List of historians by continent facts for kids
This is a list of historians. It is sorted by continent.
Contents
Africa
Egypt
- Samir Farid, d. in 2017
- Manetho, lived in the early 3rd century BC
Morocco
- Ibn Khaldun, d. in 1406
- Abdelhadi Tazi, was a Moroccan ambassador; d. in 2015
South Africa
- Karel Schoeman, he won the Hertzog Prize for prose; d. in 2017
Tunisia
- Ibn Khaldun, d. in 1406
- Mohamed Talbi, chief of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts; awarded Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France; he died in 2017.
Asia
China
- Huang Xianfan, d. in 1982
- Sima Qian, d. in 86 BC
Iran
- Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, d. in 2014
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, d. in 923 AD
Japan
- Kan'ichi Asakawa, professor (in the U.S.); known for speaking against the growth of militarism in Japan, and trying to prevent war between Japan and the United States; he died in 1948
Laos
- Maha Sila Viravong - "an important scholar of traditional Lao literature, history, and culture", according to Encyclopædia Britannica
Thailand
- Suthachai Yimprasert, d. in 2017
Vietnam
- Đinh Xuân Lâm, d. in 2017
Europe
North America
Canada
- Benoît Lacroix, d. in 2016
- Cyril Leonoff, d. in 2016
Dominican Republic
- Juan Bosch, was President of the Dominican Republic; d. in 2001
United States
- George Bancroft - known as the "father of American History"; he died in 1891
- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States; he died in 1919
South America
Chile
- José Arraño, d. in 2009
Peru
- Armando Nieto, died in 2017
Venezuela
- Ramón José Velásquez, acting president of Venezuela; d. in 2014
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