List of historians of the 20th and 21st centuries

The list of historians of the 20th and 21st centuries lists in alphabetical order those persons who have achieved special achievements and / or have become very well known in the general field of research, presentation and interpretation of history , including archeology , prehistory and early history and auxiliary historical sciences are.

Persons born after 1869 are included. Historians with dates of birth between 1669 and 1870 can be found in the list of historians of the 18th and 19th centuries . A person who lived and worked in both the 19th and 20th centuries (research and teaching, publications) can be included in both lists.

This list represents a selection and does not claim to be complete. Many other historians have made significant contributions. A more comprehensive overview of historians can be found in the category: Historians .

A.

Nils Åberg (1888–1957), Swedish historian and archaeologist
David Abulafia (* 1949), British Medievalist
Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht (1906–1988), German-American medical historian
Yuri Afanassjew (1934–2015), Russian politician and historian (historiographic history, Russian history, historical theory)
Maurice Agulhon (1926–2014), French modern historian
Dieter Albrecht (1927–1999), German historian
Andreas Alföldi (1895–1981), Hungarian ancient historian, epigraphist, numismatist and archaeologist
Géza Alföldy (1935–2011), Hungarian ancient historian
Urs Altermatt (* 1942), Swiss historian
Wolfgang Altgeld (* 1951), German historian (history of nationalism, history of Italy)
Franz Altheim (1898–1976), German ancient historian and classical philologist
Gerd Althoff (* 1943), German historian (history of the Middle Ages)
Wilhelm Altmann (1862–1951), German historian (historical auxiliary sciences)
Götz Aly (* 1947), German journalist, historian and social scientist
Willy Andreas (1884–1967), German modern historian
Charles McLean Andrews (1863–1943), American historian (US History)
Norbert Angermann (* 1936), German historian
Heinz Angermeier (1924-2007), German historian (History of the Holy Roman Empire)
Hans Hubert Anton (* 1936), German historian (history of the Middle Ages)
Heinrich Appelt (1910–1998), Austrian historian and diplomat
Herbert Aptheker (1915-2003), American historian (history of the African American)
Karl Otmar von Aretin (1923–2014), German historian
Philippe Ariès (1914–1984), French medievalist and cultural historian from the Annales School
Timothy Garton Ash (* 1955), British contemporary historian and writer
Hermann Aubin (1885–1969), German medievalist, economic and social historian
Alphonse Aulard (1849–1928), French historian and literary scholar (French Revolution)
Martin Aust (* 1971), German historian (Eastern European history)
Wolfgang Ayaß (* 1954), German social historian

B.

Jörg Baberowski (* 1961), German historian
Ludwig Bäte (1892–1977), German cultural historian
Friedrich Baethgen (1890–1972), German Medievalist (history of the papacy)
Ernst Baltrusch (* 1956), German ancient historian
Alessandro Barbero (* 1959), Italian medievalist
Pedro Barceló (* 1950), Spanish-German ancient historian
Arnulf Baring (1932–2019), German lawyer, journalist and contemporary historian
Jorge Basadre Grohmann (1903–1980), Peruvian historian, librarian and politician
Yehuda Bauer (* 1926), Israeli historian
Charles A. Beard (1874–1948), American political scientist and historian
Matthias Becher (* 1959), German medievalist
Carl Lotus Becker (1873–1945), American historian
Josef Becker (* 1931), German historian
Wolfgang Behringer (* 1956), German historian (history of the early modern era, cultural history, climate history)
Ralf Behrwald (* 1967), German ancient historian
James Belich (* 1956), New Zealand historian
Hans Bellée (1889–1960), German archivist and historian
Karl Julius Beloch (1854–1929), German ancient historian
Georg von Below (1858–1927), German constitutional and economic historian
Hermann Bengtson (1909–1989), German ancient historian
Wolfgang Benz (* 1941), German historian (research on anti-Semitism)
Helmut Berding (1930–2019), German modern historian
Dieter Berg (* 1944), German medieval historian
Manfred Berg (* 1959), German historian (North American history)
Volker Berghahn (* 1938), German historian
Ira Berlin (1941-2018), American historian (American history, history of slavery)
Ernst Bernheim (1850–1942), German historian (methodology, philosophy of history)
Helmut Berve (1896–1979), German ancient historian
Ludwig Beutin (1903–1958), German historian (economic history, history of Bremen and the Hanseatic League)
Friedrich von Bezold (1848–1928), German historian (history of the Renaissance and the Reformation period)
Wilhelm Bickel (1903–1977), Swiss social scientist and historian
Wilhelm von Bippen (1844–1923), German historian (history of Bremen)
Urs Bitterli (* 1935), Swiss historian
David Blackbourn (* 1949), British historian (German and European history)
Bruno Bleckmann (* 1962), German ancient historian
Jochen Bleicken (1926–2005), German ancient historian
Marc Bloch (1886–1944), French medievalist and co-founder of the Annales School
Albert Adu Boahen (1932–2006), Ghanaian historian and politician
Gisela Bock (* 1942), German historian
Frank Bösch (* 1969), German historian
Sture Bolin (1900–1963), Swedish historian
Edgar Bonjour (1898–1991), Swiss historian
Hartmut Boockmann (1934–1998), German historian
Arno Borst (1925–2007), German medievalist
Otto Borst (1924-2001), German historian (regional and urban history)
Egon Boshof (* 1937), German medievalist
Karl Dietrich Bracher (1922–2016), German historian and political scientist
Karl Brandi (1868–1946), German historian
Hartwig Brandt (1936–2017), German modern historian (constitutional history, history of ideas)
Hartwin Brandt (* 1959), German ancient historian
Ahasver von Brandt (1909–1977), German historian (historical auxiliary sciences)
Max Braubach (1899–1975), German historian
Fernand Braudel (1902–1985), French historian of the Annales School
Michael Brenner (* 1964), German historian (Jewish history and culture)
Lujo Brentano (1844–1931), German economist and social reformer (Younger Historical School of Economics)
Harry Bresslau (1848–1926), German historian and diplomat
Kurt Breysig (1866–1940), German historian and sociologist (universal history, cultural history)
Klaus Bringmann (* 1936), German ancient historian
Pierre Broué (1926–2005), French historian
Martin Broszat (1926–1989), German historian
Peter Brown (* 1935), Irish ancient historian
Christopher Browning (* 1944), American historian (German contemporary history)
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier (* 1951), German historian
Carlrichard Brühl (1925–1997), German Medievalist
Otto Brunner (1898–1982), Austrian historian
Norbert Brox (1935-2006), German Catholic theologian and church historian (patrology)
Carlrichard Brühl (1925–1997), German Medievalist
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838–1922), English historian, lawyer, politician and diplomat
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1902–1982), Brazilian historian
Gunilla Budde (* 1960), German historian (history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Alan Bullock (1914-2004), British historian
Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891–1974), Swiss diplomat, essayist and historian
Peter Burke (* 1937), British historian (cultural and social history, history of historiography)
Konrad Burdach (1859–1936), German historian and philologist
Wolfgang Burgdorf (* 1962), German historian (history of the early modern period)
John B. Bury (1861–1927), English ancient historian and philologist
Willy Buschak (* 1951), German historian (labor movement and trade union history)
Walter Bussmann (1914–1993), German modern historian
Heinrich Büttner (1908–1970), German medievalist and archivist
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), English historian (modern history, history of historiography)

