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Richard Overy

1947 - Today

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Richard James Overy (born 23 December 1947) is a British historian who has published on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Overy has received more than 362,345 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Overy is the 483rd most popular historian (down from 426th in 2019), the 4,246th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,607th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Overy ranks 483 out of 561. Before him are Christopher Browning, Samuel Eliot Morison, Firishta, Alfred W. Crosby, N. G. L. Hammond, and William of Newburgh. After him are Kenneth Clark, Aleks Buda, Henry James Sumner Maine, Irina Antonova, Orlando Figes, and Christopher Lasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Overy ranks 607. Before him are Richard Palmer-James, Ryo Kawasaki, José Luis Cuerda, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Gregory Chaitin, and Thomas Christopher Collins. After him are René Desaeyere, Olivier Rolin, Ildo Maneiro, Glenn Cornick, Txetxu Rojo, and Finn Kalvik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 4,246 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), John Morley (1838), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Mick Avory (1944), and Joseph Bazalgette (1819). After him are Octavia Hill (1838), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Owain Gwynedd (1100), Roger Ascham (1515), Howard Marks (1945), and Sadie Frost (1965).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 54. Before him are Richard J. Evans (1947), William Robertson (1721), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Catharine Macaulay (1731), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), and William of Newburgh (1130). After him are Kenneth Clark (1903), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Orlando Figes (1959), H. J. R. Murray (1868), George Grote (1794), and Simon Schama (1945).

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