This is a list of historians, but only for those with a biographical entry in Wikipedia. Major chroniclers and annalists are included and names are listed by the person's historical period . The entries continue with the specializations, not nationality.[1]
Middle Ages
Byzantine sphere
Byzantine historians
5th century 6th century 7th century 8th century 9th century 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century
Latin sphere
Early Middle Ages
Gildas (500-570), On the Ruin of Britain Gregory of Tours (538–594), A History of the Franks
Baudovinia (fl. c. 600 ), Frankish nun who wrote a biography of Radegund
Cogitosus (fl. c. 650), Irish historian
Tírechán (fl. c. 655), Irish biographer of Saint Patrick
Muirchu moccu Machtheni (7th c.), Irish historian
Adamnan (625–704), Irish historian
Bede (c. 672–735), Anglo-Saxon England
Paul the Deacon (8th c.), Langobards
Einhard (9th c.), biographer of Charlemagne
Nennius (c. 9th c.), Wales
Notker of St Gall (9th c.), anecdotal biography of Charlemagne
Martianus Hiberniensis (819–875), Irish teacher and historian
Asser , Bishop of Sherborne (died 908/909), Welsh historian
Regino of Prüm (died 915)
High Middle Ages
10th century
11th century
Thietmar of Merseburg (25 July 975 – 1 December 1018), German, Polish, and Russian affairs
Michael Psellus (1018 – c. 1078), Greek politician and historian
Marianus Scotus (1028–1082/1083), Irish chronicler
Michael Attaleiates (c. 1015 – c. 1080), Byzantine historian
Guibert of Nogent (1053–1124), Benedictine historian
Eadmer (c. 1066 – c. 1124), post-Conquest English history
Adam of Bremen (later 11th century), historian of Scandinavia, Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum
12th century
Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100 ), historian of the First Crusade
Alured of Beverley (fl. 1143), English chronicler
Ambroise (fl. 1190s), Anglo-Norman writer of verse narrative of the Third Crusade
Anna Komnene (Anna Comnena, 1083 – post-1148), Byzantine princess and historian
Bele Regis Notarius (late 12th century – early 13th century),Hungarian chronicler. Gesta Hungarorum .
Florence of Worcester (died 1118), English chronicler
Galbert of Bruges (12th century), Flemish chronicler
Gallus Anonymus (fl. 11th – 12th centuries), Polish historian
Geoffrey Gaimar (fl. 1130s), Anglo-Norman chronicler
Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100 – c. 1155), churchman/historian
Geoffroi de Villehardouin (c. 1160–1212)
Helmold of Bosau (ca. 1120 – post-1177), German chronicler
John of Worcester (fl. 1150s), English chronicler
Otto of Freising (c. 1114–1158), German chronicler
Pelagius of Oviedo (died 1153), Iberian bishop/historian
Saxo Grammaticus (12th century), Danish chronicler
Svend Aagesen (c. 1140/1150 – unknown date), Danish historian
Symeon of Durham (died post-1129), English chronicler
William of Malmesbury (1095–1143), English historian
William of Newburgh (1135–1198), English historian known as "the father of historical criticism"
William of Tyre (c. 1128–1186)
13th century
Late Middle Ages
Historians of the Italian Renaissance listed under "Renaissance"
Piers Langtoft (died c. 1307)
Jean de Joinville (1224–1319)
Giovanni Villani (1276–1348), Italian chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica
John of Küküllő (1320–1393)
John Clyn (fl. 1333–1349 ), Irish historian
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372), Irish historian
Adhamh Ó Cianáin (died 1373)
John of Fordun (died 1384), Scottish chronicler
Ruaidhri Ó Cianáin (died 1387), Irish historian
Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405), chronicler
Dietrich of Nieheim (c. 1345–1418), ecclesiastical history
Christine de Pizan (c. 1365 – c. 1430), historian, poet and philosopher
Álvar García de Santa María (1370–1460)
Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh (fl. 1390–1418)
John Capgrave (1393–1464)
Alfonso de Cartagena (1396–1456)
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c. 1400–1453), French chronicler
Georges Chastellain (c. 1405 or 1415–1475), Burgundian chronicler
Thomas Basin (1412–1491), French historian
Jan Długosz (1415–1480), Polish historian and chronicler
Mathieu d'Escouchy (1420–1482), French chronicler
Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502), Burgundian chronicler
Antonio Bonfini (1424–1502), Italian chronicler
Johannes de Thurocz (1435–1489), Hungarian chronicler
Jean Molinet (1435–1507), French chronicler
Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (1439–1498), compiler and annalist
Philippe de Commines (1447–1511)
Islamic world
Ibn Rustah (10th century), Persian historian and traveler
Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995–1077), Persian historian and author
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838–923), Persian historian
Al-Biruni (973–1048), Persian historian
Ibn Hayyan (987–1075), Al-Andalus historian
Ibn Hazm (994–1064), Al-Andalus historian
Al-Udri (born 1003), Al-Andalus historian
Mohammed al-Baydhaq (fl. 1150 ), Moroccan historian
Usamah ibn Munqidh (1095–1188)
Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233)
Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185), Moroccan historian
Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239), Moroccan historian
Ata al-Mulk Juvayni (1226–1283), Persian historian
Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (died 1298), Moroccan historian
Ibn Kathir (1300-1373), Arab Islamic Historian and Scholar, Mamluk Sultanate
Ibn Abi Zar (fl. 1315), Moroccan historian
Ibn Idhari (late 13th/early 14th c.), Moroccan historian
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1317), Persian historian
Abdullah Wassaf (1299–1323), Persian historian
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), North African historian "of the world"
Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406), Moroccan historian
East Asia
Fang Xuanling (房玄齡, 579–648, Chinese Tang dynasty ) compiled the Book of Jin .