C.

Jérôme Carcopino (1881–1970), French ancient historian (History of the Roman Republic)
Alex Carmel (1931–2002), Israeli historian of German origin (history of Palestine)
Francis L. Carsten (1911–1998), German-British historian (history of Prussia)
Américo Castro (1885–1972), Spanish cultural historian and linguist
Alfred Cauchie (1860–1922), Belgian medievalist
Federico Chabod (1901–1960), Italian historian
Alfred D. Chandler junior (1918–2007), American economic historian and economist (company history)
Edward Channing (1856–1931), American historian (US history)
Heinrich Chantraine (1929–2002), German ancient historian
Karl Christ (1923–2008), German ancient historian
Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British journalist, politician and author
Ettore Ciccotti (1863–1939), Italian historian
John Harold Clapham (1873-1946), British economic historian
Christopher Clark (* 1960), Australian historian (German history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Manfred Clauss (* 1945), German ancient historian
Gabriele Clemens (* 1953), German historian
Gabriele B. Clemens (* 1961), German historian
Justus Cobet (* 1939), German ancient historian
Willy Cohn (1888–1941), German historian and educator
Robin George Collingwood (1889–1943), British ancient historian and history theorist
Werner Conze (1910–1986), German historian (social history, political history, history of Eastern Europe)
Jaime Cortesão (1884–1960), Portuguese doctor, politician and historian
Daniel Cosío Villegas (1898–1976), Mexican historian, political scientist, economist and writer
Gordon A. Craig (1913–2005), American historian of British origin (German history)
Donald Grant Creighton (1902–1979), Canadian historian
Benedetto Croce (1866–1952), Italian philosopher, historian and politician

D.

Werner Dahlheim (* 1938), German ancient historian
Ute Daniel (* 1953), German historian (social, cultural and gender history of modern times)
Robert Darnton (* 1939), American historian (New Cultural History)
Natalie Zemon Davis (* 1928), American historian
Ludwig Dehio (1888–1963), German historian and archivist
Jürgen Deininger (1937–2017), German ancient historian
Hans Delbrück (1848–1929), German historian and politician (universal history, military history)
Alexander Demandt (* 1937), German ancient historian and cultural scientist
Johannes Dierauer (1842–1920), Swiss historian
Dan Diner (* 1946), German historian, orientalist and lawyer
Christof Dipper (* 1943), German historian (modern and recent history)
Anselm Doering-Manteuffel (* 1949), German contemporary historian
Franz Dölger (1891–1968), German historian (Byzantine studies)
Alfons Dopsch (1868–1953), Austrian medievalist and diplomat
Dieter Dowe (* 1943), German historian
Georges Duby (1919–1996), French Medieval Studies from the Annales School
Louis Duchesne (1843–1922), French priest, philologist and historian
Heinz Duchhardt (* 1943), German historian
Hermann W. von der Dunk (1928–2018), Dutch historian
Gerhard Dünnhaupt (* 1927), German Germanist, bibliographer and book historian
William Archibald Dunning (1857–1922), American historian and political scientist

E.

Henrik Eberle (* 1970), German contemporary historian
Werner Eck (* 1939), German ancient historian and epigraphist
Victor Ehrenberg (1891–1976), German ancient historian (history of ancient Greece)
Wolfgang Eichwede (* 1942), German historian and Slavist (history of Eastern Europe and German-Russian relations)
Bernt Engelmann (1921–1994), German journalist and writer
Odilo Engels (1928–2012), German medievalist
Edith Ennen (1907–1999), German historian and archivist (medieval history, national history)
Hermann Entholt (1870–1957), German historian and archivist
Franz-Reiner Erkens (* 1952), German medievalist
Kristian August Erslev (1852–1930), Danish historian (medieval studies, historical methodology, numismatics)
Richard J. Evans (* 1947), British historian (German history)
Pierre Even (* 1946), Luxembourg historian (History of the House of Nassau)
Eugen Ewig (1913–2006), German Medievalist (early medieval history, history of the Merovingian period)
Erich Eyck (1878–1964), German lawyer, historian and journalist (contemporary history)

F.

Karl-Georg Faber (1925–1982), German historian (modern and recent history, regional history, historical theory)
Andreas Fahrmeir (* 1969), German historian (modern and recent history)
Bernd Faulenbach (* 1943), German historian
Bernard Faÿ (1893–1978), French historian
Lucien Febvre (1878–1956), French historian
Erich Feigl (1931–2007), Austrian journalist, writer, historian and documentary filmmaker
Gerhard Feldbauer (* 1933), German historian and journalist (history of Italy and Indochina)
Gerald D. Feldman (1937–2007), American economic historian
Richard Feller (1877–1958), Swiss historian (history of Bern)
Fritz Fellner (1922–2012), Austrian historian
Niall Ferguson (* 1964), British contemporary historian
Joachim Fernau (1909–1988), German journalist, writer and painter
Joachim Fest (1926–2006), German contemporary historian and journalist
Heinrich Fichtenau (1912–2000), Austrian historian and diplomat
Moses I. Finley (1912–1986), American and British ancient historian
Fritz Fischer (1908–1999), German historian
Egon Flaig (* 1949), German ancient historian
Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher, sociologist and historian
John Hope Franklin (1915–2009), American historian
Norbert Frei (* 1955), German historian (modern and recent history)
Ulrike Freitag (* 1962), German historian and Islamic scholar (modern and recent history)
Ute Frevert (* 1954), German historian (modern and recent history as well as social and gender history)
Ewald Frie (* 1962), German historian (German history of the 18th to 20th centuries, history of Australia)
Johannes Fried (* 1942), German historian (medieval history)
Jörg Friedrich (* 1944), German historian (German history of the 20th century)
Hans Jürgen Friederici (1922-2004), German Marxist historian (history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Egon Friedell (1878–1938), cultural historian and philosopher
Saul Friedländer (* 1932), Israeli historian
Karin Friedrich (* 1963), German historian
Eduard Fueter (1876–1928), Swiss historian (history of Switzerland, Western Europe and the USA, history of historiography)
Eduard Fueter (1908–1970), Swiss historian, son of the latter
Horst Fuhrmann (1926–2011), German historian (Middle and modern history)
François Furet (1927–1997), French historian

G

Lothar Gall (* 1936), German historian (political history, social history)
Frieda Gallati (1876–1955), Swiss historian
Daniele Ganser (* 1972), Swiss historian and publicist
François Louis Ganshof (1895–1980), Belgian lawyer and historian (Medieval studies)
Claus Gatterer (1924–1984), Italian-Austrian historian
Andreas Gautschi (* 1956), Swiss forest and hunting historian
Miriam Gebhardt (* 1962), German social historian
Albrecht Geck (* 1962), German church historian
Hans-Joachim Gehrke (* 1945), German ancient historian
Imanuel Geiss (1931–2012), German historian
Robert Gellately (born 1943), Canadian historian (History of the Holocaust)
Matthias Gelzer (1886–1974), Swiss ancient historian (Roman history)
Heinrich Gemkow (1928–2017), German historian
Gudrun Gersmann (* 1960), German historian (history of the early modern period)
Otto von Gierke (1841-1921), German lawyer, legal historian and social politician (historical school of law)
Carlo Ginzburg (* 1939), Italian historian and cultural scientist
Knut Görich (* 1959), German Medievalist (history of the early and high Middle Ages)
Hans-Werner Goetz (* 1947), German medievalist
Walter Goetz (1867–1958), German historian
Walter A. Goffart (* 1934), American historian (history of late antiquity, early medieval history)
Manfred Görtemaker (* 1951), German historian (modern and recent history, contemporary history)
Frank Golczewski (* 1948), German-Polish historian (European and Eastern European history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Christoph Goldt (* 1966), German historian, political scientist and journalist (political history, church history)
Delia González de Reufels (* 1968), German historian (history of Latin America)
Eberhard Gothein (1853–1923), German economist, cultural and economic historian
Ulrich Gotter (* 1964), German ancient historian
Walter Grab (1919-2000), German historian (modern and recent history)
Martin Grabmann (1875–1949), German theologian, philosopher and historian (medieval studies)
Volker Grabowsky (* 1959), German historian (History of Southeast Asia)
Bernhard Graf (* 1962), German historian, art historian and Germanist
Klaus Graf (* 1958), German medievalist and archivist
Hermann Graml (1928–2019), German historian and publicist
Robert Gramsch (* 1968), German medievalist
Michael Grant (1914–2004), English ancient historian and classical philologist
Wilhelm Grau (1910–2000), German National Socialist historian (“Jewish question”) and publisher
František Graus (1921–1989), Czechoslovak historian (Medieval studies, history of marginalized groups)
Helga Grebing (1930–2017), German historian (political history, social history, history of the labor movement)
Ulrich Gregor (* 1932), German film historian
Carl Grimberg (1875–1941), Swedish historian
Atina Grossmann (* 1950), American historian (German and European history, gender studies)
Hermann Grotefend (1845–1931), German archivist and historian
Ewald Grothe (* 1961), German historian (constitutional history, historiography history)
Lothar Gruchmann (1929–2015), German historian and political scientist
Michael Grüttner (* 1953), German historian (History of National Socialism)
Richard Grunberger (1924-2005), British historian
Herbert Grundmann (1902–1970), German historian (history of the Middle Ages)
Fritz Gschnitzer (1929–2008), Austrian ancient historian
Gustav Gugitz (1874–1964), Austrian homeland researcher, folklorist and cultural historian
Ranajit Guha (* 1923), Indian historian
Aaron Jakowlewitsch Gurewitsch (1924-2006), Russian Medievalist
Aubrey Gwynn (1892-1983), Irish historian

H

Hellmut G. Haasis (* 1942), German historian, writer and publisher (history of the freedom movements, the labor movement and the social movements)
Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915–2002), British economic historian
Raban von Haehling (* 1943), German ancient historian
Sebastian Haffner (1907–1999), German journalist and publicist
Manfred Hagen (* 1934), German historian (Russian history)
Werner Hahlweg (1912–1989), German military historian and military scientist
Peter-Michael Hahn (* 1951), German historian (Prussian history)
Johannes Haller (1865–1947), German historian
George WF Hallgarten (1901–1975), German-American historian
Rolf Hammel-Kiesow (* 1949), German historian
Karl Hampe (1869–1936), German historian (Medieval studies)
Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930), German theologian, church historian and science organizer
Ludo Moritz Hartmann (1865–1924), Austrian historian and politician
Fritz Hartung (1883–1967), German historian (constitutional history)
Karl Hasel (1909–2001), German forest historian
Justus Hashagen (1877–1961), German cultural historian
Christine Hatzky (* 1965), German historian (history of Latin America and the Caribbean)
Karl Hauck (1916–2007), German historian (Medieval studies)
Bernd Haunfelder (* 1951), German historian (modern and recent history) and publicist
Heinz-Gerhard Haupt (* 1943), German historian
Karin Hausen (* 1938), German historian (economic and social history)
Hans Hausrath (1866-1945), German forest scientist and historian (history of the forest)
Alfred Haverkamp (* 1937), German historian (Medieval studies, history of the Jews)
Georg Heer (1860–1945), German lawyer and historian (student history)
Hannes Heer (* 1941), German historian
Helmut Heiber (1924–2003), German historian
Ludger Heid (* 1945), German modern historian
Ingo Heidbrink (* 1968), German historian (maritime history, history of technology)
Hermann Heimpel (1901–1988), German historian
Walter Heinemeyer (1912-2001), German historian (historical auxiliary sciences, regional history)
Karl Heldmann (1869–1943), German historian
Ulrich Herbert (* 1951), German historian (modern and recent history)
Peter Herde (* 1933), German historian (medieval history, historical auxiliary sciences, regional history)
Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller (* 1950), German historian (Medieval studies)
Hans Herzfeld (1892–1982), German historian (political history, contemporary history)
Arno Herzig (* 1937), German historian (history of the early modern period)
Manfred Hettling (* 1956), German historian (social and cultural history of modern times)
Alfred Heuss (1909–1995), German ancient historian
Günther Heydemann (* 1950), German historian (research on totalitarianism)
Franz-Josef Heyen (1928–2012), German historian and archivist
Raul Hilberg (1926–2007), American historian (Holocaust research)
Klaus Hildebrand (* 1941), German historian (modern and recent history)
Richard Hill (1901-1996), British historian (history of modern Sudan)
Andreas Hillgruber (1925–1989), German historian (modern and recent history, contemporary history)
Carl Hinrichs (1900–1962), German archivist and historian (Prussian history)
Hedwig Hintze (1884–1942), German historian (modern and recent history, history of the French Revolution)
Otto Hintze (1861-1940), German historian (constitutional, administrative and economic history)
Eric J. Hobsbawm (1917–2012), English historian and social scientist
Otto Hoetzsch (1876–1946), German historian and politician
Walther Hofer (1920–2013), Swiss historian (history of National Socialism) and politician
Johannes Hohlfeld (1888–1950), German genealogist and historian
Karl Holl (1866–1926), German theologian and church historian (history of Luther)
Karl Holl (1931-2017), German historian (historical peace research, history of liberalism)
Andreas Holzem (* 1961), German theologian and historian (Middle and modern church history)
Götz von Houwald (1913–2001), German diplomat, ethnologist and historian
Walther Hubatsch (1915–1984), German historian (modern and recent history)
Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German poet, philosopher and historian
Rainer Hudemann (* 1948), German historian (European history, German-French history of modern times)
Hans-Christian Huf (* 1956), German historian and television journalist
Kathleen Winifred Hughes (1926–1977), English historian
Ann Hyland (* 1936), British historian

I.

Eberhard Isenmann (* 1944), German Medievalist (late medieval history)
Hans Ulrich Instinsky (1907–1973), German ancient historian
Ulrich Im Hof (1917–2001), Swiss historian
Johannes Irmscher (1920–2000), German ancient historian

J

Eberhard Jäckel (1929–2017), German historian (history of National Socialism)
Jigael Jadin (1917–1984), Israeli archaeologist, officer and politician (field archeology)
Hermann Jakobs (* 1930), German historian (medieval history, historical auxiliary sciences)
Harold James (* 1956), British historian (German history, European economic history)
John Franklin Jameson (1859–1937), American historian and librarian
Kay Peter Jankrift (* 1966), German medievalist
Wilhelm Janssen (* 1933), German historian and archivist (regional history, history of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period)
Ignaz Jastrow (1856–1937), German historian and social scientist
Jean Jaurès (1859–1914), French philosopher, historian and politician
Hubert Jedin (1900–1980), German church historian
Martin Jehne (* 1955), German ancient historian
Yeshayahu A. Jelinek (1933–2016), Israeli historian
Hugo Jentsch (1840–1916), German high school teacher, regional historian and researcher of prehistory
Manfred Jessen-Klingenberg (1933–2009), German historian
Paul Joachimsen (1867–1930), German historian (history of ideas, history didactics)
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones (1904–1970), English ancient historian
Loe de Jong (1914–2005), Dutch historian and journalist
Karl Jordan (1907–1984), German historian (Medieval studies)
Andrea Jördens (* 1958), German papyrologist (Roman social, economic, administrative and legal history)
Ulrike Jureit (* 1964), German historian (modern and recent history)
Leo Just (1901–1964), German historian

