1923 - 2018
Richard Edgar Pipes (Yiddish: ריכארד פּיִפּעץ Rikhard Pipets; 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 422,435 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Richard Pipes is the 126th most popular historian (up from 133rd in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Poland (up from 445th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Historian.
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Among historians, Richard Pipes ranks 126 out of 339. Before him are Árni Magnússon, Anthony Blunt, Evagrius Scholasticus, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Pierre Nora, and Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. After him are John Kinnamos, Norman Davies, Guibert of Nogent, Augustin Thierry, Max Dvořák, and E. P. Thompson.
1663 - 1730
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 120
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 121
536 - 594
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 122
1800 - 1859
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 123
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 124
1540 - 1614
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 125
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 126
1143 - 1185
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 127
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 128
1055 - 1124
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 129
1795 - 1856
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 130
1874 - 1921
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 131
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 132
Among people born in 1923, Richard Pipes ranks 109. Before him are Ernst Nolte, Conrad Bain, Svetozar Gligorić, Wes Montgomery, Alicia de Larrocha, and Uri Avnery. After him are Dexter Gordon, Irvin Kershner, Masao Ono, Vladimir Gelfand, Cheikh Anta Diop, and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. Among people deceased in 2018, Richard Pipes ranks 104. Before him are Dennis Nilsen, Henri Michel, Belisario Betancur, Nicanor Parra, Uri Avnery, and Bruno Sammartino. After him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Kim Jong-pil, Alan Baker, Maria Bueno, Margot Kidder, and Darío Castrillón Hoyos.
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 103
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 104
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 105
1923 - 1968
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 106
1923 - 2009
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 107
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 108
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 109
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 110
1923 - 2010
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 111
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 112
1923 - 1983
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 113
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 114
1923 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 115
1945 - 2018
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 98
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 99
1923 - 2018
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 100
1914 - 2018
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 101
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 102
1935 - 2018
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 103
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 104
1931 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 105
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 106
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 107
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 108
1948 - 2018
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 109
1929 - 2018
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 110
Among people born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 398 out of 1,454. Before him are Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg (1513), Izabella Scorupco (1970), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803), and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski (1734). After him are Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Heinz Kessler (1920), and Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893).
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 392
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 393
1672 - 1742
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 394
1140 - 1185
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 395
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 396
1734 - 1823
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 397
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 398
1886 - 1941
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 399
1911 - 1989
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 400
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 401
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 402
1920 - 2017
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 403
1893 - 1968
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 404
Among historians born in Poland, Richard Pipes ranks 2. Before him are Johann Gustav Droysen (1808). After him are Ernst Kantorowicz (1895), Otto von Gierke (1841), Gottfried Achenwall (1719), Benzion Netanyahu (1910), Heinrich Graetz (1817), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), Walter Laqueur (1921), Zeev Sternhell (1935), Karl Otfried Müller (1797), and Jacob Talmon (1916).
1808 - 1884
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 1
1923 - 2018
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 2
1895 - 1963
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 3
1841 - 1921
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 4
1719 - 1772
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 5
1910 - 2012
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 6
1817 - 1891
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 7
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 8
1921 - 2018
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 9
1935 - 2020
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 10
1797 - 1840
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 11
1916 - 1980
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 12