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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Overy ranks 426 out of 339Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Richard Overy ranks 628Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 4,616 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Richard Overy ranks 53Before 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).