callings of the archive
Historian Biographies
Every archived life recorded as historian, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Ancient era
Berossus
c. 400 BCE – c. 300 BCE
3rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomer
Ancient era
Manetho
b. c. 201 BCE
3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
Ancient era
Juba II
52 BCE – 23 CE
Crown prince of Numidia and King of Mauretania (c. 48 BC - AD 23)
Ancient era
Philo of Alexandria
15 BCE – 45 CE
Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria (c. 20 BCE-c. 50 CE)
Ancient era
Porphyry
233 CE – 301 CE
3rd-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
Ancient era
Ammianus Marcellinus
330 CE – 395 CE
4th-century Roman historian and soldier
Modern era
Samuel Martin Burke
July 3, 1906 – October 9, 2010
Pakistani diplomat, author and professor
Modern era
Ahmad Hassan Dani
June 20, 1920 – January 26, 2009
Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)
Modern era
Umar bin Muhammad Daudpota
June 1, 1897 – November 22, 1958
Pakistsani scholar (1897–1958)
Modern era
Abdul Halim Sharar
September 4, 1860 – December 1, 1926
Indian author, playwright, essayist and historian
Modern era
Mahmud Tarzi
August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933
Afghan politician, secular activist and journalist (1865–1933)
Modern era
Isaiah
June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997
Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
Ancient era
Jerome
345 CE – September 30, 420 CE
4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
Ancient era
Xenophon
430 BCE – 354 BCE
Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)
Ancient era
Josephus
37 CE – 100 CE
Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37–c. 100)
Ancient era
Livy
59 BCE – 17 CE
Roman historian (59 BC – AD 17)
Ancient era
Tacitus
56 CE – 120 CE
Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)
Ancient era
Suetonius
70 CE – 126 CE
Late 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian
Ancient era
Pliny the Elder
c. 20 CE – 79 CE
Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)
Ancient era
Cato the Elder
234 BCE – 149 BCE
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
Ancient era
Ban Zhao
45 CE – 116 CE
Late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
Ancient era
Polybius
200 BCE – 120 BCE
Ancient Greek historian
Medieval era
Anna Komnene
December 1, 1083 – 1153
Byzantine princess and historian
Modern era
Helmut Kohl
April 3, 1930 – June 16, 2017
Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
Early Modern era
Joseph Fourier
March 21, 1768 – May 16, 1830
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
Early Modern era
Mirza Ghalib
December 27, 1797 – February 15, 1869
Indian poet (1797-1869)
Modern era
Michel Foucault
October 15, 1926 – June 25, 1984
French philosopher (1926–1984)