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Richard G. Hovannisian

1932 - 2023

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Richard Gable Hovannisian (Armenian: Ռիչարդ Հովհաննիսյան, November 9, 1932 – July 10, 2023) was an American historian and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known mainly for his four-volume history of the First Republic of Armenia, and for his advocacy of Armenian Genocide recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard G. Hovannisian is the 254th most popular historian (up from 521st in 2019), the 4,461st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,252nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Richard G. Hovannisian ranks 254 out of 561. Before him are Natalie Zemon Davis, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Sigfried Giedion, Guglielmo Ferrero, Charles Rollin, and Iryna Melnykova. After him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Heinrich Graetz, Régine Pernoud, Zeev Sternhell, Alexander Svanidze, and William H. Prescott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Richard G. Hovannisian ranks 217. Before him are Rudolph Rummel, Henri Namphy, Christiane Kubrick, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Henri Nouwen, and Oreco. After him are Mostafa Chamran, Hubert Reeves, Michael H. Hart, King Hu, Mamo Wolde, and Nikolay Rukavishnikov. Among people deceased in 2023, Richard G. Hovannisian ranks 208. Before him are Hugh Hudson, Deniz Baykal, Andre Braugher, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Kadriye Nurmambet. After him are Terry Funk, Concha Velasco, Hubert Reeves, Paul de Senneville, Friedrich Cerha, and Geraldo Majella Agnelo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard G. Hovannisian ranks 4,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Surtees (1906), David Riesman (1909), Reginald Arvizu (1969), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Peggy March (1948), and Tim Kang (1973). After him are Stuart Whitman (1928), Sanford Meisner (1905), Elmore Leonard (1925), Robert Webber (1924), Ann E. Todd (1931), and Halsey (1994).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Richard G. Hovannisian ranks 15. Before him are Christopher Browning (1944), Linda Nochlin (1931), Howard Zinn (1922), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Rudolph Rummel (1932), and Natalie Zemon Davis (1928). After him are William H. Prescott (1796), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Robert Darnton (1939), Donald Keene (1922), and Richard N. Frye (1920).

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