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Yuval Noah Harari

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Yuval Noah Harari (Hebrew: יובל נח הררי [juˈval ˈnoaχ haˈʁaʁi]; born 1976) is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His first bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011) is based on his lectures to an undergraduate world history class. His other works include the bestsellers Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016), 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (2018), and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (2024). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuval Noah Harari is the 49th most popular historian (up from 91st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Israel (up from 131st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Historian.

Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian and author who is most famous for his book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Yuval Noah Harari ranks 49 out of 561. Before him are Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Erwin Panofsky, Al-Baladhuri, Socrates of Constantinople, Lucien Febvre, and François Guizot. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Niketas Choniates, Poggio Bracciolini, Aby Warburg, Joseph Justus Scaliger, and Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Yuval Noah Harari ranks 4. Before him are Ronaldo, Francesco Totti, and Reese Witherspoon. After him are Andriy Shevchenko, Alexei Navalny, Abiy Ahmed, Simone Inzaghi, Chester Bennington, Cillian Murphy, Judit Polgár, and Clarence Seedorf.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yuval Noah Harari ranks 84 out of 466. Before him are Ahaziah of Israel (-870), Amon of Judah (-660), Canaan (null), Uzziah (-900), Pope Theodore I (600), and Unas (-2400). After him are Manasseh (-709), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), Isaac Herzog (1960), Aaron Ciechanover (1947), and Ahaziah of Judah (-900).

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Among HISTORIANS In Israel

Among historians born in Israel, Yuval Noah Harari ranks 4. Before him are Josephus (37), Procopius (500), and William of Tyre (1130). After him are Sextus Julius Africanus (160), Tom Segev (1945), and Benny Morris (1948).

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