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Stephen Kotkin

1959 - Today

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Stephen Mark Kotkin (born February 17, 1959) is an American historian, academic, and author. He is the Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. For 33 years, Kotkin taught at Princeton University, where he attained the title of John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs; he took on emeritus status from Princeton University in 2022. He was the director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the co-director of the certificate-granting program in History and the Practice of Diplomacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Kotkin is the 552nd most popular historian (down from 549th in 2019), the 15,471st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,397th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Stephen Kotkin ranks 552 out of 561. Before him are Oliver Grau, Irfan Habib, Wendy Beckett, Janusz Kurtyka, Stephen Turnbull, and Allan Lichtman. After him are Peeter Järvelaid, Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Wood, John Komlos, Adrian Goldsworthy, and Soner Cagaptay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Stephen Kotkin ranks 730. Before him are Mikhail Devyatyarov, Beth Heiden, Francisco Javier Toledo, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Uma Bharti, and Brian Goodell. After him are Nils Johan Semb, Zainab Bangura, Francis Magee, Georgi Dimitrov, Paul Attanasio, and Lesley Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Kotkin ranks 15,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil Bryant (1954), Jay Gould II (1888), Bobby Portis (1995), Nate Robinson (1984), Darrell Hammond (1955), and Heather Matarazzo (1982). After him are Andy On (1977), Tichina Arnold (1969), Irene Bedard (1967), Jim DeMint (1951), Denis McDonough (1969), and Dominic A. Antonelli (1967).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Stephen Kotkin ranks 53. Before him are Anthony Grafton (1950), Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), and Allan Lichtman (1947). After him are Victor Davis Hanson (1953).

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