Historians study the past to create clarity about our present world through their interpretation and preservation of historical events. These scholars provide essential understanding by linking historical legacies to leadership through their work on social history and historical context and cultural memory and public memory. Through their work on historical preservation and American military history and their research on famous Black historians and female historians they determine how we remember and learn from the past.
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Top 10 Historians
Brad Meltzer Bestselling Thriller Novelist and History Channel Host
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of... Read More
Victor Davis Hanson Military Historian and Conservative Political Commentator
Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished professor, writer, an... Read More
Ken Burns Historian and Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of u... Read More
Michael Beschloss Presidential Historian
Michael Beschloss is an American historian specializing in t... Read More
Yuval Noah Harari Israeli Historian, Professor and Bestselling Author
The bestselling authors of Sapiens: A Brief History of Human... Read More
Jon Meacham World-Renowned Keynote Speaker, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Autho...
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer prize-winning author of several bo... Read More
Ron Chernow Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Historian, and Keynote Speake...
Ron Chernow is a Pulitzer prize-winning author, historian an... Read More
Jill Lepore Professor of American History at Harvard University
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of Ameri... Read More
Annette Gordon-Reed Historian and Law Professor at Harvard University
Annette Gordon-Reed, a renowned author and educator, holds p... Read More
Doris Kearns Goodwin Historian, Author, Motivational Speaker, Pulitzer Prize Winn...
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historian, Pulitzer prize-winning... Read More
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Jill Lepore Professor of American History at Harvard University
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also a s... Read More
Category: Authors , Professors , Historians
Jill Tietjen Historian About Women in STEM Fields
Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., is an author, speaker, and electrical engineer. Her published books include the Setting... Read More
Category: Authors , Technology Speakers , Science Speakers
John Hasse Award-Winning Music Historian
During his thirty-three-year tenure at the National Museum of American History, Hasse curated exhibitions on D... Read More
Category: Musicians , Historians
Jon Meacham World-Renowned Keynote Speaker, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, and Presidential Historian
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer prize-winning author of several books, a presidential historian and a keynote speake... Read More
Category: Authors , Editors , Political Commentators
Jonathan Alter Political Analyst and Presidential Historian
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, reporter, columnist, radio host and television producer and analyst... Read More
Category: Political Commentators , Historians
Joseph J. Ellis Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
Joseph J. Ellis was educated at the College of William and Mary and Yale University. He is the author of seven... Read More
Category: Authors , Historians
Julian Gewirtz Renowned Diplomat, Historian, Poet & Former Senior Government Official Helping Leaders Understand China, U.S.-China Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy
Julian Gewirtz is an American diplomat, historian, and poet. He formerly served as Senior Director for China a... Read More
Category: Government and Political Officials , Historians
Kathleen DuVal Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Historian & Professor Specializing in Early American and Native American History
Kathleen DuVal is an American historian, professor, and author specializing in early American and Native Ameri... Read More
Category: Authors , Professors , Historians
Keisha N. Blain Award-Winning Historian & Writer
One of the most creative and significant young historians of her generation is Dr. Keisha N. Blain. Her writin... Read More
Category: Diversity Speakers , Top Black Keynote Speakers , Historians
Ken Burns Historian and Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documenta... Read More
Category: Directors, Screenwriters and Producers , Documentary Filmmakers , Historians
Ken Jennings All-Time Jeopardy! Champion
Ken Jennings was born in 1974 just outside Seattle, Washington, but grew up overseas. His family spent fifteen... Read More
Category: TV Personalities , Historians
Lonnie Bunch Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position on June 16, 2019. As Sec... Read More
Category: Historians
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