K

Werner Kaegi (1901–1979), Swiss historian
Hartmut Kaelble (* 1940), German historian (European history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Franz Kampers (1868–1929), German historian
Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963), German historian and medievalist
Stefan Karner (* 1952), Austrian historian
Brigitte Kasten (* 1955), German mediaevalist (constitutional history)
Hermann Kellenbenz (1913–1990), German economic historian
Hagen Keller (* 1937), German historian (medieval history)
George F. Kennan (1904–2005), American historian and diplomat
Friedrich Kempf (1908–2002), German church historian
James Francis Kenney (1884–1946), Canadian historian and Celtologist
Lothar Kettenacker (* 1939), German historian
Erich Kettenhofen (* 1946), German ancient historian
Ian Kershaw (* 1943), British historian (German contemporary history)
Dietmar Kienast (1925–2012), German ancient historian
Walther Kienast (1896–1985), German historian (medieval history, constitutional history)
Martin Kintzinger (* 1959), German medievalist
Johann Peter Kirsch (1861–1941), Luxembourg archaeologist, church historian and patrologist
Ernst Kirsten (1911–1987), German ancient historian
Peter Klein (* 1962), German historian
Richard Klein (1934-2006), German historian (history of late antiquity and early Christianity)
Sunhild Kleingärtner (* 1974), German historian (prehistory and early history, shipping history, archeology)
Christoph Kleßmann (* 1938), German contemporary historian
Eckart Kleßmann (* 1933), German historian and literary scholar
Arno Klönne (1931–2015), German sociologist and historian
Kurt Kluxen (1911–2003), German historian (British history)
Ulrich Knefelkamp (* 1951), German medievalist
Volkhard Knigge (* 1954), German historian (history of National Socialism) and history educator
David Knowles (1896–1974), English historian
Jürgen Kocka (* 1941), German historian (social and economic history)
Theo Kölzer (* 1949), German Medievalist (history of the Merovingian period, historical auxiliary sciences and archival studies)
Hans Peter Kohns (1931–2003), German ancient historian
Eberhard Kolb (* 1933), German historian (modern and recent history)
Frank Kolb (* 1945), German ancient historian
Wolfgang Köllmann (1925–1997), German social and economic historian
Franklin Kopitzsch (* 1947), German historian and politician
Ernst Kornemann (1868–1946), German ancient historian
Ludger Körntgen (* 1960), German medievalist
Reinhart Koselleck (1923–2006), German historian (historical theory, modern and recent history)
Manfred Kossok (1930–1993), German historian
Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (* 1967), German historian (GDR history)
Gerhard Krebs (* 1943), German historian
Georg Kreis (* 1943), Swiss historian
Klaus Kreiser (* 1945), German orientalist and Turkologist
Walter Kremser (1909–2000), German forest official and forest scientist
Bernhard R. Kroener (* 1948), German military historian
Frank-Lothar Kroll (* 1959), German historian (European history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Thomas Kroll (* 1965), German historian (Western European history)
Hans-Joachim Krusch (1935-2004), German historian (history of the German labor movement)
Ludolf Kuchenbuch (* 1939), German medieval historian and musician
Jürgen Kuczynski (1904–1997), German economic and everyday historian
Johannes Kunisch (1937–2015), German historian
Rolf-Ulrich Kunze (* 1968), German historian
Bruno Kuske (1876–1964), German economic historian

L.

Ernest Labrousse (1895–1988), French historian of the Annales School
Peter Landau (1935–2019), German canonist (medieval history of canon law, history of legal and state philosophy)
Pierre Lanfranchi (* 1959), French historian (sports history)
Hermann Langbein (1912–1995) was an Austrian communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and a historian
Dieter Langewiesche (* 1943), German historian (modern and recent history)
Walter Laqueur (1921–2018), American historian and publicist
Johannes Laudage (1959–2008), German medievalist
Jacques Le Goff (1924–2014), French historian from the Annales School
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (* 1929), French historian from the Annales School
Max Lehmann (1845–1929), German historian
Hartmut Lehmann (* 1936), German historian
Rudolf Lehmann (1891–1984), German historian and archivist
Wolfgang Leonhard (1921–2014), German historian and publicist
Hartmut Leppin (* 1963), German historian
Johannes Lepsius (1858–1926), German orientalist
Wilhelm Levison (1876–1947), German medievalist
Loretana de Libero (* 1965), German historian
Ralph-Johannes Lilie (* 1947), German Byzantinist
Rudolf Lill (1934–2020), German historian (history of Germany and Italy, history of the papacy and the relationship between church and state)
Gabriele Lingelbach (* 1966), German historian (global history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Woldemar Lippert (1861–1937), German archivist and historian
Adolf Lippold (1926–2005), German ancient historian
Peter Longerich (* 1955), German modern historian
Wilfried Loth (* 1948), German modern historian
Arthur O. Lovejoy (1873–1962), American historian
Alf Lüdtke (1943–2019), German historian (historical anthropology)
Arno Lustiger (1924–2012), German historian
Herbert Lüthy (1918–2002), Swiss historian
Heinrich Lutz (1922–1986), German historian (history of modern times)
Gino Luzzatto (1878–1964), Italian economic historian

M.

