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Natalie Zemon Davis

1928 - 2023

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Natalie Zemon Davis, (November 8, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American-Canadian historian of the early modern period. She was the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Princeton University. Her work originally focused on France, but it later broadened to include other parts of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. For example, her book, Trickster Travels (2006), views Italy, Spain, Morocco and other parts of North Africa and West Africa through the lens of Leo Africanus's pioneering geography. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natalie Zemon Davis is the 248th most popular historian (down from 114th in 2019), the 4,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,928th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Natalie Zemon Davis ranks 248 out of 561. Before her are Alexander Vasiliev, Bernard Desclot, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Muhammad Aufi, and Rudolph Rummel. After her are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Sigfried Giedion, Guglielmo Ferrero, Charles Rollin, Iryna Melnykova, and Richard G. Hovannisian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Natalie Zemon Davis ranks 245. Before her are Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Horace Silver, Orson Bean, Warren Oates, Pal Benko, and Alexander Gomelsky. After her are Saw Maung, Giacomo Biffi, Bengt Gustavsson, Bob Cousy, Stuart Whitman, and Marcel Bozzuffi. Among people deceased in 2023, Natalie Zemon Davis ranks 206. Before her are Robbie Robertson, Ralph Boston, Hugh Hudson, Deniz Baykal, Andre Braugher, and Aleksandr Viktorenko. After her are Kadriye Nurmambet, Richard G. Hovannisian, Terry Funk, Concha Velasco, Hubert Reeves, and Paul de Senneville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Natalie Zemon Davis ranks 4,379 out of 20,380. Before her are Todd Howard (1971), Sarah Paulson (1974), Randy Savage (1952), Greg Kinnear (1963), Angélica María (1943), and Abigail Fillmore (1798). After her are Wallace Beery (1885), Bobby Darin (1936), Michael V. Gazzo (1923), David Harbour (1975), Jon Moxley (1985), and Adolphe Menjou (1890).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Natalie Zemon Davis ranks 14. Before her are Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Christopher Browning (1944), Linda Nochlin (1931), Howard Zinn (1922), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Rudolph Rummel (1932). After her are Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), William H. Prescott (1796), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Robert Darnton (1939), and Donald Keene (1922).

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