• Dio Cassius, Roman historian
• Lucius Ampelius, Roman historian
• Herodotus, (485 BC?-c. 420 BC?), around 480-425 B.C.
• Thucydides, (c. 460-400 BC), around 460-400 B.C.
• Xenophon, (431 BC-c. 360 BC), an Athenian knight and an associate of Socrates
• Polybius, (c. 203-120 BC), around 203-120 B.C.
• C. Julius Caesar, (circa 100 BC-44 BC), 100-44 B.C.
• Flavius Josephus, (AD 37-AD 100), Jewish historian
• Sima Qian, (140 BC-135 BC), around late 2nd century BC-86 BC
• Livy, (c. 59 B.C. - 17 A.D.), historian
• Cremutius Cordus, - 25 AD
• Sallust, (86 BC-34 BC), historian
• Plutarch, (AD 46?-120?), A.D. 46?-120?
• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, (AD 56-120), A.D. 56?-117?
• C. Suetonius Tranquillus, (75-160), A.D. 69-140?
• Eusebius of Caesarea, historian
• Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 325 - c. 391),
• Arrian, historian

Medieval Historians/Chroniclers

• Procopius, (died c. 565), historian
• Gregory of Tours, (538-594), historian
• Bede, (c. 632-735), scholastic philosopher, historian
• Nennius, historian
• Geoffrey of Monmouth, churchman/historian
• Albert of Aix, historian of the first crusade
• Sima Guang (1019-1086), historiographer and politician
• Saxo Grammaticus, (12th century), Danish historian
• Geoffroi de Villehardouin, (c. 1160-1212), historian
• Matthew Paris, (died 1259), historian
• Jean de Joinville, (1224-1319), historian
• Piers Langtoft, (died c. 1307), historian
• Jean Froissart, (c. 1337-c. 1405), historian
• Alphonsus A Sancta Maria, (1396-1456), 15th century Spanish historian
• Josias Simmler, (1530-1576), theologian, historian
• Raphael Holinshed, (died c. 1580), historian
• Caesar Baronius, (1538-1607), historian

Early Modern Historians (1600-1900)

• Henry Adams, (1838-1918), Democracy: An American Novel
• Jacob Burckhardt[?], (1818-1897), art historian
• Lucien Febvre[?], historian
• Edward Gibbon, (1737-1794), Roman Empire
• Frederick W. Maitland[?], historian
• Theodor Mommsen, (1817-1903), Roman Empire
• Henri Pirenne, (1862-1935), Belgian historian
• William H. Prescott, (1796-1859), US historian of Spain, Mexico]], Peru
• Zacharius Topelius, (1818-1898), journalist, historian
• Arnold Toynbee, (1852-1883), British historian
• Leopold Von Ranke[?], historian
• Ludwig von Köchel, (1800-1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian

Modern Historians (after 1900)

• Robert G. Albion[?] - maritime history[?]
• Stephen Ambrose, (1936-2002), historian
• Marc Bloch (1886-1944) - medieval France
• John Boswell, (1947-1994), mediævalist and gay history
• Ferdinand Braudel[?], historian
• Robin Briggs[?], historian
• Peter Brown[?], historian
• Alan Bullock, historian
• Jeffrey Burton Russell[?], historian
• Angus Calder - Great Britain
• Lionel Casson[?], historian
• Howard I. Chapelle[?] - maritime history[?]
• John Davies[?], (1569-1626), historian
• Georges Duby, (1924-1996), Middle Ages
• Trevor Dupuy[?], historian
• