Historian

Richard Overy

British historian

1947 - today

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Richard Overy

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Overy is the 513th most popular historian (down from 483rd in 2024), the 4,949th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,246th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Historian.

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Among Historians

Among historians, Richard Overy ranks 513 out of 561. Before him are Richard Taruskin, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, Vladimir Ćorović, Christopher Lasch, and Griselda Pollock. After him are David Bordwell, Hugh N. Kennedy, Robert Kagan, George Grote, R. H. Tawney, and Orlando Figes.

Most Popular Historians in Wikipedia

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Richard Taruskin
1945 - 2022
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 507
N. G. L. Hammond
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 508
Jacques Barzun
1907 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 509
Vladimir Ćorović
1885 - 1941
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 510
Christopher Lasch
1932 - 1994
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 511
Griselda Pollock
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 512
Richard Overy
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 513
David Bordwell
1947 - 2024
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 514
Hugh N. Kennedy
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 515
Robert Kagan
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 516
George Grote
1794 - 1871
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 517
R. H. Tawney
1880 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 518
Orlando Figes
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 519

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Overy ranks 732. Before him are Antti Kalliomäki, Giulio Tremonti, Nicanor de Carvalho, Emiliano Mondonico, Bilal Philips, and Randy Edelman. After him are Xavier Darcos, Henryk Iwaniec, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Dieter Riedel, Jeanne Shaheen, and Kinga Göncz.

Others Born in 1947

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Antti Kalliomäki
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 726
Giulio Tremonti
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 727
Nicanor de Carvalho
COACH
1947 - 2018
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 728
Emiliano Mondonico
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2018
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 729
Bilal Philips
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 730
Randy Edelman
MUSICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 731
Richard Overy
HISTORIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 732
Xavier Darcos
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 733
Henryk Iwaniec
MATHEMATICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 734
Thanos Mikroutsikos
COMPOSER
1947 - 2019
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 735
Dieter Riedel
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 736
Jeanne Shaheen
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 737
Kinga Göncz
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 738

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 4,949 out of NaN. Before him are Hugh Gaitskell (1906), Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Julia Morley (1939), Charles Sheffield (1935), and John Butler Yeats (1839). After him are O. T. Fagbenle (1980), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Derek Bailey (1930), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), Ed Skrein (1983), and Judy Parfitt (1935).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Hugh Gaitskell
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1963
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 4,943
Cosmo Gordon Lang
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1864 - 1945
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 4,944
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth
POLITICIAN
1751 - 1834
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 4,945
Julia Morley
BUSINESSPERSON
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 4,946
Charles Sheffield
PHYSICIST
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 4,947
John Butler Yeats
ARTIST
1839 - 1922
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 4,948
Richard Overy
HISTORIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 4,949
O. T. Fagbenle
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 4,950
Malcolm Muggeridge
JOURNALIST
1903 - 1990
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 4,951
Derek Bailey
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 4,952
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1906
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 4,953
Ed Skrein
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 4,954
Judy Parfitt
ACTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 4,955