1947 - Today
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 321,549 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Overy is the 426th most popular historian, the 4,616th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 53rd most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, Richard Overy ranks 426 out of 339. Before him are R. H. Tawney, Ivan Charota, Romila Thapar, Jacob Theodor Klein, Vasily Struve, and Lawrence Stone. After him are Robert Kagan, Richard Hofstadter, Anvar Chingizoglu, Mary Beard, Iain Pears, and Mark Mazower.
1880 - 1962
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 420
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 421
1931 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 422
1685 - 1759
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 423
1889 - 1965
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 424
1919 - 1999
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 425
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 426
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 427
1916 - 1970
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 428
1962 - 2022
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 429
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 430
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 431
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 432
Among people born in 1947, Richard Overy ranks 628. Before him are Ildo Maneiro, Antti Kalliomäki, Mike Krzyzewski, Kim Darby, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, and Tamotsu Suzuki. After him are Erika Lechner, Roky Erickson, Cemil Turan, Stephen R. Donaldson, Rupert Holmes, and Borka Pavićević.
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 622
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 623
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 624
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 625
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 626
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 627
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 628
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 629
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 630
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 631
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 632
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 633
1947 - 2019
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 634
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 4,616 out of 7,765. Before him are Jeremy Spencer (1948), Stuart Pearce (1962), David Thompson (1770), Peter Chelsom (1956), Lashana Lynch (1987), and Reginald McKenna (1863). After him are Cecil Griffiths (1900), Mason Mount (1999), Steve Rothery (1959), Jayne Torvill (1957), Dorothy Round (1909), and Princess Claire of Belgium (1974).
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 4,610
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 4,611
1770 - 1857
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 4,612
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 4,613
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 4,614
1863 - 1943
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 4,615
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 4,616
1900 - 1945
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 4,617
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 4,618
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 4,619
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 4,620
1909 - 1982
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 4,621
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 4,622
Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 53. Before him are Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Robert Service (1947), Donald Nicol (1923), William of Newburgh (1130), Orlando Figes (1959), and Lawrence Stone (1919). After him are Mary Beard (1955), Iain Pears (1955), Mark Mazower (1958), Jan Morris (1926), David Rohl (1950), and Richard Bauckham (1946).
1864 - 1944
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 47
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 48
1923 - 2003
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 49
1130 - 1190
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 50
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 51
1919 - 1999
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 52
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 53
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 54
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 55
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 56
1926 - 2020
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 57
1950 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 58
1946 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 59