Frank McDonough (* 1957), British historian
Lothar Machtan (* 1949), German historian
Claudia Märtl (* 1954), German mediaevalist
Robert Mandrou (1921–1984), French historian from the Annales School
Thomas Maissen (* 1962), Swiss historian (history of the early modern period)
Max Manitius (1858–1933), German philologist and historian
Golo Mann (1909–1994), German historian and publicist
Kurt Mantel (1905–1982), German forest scientist
Walter Markov (1909–1993), German historian
Christoph Marx (* 1957), German historian (non-European history)
Philip Mason (1906-1999), British historian (History of British India, History of Racism)
Timothy Mason (1940–1990), British historian
Markus Mattmüller (1928–2003), Swiss historian (agricultural history, history of religious socialism)
Gustav Mayer (1871–1948), German historian
Theodor Mayer (1883–1972), Austrian Medievalist
Mark Mazower (* 1958), British historian (History of Southeast Europe, History of National Socialism)
James M. McPherson (* 1936), American historian
Franz Mehring (1846–1919), German journalist, historian and publicist
Christian Meier (* 1929), German ancient historian
Mischa Meier (* 1971), German historian
Friedrich Meinecke (1862–1954), German historian
Evaldo Cabral de Mello (* 1936), Brazilian historian, diplomat (Portuguese colonial history of Brazil, history of Dutch Brazil)
Gert Melville (* 1944), German medievalist
Gerhard Menk (1946–2019), German science historian and archivist
Andreas Meyer (1955–2017), Swiss historian (Medievalist, historical auxiliary sciences)
Eduard Meyer (1855–1930), German historian
Werner Meyer (* 1937), Swiss historian (medievalist and medieval archaeologist)
Albrecht Milnik (* 1931), German forest historian
Heinrich Mitteis (1889–1952), German legal historian
Joachim Molthagen (* 1941), German ancient historian
Arnaldo Momigliano (1908–1987), Italian ancient historian
Hans Mommsen (1930–2015), German historian (contemporary history)
Wilhelm Mommsen (1892–1966), German historian (modern and recent history)
Wolfgang J. Mommsen (1930-2004), German historian
Josef Mooser (* 1946), German modern historian (history of rural societies, workers' history)
Benny Morris (* 1948), British historian
Rudolf Morsey (* 1927), German historian (modern and recent history)
George L. Mosse (1918–1999), German-American historian (European history, German history)
Daniela Müller (* 1957), German theologian and church historian
Eckhard Müller-Mertens (1923–2015), German historian
Paul Münch (* 1941), German historian
Daniela Münkel (* 1962), German historian
Friedrich Münzer (1868–1942), German classical philologist and ancient historian
Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), American scientist (history of technology, city history)
Gisela Muschiol (* 1959), German theologian (Middle and modern church history and theological gender research)

N

Hans Nabholz (1874–1961), Swiss historian and archivist
Werner Näf (1894–1959), Swiss historian
Anne Christine Nagel (* 1962), German historian (modern and recent history, history of historiography)
Eberhard Naujoks (1915–1996), German historian (modern and recent history)
Sönke Neitzel (* 1968), German historian (military history)
Helmut Neuhaus (* 1944), German historian (modern and recent history, constitutional, administrative and legal history)
Wilhelm H. Neuser (1926-2010), German church historian (Calvin research, Prussian and Westphalian church history)
Lutz Niethammer (* 1939), German historian (contemporary history)
Wilfried Nippel (* 1950), German ancient historian
Thomas Nipperdey (1927–1992), German historian (modern and recent history)
David F. Noble (1945-2010), American Historian (History of Technology and Labor)
Cordula Nolte (* 1958), German medievalist
Ernst Nolte (1923–2016), German historian and philosopher
Paul Nolte (* 1963), German historian and publicist
Michael North (* 1954), German historian (Middle and modern history)

O

Gerhard Oestreich (1910–1978), German historian (history of the early modern period)
Jürgen Osterhammel (* 1952), German historian (global history)
Emil von Ottenthal (1855–1931), Austrian historian and diplomat

P

Werner Paravicini (* 1942), German medievalist
Ludwig von Pastor (1854–1928), Austrian diplomat (history of the papacy)
Kurt Pätzold (1930–2016), German historian
Ilan Pappe (* 1954), Israeli historian and political scientist
Steffen Patzold (* 1972), German historian of medieval history (Medievalist)
Gerhard Paul (* 1951), German historian and history educator
Michel Pauly (* 1952), Luxembourg Medievalist (history of the hospice system and Luxembourg regional history)
Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006), American theology and spiritual historian
Franz Petri (1903–1993), German regional historian (history of the Rhineland, Westphalia and the Netherlands)
Detlev Peukert (1950–1990), German historian (modern and recent history)
Franciszek Piper (* 1941), Polish historian (history of the Shoa)
Henri Pirenne (1862–1935), Belgian medieval historian
Josef Pfitzner (1901–1945), German-Czech historian and National Socialist
Gertrud Pickhan (* 1956), German historian (Eastern European history)
Janusz Piekałkiewicz (1925–1988), Polish contemporary historian and filmmaker
Werner Plumpe (* 1954), German historian (economic, social, corporate and industrial history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Manfred Pohl (* 1944), German historian and economist
Reiner Pommerin (* 1943), German historian (modern and recent history)
Walter Pongratz (1912–1990), Austrian regional historian
Munro Price (* 1963), British modern historian
Friedrich Prinz (1928–2003), German medievalist
Ralf Pröve (* 1960), German historian (modern and recent history)
Siegfried Prokop (* 1940), German contemporary historian
Wolfram Pyta (* 1960), German historian (modern and recent history)

Q

Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941), German medievalist, politician and pacifist
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977), American historian

R.

Werner Rahn (* 1939), German military historian
Daniela Rando (* 1959), Italian mediaevalist
Oswald Redlich (1858–1944), Austrian historian and archivist
Elfriede Rehbein (1929-2004), German economist (transport history)
Helmut Reinalter (* 1943), Austrian historian (history of the Enlightenment and Vormärz)
Wolfgang Reinhard (* 1937), German historian (modern and non-European history)
Wilfried Reininghaus (* 1950), German historian and archivist (Westphalian regional history)
Brigitte Reinwald (* 1958), German historian (history of Africa)
Timothy Reuter (1947–2002), German-British medievalist
Frank Rexroth (* 1960), German historian (Middle and Modern History)
Andrea Riccardi (* 1950), Italian historian (Christian and religious history) and founder of the Sant'Egidio community
Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967), German historian
Gerhard A. Ritter (1929–2015), German historian (modern and recent history)
Moriz Ritter (1840–1923), German historian
Andreas Rödder (* 1967), German historian (recent history)
Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese historian (history of Africa)
Bernd Roeck (* 1953), German historian (history of the early modern period)
Klaus Rosen (* 1937), German ancient historian
Arthur Rosenberg (1889–1943), German historian and politician
Hans Rosenberg (1904–1988), German historian
Werner Rösener (* 1944), German historian (Medieval and Modern History)
Michael Rostovtzeff (1870–1952), Russian ancient historian
Karl Heinz Roth (* 1942), German historian and social scientist
Hans Rothfels (1891–1976), German historian
Heinrich Rubner (1925–2017), German forest historian
Helmut Rumpler (1935–2018), Austrian historian
Reinhard Rürup (1934–2018), German historian
Jörn Rüsen (* 1938), German historian and cultural scientist

S.

Martin Sabrow (* 1954), German historian (recent history and contemporary history), political scientist and Germanist
Jean Rudolf von Salis (1901–1996), Swiss historian and publicist
Richard Salomon (1884–1966), German historian and diplomat
Shlomo Sand (* 1946), Austrian historian
Leo Santifaller (1890–1974), Austrian historian and diplomat
Philipp Sarasin (* 1956), Swiss historian (modern and recent history)
George Sarton (1884–1956), Belgian-American historian of science
Christoph Schäfer (* 1961), German ancient historian
Dietrich Schäfer (1845–1929), German historian
Hans Schaefer (1906–1961), German ancient historian
Susanne Schattenberg (* 1969), German historian (contemporary history and culture of Eastern Europe)
Franz Schausberger (* 1950), Austrian historian
Heinrich Scheel (1915–1996), German historian (German history)
Wolfgang Scheffler (1929–2008), German historian
Theodor Schieder (1908–1984), German historian
Wolfgang Schieder (* 1935), German historian
Rudolf Schieffer (1947–2018), German historian (medieval and modern history)
Theodor Schieffer (1910-1992), German historian (Medieval and Modern History)
Axel Schildt (1951–2019), German modern historian
Heinz Schilling (* 1942), German historian (European history of the early modern period)
Uwe Schirmer (* 1962), German historian and archivist (constitutional, social and economic history of Central Germany)
Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen (* 1960), German ancient historian (history of late antiquity and the Roman Empire)
Karl Schlögel (* 1948), German Eastern European historian
Jürgen Schlumbohm (* 1942), social, cultural, economic history (history of the 17th to 19th centuries)
Franz-Josef Schmale (1924–2015), German Medievalist
Alois Schmid (* 1945), German historian (Bavarian national history)
Wolfgang Schmid (* 1957), German historian (historical regional studies)
Eberhard Schmidt (1891–1977), German legal historian
Ludwig Schmidt (1862–1944), German historian (History of the Migration Period)
Rainer F. Schmidt (* 1955), German historian (history of the 19th and 20th centuries)
Siegfried Schmidt (1930–1986), German modern historian
Winfried Schmitz (* 1958), German ancient historian (social history and early Christian epigraphy)
Franz Schnabel (1887–1966), German historian
Helga Schnabel-Schüle (* 1954), German historian (modern and recent history)
Heinrich Schnee (1895–1968), German historian
Ute Schneider (* 1960), German historian
Kostjantyn Schtepa (1896-1958), Ukrainian historian
Maurice Sheehy (1928–1991), Irish classical philologist and church historian
AN Sherwin-White (1911–1993), British ancient historian
Harry Slapnicka (1918–2011), Austrian historian
Julius H. Schoeps (* 1942), German historian (German-Jewish history)
Gregor Schöllgen (* 1952), German historian and publicist
Jean Schoos (1924-2005), Luxembourg historian
Luise Schorn-Schütte (* 1949), German historian
Percy Ernst Schramm (1894–1970), German historian
Hermann Schreiber (1920–2014), Austrian writer and historian
Ernst Schubert (1941–2006), German historian
Kurt Schubert (1923-2007), Austrian orientalist (Jewish studies)
Thomas Schuler (* 1965), German historian
Wolfgang Schuller (1935–2020), German ancient historian
Gerhard Schulz (1924–2004), German historian
Hans Kurt Schulze (1932–2013), German medievalist
Winfried Schulze (* 1942), German historian
Georg Schwaiger (1925–2019), German historian (Church history of the Middle Ages)
Ekkehard Schwartz (1926–2005), German forest historian
Hans-Peter Schwarz (1934–2017), German contemporary historian and political scientist
Berent Schwineköper (1912–1993), German archivist and historian
Otto Seeck (1850–1921), German ancient historian
Hubertus Seibert (* 1954), German medievalist
Ferdinand Seibt (1927–2003), German historian and publicist
Volker Sellin (* 1939), German historian
Volker Seresse (* 1963), German historian
Wolfram Setz (* 1941), German medievalist
Avi Shlaim (* 1945), British-Israeli historian
Ulrich Sieg (* 1960), German historian (history of ideas)
Wolfram Siemann (* 1946), German historian
Gabriela Signori (* 1960), Swiss mediaevalist
Michael Sikora (* 1961), German historian
Brendan Simms (* 1967), Irish historian
Bernhard Hendrik Slicher van Bath (1910-2004), Dutch social historian
Albert Soboul (1914–1982), French historian
Max Spindler (1894–1986), German historian
Hasso Spode (* 1951), German historian, sociologist and archivist
Heinrich von Srbik (1878–1951), Austrian historian
Franz Staab (1942–2004), German historian
Rudolf Stadelmann (1902–1949), German historian
Andreas Staehelin (1926–2002), Swiss historian and archivist
Felix Staehelin (1873–1952), Swiss ancient historian
Michael Stahl (* 1948), German ancient historian
Geoffrey de Ste Croix (1910-2000), British historian
Christoph Steding (1903–1938), German historian
Franz Steinbach (1895–1964), German historian
Peter Steinbach (* 1948), German historian
Hubert Steiner (* 1957), Austrian historian and archivist
Selma Stern (1890–1981), German historian
Fritz Stern (1926–2016), German-American historian
Eva-Maria Stolberg (* 1964), German historian (history of the 19th and 20th centuries, transnational history, global history)
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (* 1955), German historian (history of the early modern period, cultural history, political and constitutional history)
Otto Stolz (1881–1957), Austrian historian and folklorist
Raphael Straus (1887–1947), German-American historian
Christoph Strohm (* 1958), German historian (Reformation history and modern church history)
Michael Stürmer (* 1938), German historian
Wolfgang Stürner (* 1940), German historian
Ronald Syme (1903-1989), British historian

