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Paul Kennedy

1945 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

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  • 49.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Paul Kennedy ranks 291 out of 339Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Paul Kennedy ranks 289Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Kennedy ranks 2,761 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Paul Kennedy ranks 28Before 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).