Top 20 Historian celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Historian celebrities [Updated January 22, 2022].
Lynne Cheney was born
on August 14, 1941
in Casper, United States.
Author and historian who is best known as the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney. Her list of co-authored books includes Executive Privilege (1979), Academic Freedom (1992), and America: A Patriotic Primer (2002).
Her husband, Dick Cheney, was the Vice President under U.S. President
George W. Bush.
Net Worth 2020: $100 Million
Doris Kearns Goodwin was born
on January 4, 1943
in Brooklyn, United States.
Her historical work about
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War years was adapted by playwright Tony Kushner (of 'Angels in America' fame) into the screenplay for the 2012
Steven Spielberg film, 'Lincoln.'
Net Worth 2020: $10 Million
Howard Zinn was born
on August 24, 1922
in United States.
Following teaching assignments at Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), the University of Bologna, and the University of Paris, he became a popular political science and civil liberties professor at Boston University.
Milton Friedman was born
on July 31, 1912
in Brooklyn, United States.
He was a Keynesian economist, and is considered the most influential economist after Keynes himself.
Wallace Stegner was born
on February 18, 1909
in United States.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972 and received the National Book Award in 1977.
Bill James was born
on October 5, 1949
in United States.
In addition to his work as a writer, he has served a Senior Adviser on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox, with whom he has received multiple World Series rings.
Leonard J. Arrington was born
on July 2, 1917
in United States.
An influential Mormon historian, he wrote extensively about the settling of the American West, focusing especially on the Mormon leader, Brigham Young. His best-known works include The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints (1979) and Brigham Young: American Moses (1985).
He wrote many of his books at a time when the Church of Latter-Day Saints allowed outside academics free access into its archives.
Gertrude Himmelfarb was born
on August 8, 1922
in United States.
Her publications impressed Britain's former prime minister
Gordon Brown, who didn't agree with her analyses of British history.
Frederick Jackson Turner was born
on November 14, 1861
in Portage, United States.
He argued that the key American traits - a disinterest in classical culture, a strong sense of egalitarianism, and a preference for violence - all came out of the frontier.
Douglas Southall Freeman was born
on May 16, 1886
in United States.
He was one of the foremost experts on the history of the Confederacy and wrote numerous books on the subject.
Bernard Bailyn was born
on September 9, 1922
in Hartford, United States.
His best-known works include The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967) and Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution (1986). He was one of two authors of the American history textbook The Great Republic.
Allan Nevins was born
on May 20, 1890
in United States.
His biography of President
Grover Cleveland won the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Van Wyck Brooks was born
on February 16, 1886
in United States.
U.S. historian and critic who wrote about Mark Twain. In 1936, he won the 2nd National Book Award for Non-Fiction for his novel The Flowering of New England.
In 1937, he won a Pulitzer Prize in history.
Bruce Catton was born
on October 9, 1899
in Petoskey, United States.
His book, A Stillness at Appomattox, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
Charles Phoenix was born
on December 21, 1962
in Upland, United States.
He has also garnered popularity for his test kitches, where he has gained fame for his eccentric food concoctions. His Cherpumple dessert dish was called "awesome and absolutely offensive" by The Huffington Post.
David Eisenhower was born
on March 31, 1948
in West Point, United States.
Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States, is named after him.
Grace Raymond Hebard was born
on July 2, 1861
in Clinton, United States.
As a member of the Wyoming Historical Association, she established the Wyoming branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Waldo Frank was born
on August 25, 1889
in Long Branch, United States.
His 1971 novel, The Unwelcome Man, was influenced by transcendentalist ideas.
William H. Prescott was born
on May 4, 1796
in United States.
He is known as the first American scientific historian.
Stephen Ambrose was born
on January 10, 1936
in United States.
American historian and author who wrote biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. His other popular historical works include D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994) and Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (1996).
His popular work, The Wild Blue, investigates World War II-era aviation.