T

Jakob Tanner (* 1950), Swiss historian
Eugen Tatarinoff (1868–1938), Swiss historian
Kurt P. Tauber (* 1922), American contemporary historian
Kai Uwe Tapken (* 1965), German military historian
Richard Henry Tawnwy (1880–1962), British economic historian
Eva GR Taylor (1879–1966), British historian of science and geographer
Frederick Taylor (born 1947), British historian (recent history)
Émile Témime (1926–2008), French migration historian
Klaus Tenfelde (1944–2011), German social historian
Ludger Tewes (* 1955), Romance scholar and historian for modern and contemporary history
Rudolf von Thadden (1932-2015), German historian (Middle and Modern History)
Romila Thapar (* 1931), Indian historian
Philipp Ther (* 1967), German contemporary historian (history of Central and Eastern Europe)
Edward P. Thompson (1924-1993), British historian (history of the labor movement)
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), British universal historian
Wilhelm Treue (1909–1992), German economic historian
Norbert Trippen (1936–2017), German church historian
Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), German theologian and politician (School of Religious History)
Ugo Tucci (1917–2013), Italian economic historian
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989), American historian
Ralph Tuchtenhagen (* 1961), German modern historian (history of Northern and Eastern Europe)
Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historian

U

Rolf Übel (* 1956), German historian and castle researcher
Volker Ullrich (* 1943), German historian and publicist

V

Veit Valentin (1885–1947), German historian
Hans-Heinrich Vangerow (1924–2019), German forest historian
Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914–2007), French religious and cultural historian
Paul Veyne (* 1930), French ancient historian
Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930–2006), French historical and social historian
Karl Vocelka (* 1947), Austrian historian (history of the early modern period)
Joseph Vogt (1895–1986), German ancient historian
Thomas Vogtherr (* 1955), German historian and archivist
Johannes H. Voigt (1929–2020), German historian
Michel Vovelle (1933–2018), French historian from the Annales School

W.

Alois Wachtel (1910–1968), German historian
Patrick Wagner (* 1961), German historian
Alfred Wahl (* 1938), French historian (contemporary history, sports history)
Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019), American social scientist and social historian
Rolf Walter (* 1953), German historian (economic and social history)
Uwe Walter (* 1962), German ancient historian
Gerrit Walther (* 1959), German historian (history of the early modern era, history of science)
Günther Wartenberg (1943–2007), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and historian (Reformation, church history)
Max Weber (1864–1920), German lawyer, economist and sociologist (social and cultural history)
Bernd Wegner (historian) (* 1949), German historian (modern history)
Hans-Ulrich Wehler (1931–2014), German social historian
Stefan Weinfurter (1945–2018), German historian (medieval history)
Lorenz Weinrich (* 1929), German historian (medieval history)
Erika Weinzierl (1925–2014), Austrian historian (contemporary history)
Eberhard Weis (1925–2013), German historian (history of the early modern period)
Bernd Weisbrod (* 1946), German historian (Middle and modern history, generation history)
Hermann Weiß (1932–2015), German historian
Manfred Weißbecker (* 1935), German historian
Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (1901–1979), German writer and ancient historian
Karl-Wilhelm Welwei (1930–2013), German ancient historian
Paul Wentzcke (1879–1960), German historian
Matthias Werner (* 1942), German historian (medieval history)
Hayden White (1928–2018), American historian and literary scholar
Chris Wickham (* 1950), English medievalist
Josef Wiesehöfer (* 1951), German ancient historian (History of Persia)
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848–1931), German ancient historian and classical philologist
Michael Wildt (* 1954), German historian (history of the 20th century)
Friedhelm Winkelmann (* 1929), German theologian, church historian and Byzantinist
Heinrich August Winkler (* 1938), German modern historian
Aloys Winterling (* 1956), German ancient historian
Wolfgang Wippermann (* 1945), German historian (modern and recent history)
Andreas Wirsching (* 1959), German historian (modern and recent history of Western Europe)
Armin Wolf (* 1935), German medieval historian
Josef Wolf (* 1952), German historian (History of Southeast Europe)
Michael Wolffsohn (* 1947), German historian and political scientist (modern history)
Herwig Wolfram (* 1934), Austrian medieval historian
Edgar Wolfrum (* 1960), German contemporary historian
Eike Wolgast (* 1936), German modern historian
Günter Wollstein (* 1939), German historian
Reinhard Wolters (* 1958), German ancient historian
Ian N. Wood (* 1950), English medievalist

Z

Egmont Zechlin (1896–1992), German historian
Joachim Zeune (* 1952), German medieval archaeologist, historian and castle researcher
Gerd Zimmermann (1924–2013), German medievalist and regional historian
Michael Zimmermann (1951–2007), German historian (workers' and everyday history as well as the history of the persecution of the Sinti and Roma)
Howard Zinn (1922–2010), American historian and political scientist
Vasil Zlatarski (1866–1935), Bulgarian historian
Wolfgang Zorn (1922–2004), German economic historian
Michael Zeuske (* 1952), German historian (history of Latin America and the Caribbean)