, Luigi Fagioli, Hans Kramers, Princess Hilda of Nassau, Viktor Chernov, and Louise d'Orléans.
1870 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 44
1870 - 1955
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 45
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 46
1870 - 1919
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 47
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 48
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 49
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 50
1870 - 1948
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 51
1870 - 1920
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 52
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 53
1870 - 1958
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 54
1870 - 1949
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 55
1870 - 1960
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 56
1867 - 1952
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 39
1897 - 1952
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 40
1856 - 1952
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 41
1905 - 1952
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 42
1895 - 1952
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 43
1879 - 1952
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 44
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 45
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 46
1898 - 1952
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 47
1894 - 1952
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 48
1864 - 1952
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 49
1873 - 1952
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 50
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 51
Among people born in Ukraine, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 217 out of 1,083. Before him are Petro Doroshenko (1627), Mykola Lysenko (1842), Nathan Milstein (1902), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Samuel Noah Kramer (1897), and Cyril Genik (1857). After him are Alexander Vertinsky (1889), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Eugen Ehrlich (1862), Igor Markevitch (1912), Efim Bogoljubov (1889), and Pavel Sudoplatov (1907).
1627 - 1698
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 211
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 212
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 213
1878 - 1972
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 214
1897 - 1990
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 215
1857 - 1925
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 216
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 217
1889 - 1957
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 218
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 219
1862 - 1922
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 220
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 221
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 222
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 223
Among historians born in Ukraine, Michael Rostovtzeff ranks 1.