Yao Silian (姚思廉, died 637, Chinese Tang dynasty ) compiled the Book of Liang and Book of Chen .
Wei Zheng (魏徵, 580–643), Chinese historian and lead editor of the Book of Sui
Liu Zhiji (劉知幾, 661–721), Chinese history, author of Shitong , the first Chinese work on Chinese historiography and methods
Ō no Yasumaro (太安万侶, died 723), Japanese chronicler and editor of Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
Liu Xu (劉昫,888–947), Chinese historian and lead editor of Old Book of Tang
Li Fang (李昉, 925–996), Chinese editor of Four Great Books of Song
Song Qi (宋祁, 998–1061), Chinese historian and co-author of New Book of Tang
Ouyang Xiu (歐陽脩, 1007–1072), Chinese historian and co-author of New Book of Tang
Sima Guang (司馬光, 1019–1086), Chinese historiographer and politician
Kim Bu-sik (김부식, 1075–1151), Korean historian, author of Samguk Sagi
Il-yeon (일연, 1206–1289), Korean historian, author of Samguk Yusa
Lê Văn Hưu (黎文休, 1230–1322), Vietnamese history
Toqto'a (脫脫, 1314–1356) (Chinese Yuan dynasty ), Mongol historian who compiled History of Song
Song Lian (宋濂, 1310–1381) (Chinese Ming dynasty ), wrote History of Yuan
Zhu Quan (朱權, 1378–1448), Chinese history
India
Renaissance to early modern
Renaissance Europe
Western historians during the Italian Renaissance or Northern Renaissance ; those born post-1600 listed under "early modern" Leonardo Bruni (1370–1444), humanist historian
Flavio Biondo (1392–1463), humanist historian
Philippe de Commines (1447–1511), French historian
Robert Fabyan (died 1513), London alderman and chronicler
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), author of Florentine Histories
Hector Boece (1465–1536), Scottish philosopher and historian, author of Historia Gentis Scotorum
Albert Krantz (1450–1517), German historian
Polydore Vergil (c. 1470–1555), Tudor history
Stephanus Brodericus (1480–1539), Croatian Hungarian bishop. Stephani Broderici narratio de praelio quo ad Mohatzium anno 1526 Ludovicus Hungariae rex periit(De conflictu Hungarorum cum Turcis ad Mohacz verissima historia)
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), historian of the Italian Wars , "Storia d'Italia"
Paolo Giovio (1486–1552), historian of the Italian Wars and the Renaissance Papacy , Historiae
Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623), historian of the Council of Trent
Olaus Magnus (c. 1490–1570), Swedish ecclesiastic
Kaspar Helth (1490–1574), Transylvanian Saxon historian and Protestant preacher.[2]
Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568), Hungarian/Wallachian chronicler.[3] H
João de Barros (1496–1570), Portuguese historian
Aegidius Tschudi (1505–1572), Swiss historian
Oliver Mathews (c. 1520–c. 1618), Welsh chronicler
Josias Simmler (1530–1576), Swiss classicist
Ferenc Forgách, Bishop of Várad (1530–1577), Hungarian historian
Arild Huitfeldt (1546–1609), Denmark
Raphael Holinshed (died c. 1580), chronicler, source for Shakespeare plays
Caesar Baronius (1538–1607), ecclesiastical historian
Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566), Muscovite affairs
Miklós Istvánffy (1538–1615) Hungarian historian[4]
Paolo Paruta (1540–1598), Venetian historian
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), Spanish historian of Inca history
Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin (fl. 1579–1590 ). Irish historian
Early modern period
Western historians of the Early modern and Enlightenment period, c. 1600–1815
John Hayward (1564–1627)
James Ussher (1581–1656), chronology of the history of the world
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), Dutch Republic
William Bradford (1590–1657), Mayflower/Plymouth Colony of America
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (c. 1590–1643), Irish historian
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661), English historian and churchman
Tadhg Óg Ó Cianáin (died c. 1614), Irish historian
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh (Peregrine O'Clery) (died c. 1662/1664), Irish historian
Sir James Ware (1594–1666), Anglo-Irish historian and antiquarian
Arthur Wilson (1595–1652), 16th-century Britain
Placido Puccinelli (1609–1685), Italian historian
Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610–1688), Medieval and Byzantine historian and philologist
Mary Bonaventure Browne (c. 1610 – c. 1670), Poor Clare and Irish historian
Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannain (fl. 1627–1636 ), Irish historian
Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (1629–1716/1718), Irish historian
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (1637–1698), ecclesiastical historian
