1947 - Today
Sir Richard John Evans (born September 29, 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). 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 721,649 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard J. Evans is the 389th most popular historian (down from 318th in 2019), the 3,844th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,241st in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Richard J. Evans ranks 389 out of 339. Before him are J. B. Bury, Christopher Lasch, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Miguel León-Portilla, Stephen Greenblatt, and Walter Jens. After him are Sara Ashurbeyli, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Simon Schama, Agnes Arber, George Grote, and Benjamin Mazar.
1861 - 1927
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 383
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 384
1906 - 1976
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 385
1926 - 2019
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 386
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 387
1923 - 2013
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 388
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 389
1906 - 2001
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 390
1878 - 1962
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 391
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 392
1879 - 1960
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 393
1794 - 1871
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 394
1906 - 1995
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 395
Among people born in 1947, Richard J. Evans ranks 499. Before him are Tracey Walter, Heide Rosendahl, Bill Smitrovich, Meredith Baxter, Alexander Yakushev, and Ilanit. After him are Camille Keaton, Takeshi Urata, Jane Curtin, Liz Torres, Mazie Hirono, and Amos Biwott.
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 493
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 494
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 495
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 496
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 497
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 498
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 499
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 500
1947 - 2012
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 501
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 502
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 503
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 504
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 505
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 3,844 out of 7,765. Before him are David Richards (1952), John Pritchard (1921), Alister McGrath (1953), Eric Stewart (1945), John Aitken (1839), and Prunella Scales (1932). After him are Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Jim Capaldi (1944), Benjamin Robins (1707), Sid Kimpton (1887), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), and Peter Hook (1956).
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 3,838
1921 - 1989
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 3,839
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 3,840
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 3,841
1839 - 1919
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 3,842
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,843
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,844
1885 - 1986
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 3,845
1944 - 2005
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 3,846
1707 - 1751
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 3,847
1887 - 1968
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 3,848
1944 - 2012
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 3,849
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 3,850
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Evans ranks 41. Before him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Martin Gilbert (1936), Niall Ferguson (1964), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), and William Robertson (1721). After him are Simon Schama (1945), Agnes Arber (1879), George Grote (1794), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Kenneth Clark (1903), and Arthur Smith Woodward (1864).
1928 - 2015
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 35
1876 - 1962
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 36
1936 - 2015
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 37
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 38
1938 - 2016
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 39
1721 - 1793
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 40
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 42
1879 - 1960
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 43
1794 - 1871
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 44
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 45
1903 - 1983
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 46
1864 - 1944
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 47