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Jared Diamond

1937 - Today

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Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant, and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books. His best known is Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jared Diamond is the 64th most popular historian (down from 53rd in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from United States (down from 713th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Historian.

Jared Diamond is most famous for his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, which explores the question of why Eurasian civilizations became dominant.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Jared Diamond ranks 64 out of 561. Before him are Euhemerus, Ernst Gombrich, Johann Gustav Droysen, John Skylitzes, Heinrich Wölfflin, and Tzvetan Todorov. After him are Libanius, Movses Khorenatsi, Callisthenes, Benzion Netanyahu, Theopompus, and Bernard Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jared Diamond ranks 39. Before him are Colin Renfrew, Bruce McLaren, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Robert Huber, Philip Glass, and Gordon Banks. After him are David Hockney, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, Robin Warren, and Claude Lelouch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jared Diamond ranks 951 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Pelosi (1940), Alvin York (1887), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Matt Damon (1970), John Gavin (1931), and Les Paul (1915). After him are Ed McBain (1926), Mel Brooks (1926), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Andrew Tate (1986), Barry Nelson (1917), and Michael Landon (1936).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Jared Diamond ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Kuhn (1922). After him are Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917), Donna Haraway (1944), Hayden White (1928), Richard Sennett (1943), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Christopher Browning (1944), Linda Nochlin (1931), Howard Zinn (1922), and Deborah Lipstadt (1947).

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