Christoph Cellarius (1638–1707), German universal historian
John Strype (1643–1737), English historian
Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713), English historian and antiquary
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh (fl. 1643–1671), Irish historian, annalist, genealogist
Geoffrey Keating /Seathrún Céitinn (died 1643), Irish historian
Đorđe Branković (1645–1711), Serbian history
Josiah Burchett (1666–1746), British naval historian and CEmiralty official
Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730), England
Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), Italy
Manuel Teles da Silva, 3rd Marquis of Alegrete (1682–1736), Portuguese historian
Matthias Bel (1684–1749), Lutheran pastor and polymath from Kingdom of Hungary [5]
Moses Williams (1685–1742), Welsh scholar and antiquarian
Archibald Bower (1686–1766), historian of Rome
Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750), first historian of modern Russia
Giambattista Vico (1688–1744), Italian historian, first modern philosopher of history
Voltaire (1694–1778), writer on Europe and France
Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim (1694–1755), Lutheran historian
Charlotta Frölich (1698–1770), Swedish historian
Francis Blomefield (1705–1752), historian of Norfolk, England
David Hume (1711–1776), History of England
Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780), colonial Massachusetts
Francisco Jose Freire (1719–1773), Portuguese historian and philologist
William Robertson (1721–1793), Scottish historian
György Pray (1723–1801), Hungarian abbot and historian
Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), Austrian Serb historian
Johann Christoph Gatterer (1727–1799), German historian
Edward Hasted (1732–1812), English antiquarian and Kent historian
Mikhail Shcherbatov (1733–1790), Russian historian
August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735–1809), German historian
John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774), English naval historian and geographer
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), Roman Empire and Byzantium
Alexander Hewat (or Hewatt) (1739–1824), colonial Carolina and Georgia
Benjamin Incledon (1730–1796), English antiquary and school historian
Philip Yorke (1743–1804), Welsh historian and politician
Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), philosophy of the history of mankind
Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745–1813), Spanish historian
David Ramsay (1749–1815), American Revolution; South Carolina
Johannes von Müller (1752–1809), Switzerland
Pauline de Lézardière (1754–1835), French law historian
Anton Tomaz Linhart (1756–1795), known for Slovenian history
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German historian
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766–1826), Russian historian, Russian Empire
György Fejér (1766–1851) Hungarian author[6]
Francesco Maria Appendini (1768–1837), Italian historian, Republic of Ragusa
Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), German historian
Middle East and Islamic Empires
Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540–1615), Indo-Persian historian
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1553–1616), Moroccan historian
Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali (1549–1621), Moroccan historian
Bahrey (born 1593), Ethiopian monk and historian; wrote Zenahu le Galla (History of the Galla, now the Oromo )
Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685), Moroccan historian
Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Moroccan historian
Mohammed al-Qadiri (1712–1773), Moroccan historian
Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734–1833), Moroccan historian and poet
Sulayman al-Hawwat (1747–1816), Moroccan historian
Mohammed al-Duayf (born 1752), Moroccan historian
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794–1847), history of Azerbaijan and the Middle East
George Grote (1794–1871), classical Greece
Teimuraz Bagrationi (1782–1846), history of Georgia and the Caucasus
Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877), Moroccan historian
Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf (1804–1874), Tunisian historian
East Asia
Qian Qianyi (銭謙益, 1582–1664, late Chinese Ming dynasty )
Zhang Tingyu (張廷玉, 1672–1755, Chinese Qing dynasty ) compiled the History of Ming .
Qian Daxin (錢大昕, 1728–1804, Chinese Qing dynasty )
Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (章學誠, 1738–1801), Chinese historian, local histories and essays on historiography
Yu Deuk-gong (유득공, 1749–1807), Korean historian