1947 - Today
Sir Richard John Evans (born 29 September 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008) that has been hailed as "brilliant" and "magisterial". Evans was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge from 2008 until his retirement in 2014, and President of Cambridge's Wolfson College from 2010 to 2017. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard J. Evans has received more than 430,096 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard J. Evans is the 318th most popular historian (down from 274th in 2019), the 4,250th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,714th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Richard J. Evans ranks 318 out of 341. Before him are Arthur Smith Woodward, Ivan Charota, Vasily Struve, Timothy D. Snyder, Charles A. Beard, and Simon Schama. After him are Jacques Barzun, Robert Service, Robert Jay Lifton, Orlando Figes, Anvar Chingizoglu, and Minhaj-i-Siraj.
1864 - 1944
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 312
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 313
1889 - 1965
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 314
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 315
1874 - 1948
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 316
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 317
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 318
1907 - 2012
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 319
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 320
1926 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 321
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 322
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 323
1193 - 1260
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 324
Among people born in 1947, Richard J. Evans ranks 538. Before him are Torsten Palm, Larry James, John Lipsky, Tua Forsström, Gardner Dozois, and Debra Mooney. After him are Cemil Turan, Mumtaz, Nikolai Volkoff, Grethe Kausland, Sten Stensen, and Robert Service.
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 532
1947 - 2008
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 533
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 534
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 535
1947 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 536
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 537
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 538
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 539
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 540
1947 - 2018
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 541
1947 - 2007
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 542
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 543
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 544
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 4,250 out of 6,924. Before him are Tommy Docherty (1928), Holly Johnson (1960), Peter Giles (1944), Jimmy Stewart (1931), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), and Tommy Flowers (1905). After him are Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Sweet (1845), Guy Fletcher (1960), Edgeworth David (1858), Chris Smalling (1989), and Colin Baker (1943).
1928 - 2020
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 4,244
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 4,245
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 4,246
1931 - 2008
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 4,247
1890 - 1976
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 4,248
1905 - 1998
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 4,249
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 4,250
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 4,251
1845 - 1912
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 4,252
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 4,253
1858 - 1934
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 4,254
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 4,255
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 4,256
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 43. Before him are G. M. Trevelyan (1876), William of Newburgh (1130), George Grote (1794), Kenneth Clark (1903), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), and Simon Schama (1945). After him are Robert Service (1947), Orlando Figes (1959), Iain Pears (1955), Mark Mazower (1958), Mary Beard (1955), and Adrian Goldsworthy (1969).
1876 - 1962
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 37
1130 - 1190
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 38
1794 - 1871
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 39
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 40
1864 - 1944
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 44
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 45
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 46
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 47
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 48
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 49