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Richard Pipes

1923 - 2018

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Richard Edgar Pipes (Polish: Ryszard Pipes; July 11, 1923 – May 17, 2018) was an American historian who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. Pipes was a frequent interviewee in the press on the matters of Soviet history and foreign affairs. His writings also appear in Commentary, The New York Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Pipes has received more than 453,632 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Richard Pipes is the 116th most popular historian (up from 126th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Poland (up from 398th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard Pipes ranks 116 out of 561. Before him are René Grousset, Árni Magnússon, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Richard Sennett, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Henry Thomas Buckle. After him are Leo the Deacon, Hayden White, Ibn Hibban, Arnold Hauser, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Agatharchides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Richard Pipes ranks 87. Before him are Richard Avedon, Hank Williams, Zarifa Aliyeva, Ousmane Sembène, Valentina Cortese, and André Gorz. After him are Yaşar Kemal, Uri Avnery, Rudolph A. Marcus, Uziel Gal, Bettie Page, and Otfried Preußler. Among people deceased in 2018, Richard Pipes ranks 80. Before him are Efraín Ríos Montt, Henri Michel, Samir Amin, Whitey Bulger, James Mirrlees, and Odvar Nordli. After him are Robert Faurisson, Uri Avnery, Hayden White, Aharon Appelfeld, Fernando del Paso, and Keith O'Brien.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 349 out of 1,694. Before him are Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Maria Szymanowska (1789), Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), and Muazzez Sultan (1628). After him are Werner Naumann (1909), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), and Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886).

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Among HISTORIANS In Poland

Among historians born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 3. Before him are Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), and Benzion Netanyahu (1910). After him are Gottfried Achenwall (1719), Ernst Kantorowicz (1895), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), Otto von Gierke (1841), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), Walter Laqueur (1921), Zeev Sternhell (1935), Heinrich Graetz (1817), and Israel Gutman (1923).

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