Ludwik Mieroslawski
Polish general, writer, poet, historian, and political activist born in 1814.
Jacques Barzun
French-American historian & philosopher of education born in 1907.
Gabriel Hanotaux
French statesman, historian, & writer born in 1853.
René Guénon
French intellectual & influential figure in metaphysics born in 1886.
Alex Haley
American author born in 1921 & known for The Autobiography of Malcolm X & Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Georges Dumezil
French comparative philologist, born in 1898, & known for his major contributions to mythography.
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian of art & culture born in 1818. One of the major progenitors of cultural history.
Immanuel Velikovsky
Russian, Israeli, & American scholar born in 1895. Author of the 1950 bestseller, Worlds in Collision.
Ludwig Pastor
German historian & diplomat born in 1854. Nominated six times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Louis Madelin
French historian & professor born in 1871. Served as a Republican Federation deputy for Vosges.