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Orlando Figes

1959 - Today

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Orlando Guy Figes (; born 20 November 1959) is a British and German historian and writer. He was a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was made Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 2022. Figes is known for his works on Russian history, such as A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (2007), Crimea (2010) and Just Send Me Word (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orlando Figes has received more than 452,685 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Orlando Figes is the 488th most popular historian (down from 415th in 2019), the 4,318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,408th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Orlando Figes ranks 488 out of 561. Before her are William of Newburgh, Richard Overy, Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, and Irina Antonova. After her are Christopher Lasch, American Horse, H. J. R. Murray, George Grote, Christopher Clark, and Stephen F. Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Orlando Figes ranks 336. Before her are Susanna Clarke, Stanislaw Tillich, Paul McGann, Charlie Murphy, Domiziana Giordano, and Brilliant Dadashova. After her are Nirmala Sitharaman, Sérgio da Rocha, Alexei Kasatonov, Michael Scott, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, and Said Seyam.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Orlando Figes ranks 4,318 out of 8,785. Before her are Jon Amiel (1948), David Cox (1783), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), and Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902). After her are Henry Bird (1830), Alan Sugar (1947), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Peter Taylor (1928), John Moresby (1830), and Richard Haydn (1905).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Orlando Figes ranks 57. Before her are Catharine Macaulay (1731), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), William of Newburgh (1130), Richard Overy (1947), Kenneth Clark (1903), and Henry James Sumner Maine (1822). After her are H. J. R. Murray (1868), George Grote (1794), Simon Schama (1945), Robert Service (1947), A. H. M. Jones (1904), and Mary Beard (1955).

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