François Furet

male, deceased (1997)
François Furet was an influential French historian.

Georges Lefebvre

male, deceased (1959)
Georges Lefebvre was a French historian, who was considered in his day to be the leading authority on the French Revolution, with a formidable...
Simon Schama

Simon Schama

male, 64 years old (Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States)
Simon Michael Schama, CBE (born 13 February 1945) is a British professor of history and art history at Columbia University. His many works on...
Jules Michelet

Jules Michelet

male, deceased (1874)
Jules Michelet (August 21, 1798 - February 9, 1874) was a French historian.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville

male, deceased (1859)
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his "Democracy in America" (appearing in t...
Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

male, deceased (1881)
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strictly...
Albert Soboul

Albert Soboul

male, deceased (1982)
Albert Marius Soboul was a French historian of the French Revolution of 1789-1799 and of Napoleon. Born April 27, 1914 in Ammi-Moussa (Oran),...
Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

male, deceased (1797)
Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who served for many...
Jean Jaurès

Jean Jaurès

male, deceased (1914)
Jean Léon Jaurès-full name Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès was a French Socialist leader. He was one of the first social democrats: with...
Louis Blanc

Louis Blanc

male, deceased (1882)
Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc (October 29, 1811 - December 6, 1882), was a French politician and historian.