1945 - Today
Paul Michael Kennedy (born 17 June 1945) is a British historian specialising in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Kennedy has received more than 313,414 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Paul Kennedy is the 291st most popular historian (down from 282nd in 2019), the 2,761st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,208th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Paul Kennedy ranks 291 out of 339. Before him are İbrahim Peçevi, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Gerda Lerner, Heinrich Zimmer, İlber Ortaylı, and Kurt Aland. After him are Edwin O. Reischauer, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Donald Kagan, Drew Gilpin Faust, Fernão Lopes, and Julien Ries.
1574 - 1650
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 285
1754 - 1822
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 286
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 287
1890 - 1943
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 288
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 289
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 290
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 291
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 292
1512 - 1580
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 293
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 294
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 295
1385 - 1458
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 296
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1945, Paul Kennedy ranks 289. Before him are Gérard Lenorman, John Rutter, David Sanborn, Tommy Franks, Ivan Lins, and David A. Granger. After him are Yu Zhengsheng, Burt Ward, Tony Williams, Gianni Amelio, Jim Davis, and Ali Akbar Velayati.
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 283
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 284
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 285
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 286
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 287
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 288
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 289
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 290
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 291
1945 - 1997
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 292
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 293
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 294
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 295
Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Kennedy ranks 2,761 out of 7,765. Before him are Ian Paisley (1926), Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), Lennie James (1965), John Bodkin Adams (1899), and Tony Martin (1957). After him are John Florio (1553), Tom Baker (1934), Billy Meredith (1874), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Leslie Stephen (1832), and Cyril Jackson (1903).
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 2,755
1936 - 2011
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,756
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,757
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,758
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,759
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,760
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,761
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,762
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,763
1874 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,764
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,765
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 2,766
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 2,767
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Paul Kennedy ranks 28. Before him are John Foxe (1516), Tony Judt (1948), Christopher Hill (1912), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Gerald of Wales (1146), and John Keegan (1934). After him are Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Thomas Fuller (1608), David Marshall Lang (1924), and Frances Yates (1899).
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 22
1948 - 2010
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 23
1912 - 2003
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 24
1862 - 1926
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 25
1146 - 1201
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 26
1934 - 2012
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 28
1914 - 2003
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 29
1906 - 1990
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 30
1931 - 2017
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 31
1608 - 1661
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 32
1924 - 1991
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 33
1899 - 1981
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 34