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Stephen Kotkin

1959 - Today

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Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic, and author. He is the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. For 33 years, Kotkin taught at Princeton University, where he attained the title of John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs; he took on emeritus status from Princeton University in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Kotkin has received more than 718,987 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Kotkin is the 549th most popular historian, the 14,391st most popular biography from United States and the 52nd most popular American Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stephen Kotkin ranks 549 out of 561. Before him are Oliver Grau, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Irfan Habib, Gerhard Weinberg, Bernard Bailyn, and Janusz Kurtyka. After him are Allan Lichtman, Wendy Beckett, Stephen Turnbull, Peter Heather, Peeter Järvelaid, and Adrian Goldsworthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Stephen Kotkin ranks 672. Before him are Bill Hagerty, William R. Moses, Andrea Jung, Kathy Jordan, Andrey Prokofyev, and Paul McGrath. After him are Randy Travis, Gène Hanssen, Irina Kalinina, Li Meisu, William Joyce, and Pirkko Määttä.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Kotkin ranks 14,391 out of 20,380. Before him are William Allen (1803), Saginaw Grant (1936), Joni James (1930), Jon Tester (1956), John Fetterman (1969), and Robert Pinsky (1940). After him are Tom Laughlin (1931), Bob Bryar (1979), Jimmy Ruffin (1936), Duane Swanson (1913), Alison Mosshart (1978), and Yvette Nicole Brown (1971).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Stephen Kotkin ranks 52. Before him are Mary Ritter Beard (1876), Richard Hofstadter (1916), Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), and Bernard Bailyn (1922). After him are Allan Lichtman (1947), and Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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