1920 - 2014
Richard Nelson Frye (January 10, 1920 – March 27, 2014) was an American scholar of Iranian and Central Asian studies, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Harvard University. His professional areas of interest were Iranian philology and the history of Iran and Central Asia before 1000 CE. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to a family of immigrants from Sweden, "Freij" had four children, his second marriage being to a scholar, who teaches at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard N. Frye has received more than 95,796 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard N. Frye is the 325th most popular historian (down from 251st in 2019), the 5,734th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,920th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Historian.
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Among historians, Richard N. Frye ranks 325 out of 339. Before her are Marin Drinov, Philip K. Hitti, Michael Aris, Jérôme Carcopino, Dino Compagni, and Henrik Gabriel Porthan. After her are Heinrich Gelzer, Nicholas Adontz, Gerhard Ritter, Jacob Talmon, Fenestella, and Andrea Riccardi.
1838 - 1906
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 319
1886 - 1978
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 320
1946 - 1999
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 321
1881 - 1970
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 322
1255 - 1324
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 323
1739 - 1804
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 324
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 325
1847 - 1906
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 326
1871 - 1942
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 327
1888 - 1967
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 328
1916 - 1980
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 329
36 BC - 34
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 330
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 331
Among people born in 1920, Richard N. Frye ranks 264. Before her are Robert Leckie, Heleno de Freitas, I. A. L. Diamond, Franjo Mihalić, Henry Eriksson, and Bruno Ruffo. After her are Gordon Gould, Georges Balandier, Ted Fujita, Frances Ames, Julian Jaynes, and Alfredo II. Among people deceased in 2014, Richard N. Frye ranks 252. Before her are Knut Nystedt, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, William Guarnere, Brian Hart, Joep Lange, and Ferdinando Terruzzi. After her are Mary Stewart, Sandra Bem, Takako Doi, Billie Whitelaw, Francesco Marchisano, and Joachim Fuchsberger.
1920 - 2001
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 258
1920 - 1959
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 259
1920 - 1988
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 260
1920 - 2015
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 261
1920 - 2000
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 262
1920 - 2007
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 263
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 264
1920 - 2005
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 265
1920 - 2016
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 266
1920 - 1998
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 267
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 268
1920 - 1997
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 269
1920 - 1997
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 270
1915 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 246
1931 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 247
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 248
1936 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 249
1954 - 2014
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 250
1924 - 2014
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 251
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 252
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 253
1944 - 2014
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 254
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 255
1932 - 2014
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 256
1929 - 2014
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 257
1927 - 2014
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 258
Among people born in United States, Richard N. Frye ranks 5,734 out of 18,182. Before her are Jack Irons (1962), Virginia Dare (1587), John Wesley Powell (1834), Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Tom Wopat (1951), and Florence Ballard (1943). After her are Barbara Walters (1929), Abraham Polonsky (1910), Edgar Leonard (1881), Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), and Tiny Sandford (1894).
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,728
1587 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,729
1834 - 1902
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,730
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,731
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,732
1943 - 1976
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,733
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,734
1929 - 2022
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,735
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,736
1881 - 1948
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,737
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,738
1945 - 2020
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 5,739
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 5,740
Among historians born in United States, Richard N. Frye ranks 21. Before her are Donald Keene (1922), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Stephen E. Ambrose (1936), and Lothrop Stoddard (1883). After her are Efraim Zuroff (1948), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Daniel Pipes (1949), Christopher Lasch (1932), Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906), and Stephen Greenblatt (1943).
1922 - 2019
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 17
1914 - 2004
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 18
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 19
1883 - 1950
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 20
1920 - 2014
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 21
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 22
1917 - 2007
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 24
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 25
1906 - 1976
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 27