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Orlando Figes

1959 - Today

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Orlando Guy Figes (; born 20 November 1959) is a British and German historian and writer. He was a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was made Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 2022. Figes is known for his works on Russian history, such as A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (2007), Crimea (2010) and Just Send Me Word (2012). A People's Tragedy is a study of the Russian Revolution, and combines social and political history with biographical details in a historical narrative. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orlando Figes is the 517th most popular historian (down from 488th in 2019), the 5,092nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,318th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Orlando Figes ranks 517 out of 561. Before her are Richard Overy, David Bordwell, Hugh N. Kennedy, Robert Kagan, George Grote, and R. H. Tawney. After her are Andreas Maislinger, Alessandro Barbero, Horace Engdahl, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Simon Schama, and Carroll Quigley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Orlando Figes ranks 433. Before her are Kwak Jae-yong, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Flavor Flav, José Luis Ábalos, José Gómez Mustelier, and Alessandro Andrei. After her are Andrzej Buncol, Valeria Ciavatta, Rob Gonsalves, Richard Borcherds, Alessandro Barbero, and Petar Rajič.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Orlando Figes ranks 5,094 out of 8,785. Before her are Eileen Hiscock (1909), Colin Clarke (1962), Jaime Murray (1976), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), and Robert Webb (1972). After her are John M. Allegro (1923), Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin (1866), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), James, Viscount Severn (2007), Eric A. Havelock (1903), and Carol V. Robinson (1956).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Orlando Figes ranks 67. Before her are Mark Mazower (1958), William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Richard Overy (1947), Hugh N. Kennedy (1947), and George Grote (1794). After her are Simon Schama (1945), Jan Morris (1926), Richard Bauckham (1946), Warren Treadgold (1949), Edward Augustus Freeman (1823), and Iain Pears (1955).

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