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Howard Zinn

1922 - 2010

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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian and a veteran of World War II. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States. Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Zinn is the 201st most popular historian (down from 173rd in 2019), the 3,681st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,872nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Historian.

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Among historians, Howard Zinn ranks 201 out of 561. Before him are Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Paul Veyne, Roger Chartier, Slobodan Jovanović, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and H. A. R. Gibb. After him are William of Malmesbury, Philipp Spitta, Karl Krumbacher, Pei Songzhi, Egon Friedell, and Peter Andreas Munch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Howard Zinn ranks 170. Before him are Hussein Onn, Susanna Agnelli, Maila Nurmi, Alexander Kazhdan, Alan Perlis, and Khiuaz Dospanova. After him are Mauro Bolognini, Elissa Aalto, Gilberto Agustoni, Jack Klugman, Bogdan Bogdanović, and Patrick Magee. Among people deceased in 2010, Howard Zinn ranks 129. Before him are Fud Leclerc, José Torres, Rasim Delić, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and Albert Ghiorso. After him are Cécile Aubry, Georges Wilson, Raimon Panikkar, Charlie Hickcox, Werner Schroeter, and Bogdan Bogdanović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Zinn ranks 3,681 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert Ghiorso (1915), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Edith Head (1897), Neil Simon (1927), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), and George Segal (1934). After him are Martha Chase (1927), Howlin' Wolf (1910), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Evel Knievel (1938), Larry Silverstein (1931), and Archibald Gracie IV (1858).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Howard Zinn ranks 11. Before him are Hayden White (1928), Richard Sennett (1943), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Christopher Browning (1944), and Linda Nochlin (1931). After him are Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Rudolph Rummel (1932), Natalie Zemon Davis (1928), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), William H. Prescott (1796), and Frederick Jackson Turner (1861).

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