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Allan Lichtman

1947 - Today

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Allan Jay Lichtman (; born 4 April 1947) is an American historian and political analyst who has taught at American University in Washington, D.C. since 1973. He is known for creating the Keys to the White House with Soviet seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981. The Keys to the White House is a system that uses 13 true/false criteria to predict whether the presidential candidate of the incumbent party will win or lose the next election. The system and Lichtman's predictions based on it have received extensive media coverage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Allan Lichtman is the 553rd most popular historian (down from 550th in 2024), the 14,899th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,565th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Allan Lichtman ranks 553 out of 561. Before him are Andreas Umland, Irfan Habib, Wendy Beckett, Janusz Kurtyka, Stephen Turnbull, and Adam Tooze. After him are Stephen Kotkin, Peeter Järvelaid, Hatoon al-Fassi, Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Wood, and John Komlos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Allan Lichtman ranks 882. Before him are Laura Tyson, David Hare, Maddy Prior, Haley Barbour, Donna de Varona, and Christine Gregoire. After him are Larry Norman, Paula Deen, Tom DeLay, Judd Gregg, Glen Morgan, and John Kitzhaber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allan Lichtman ranks 14,904 out of 20,380. Before him are Victoria Kaspi (1967), Christine Gregoire (1947), Margaret Cho (1968), Kevin Rankin (1976), Dorian Gregory (1971), and Martin Starr (1982). After him are Kalisto (1986), Charlie Weber (1978), Dave Eggers (1970), Ross Lynch (1995), Charlie Carver (1988), and Lauren Jauregui (1996).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Allan Lichtman ranks 52. Before him are Francis Parkman (1823), Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), James H. Billington (1929), and Elaine Pagels (1943). After him are Stephen Kotkin (1959), Victor Davis Hanson (1953), and Kim Ryholt (1970).

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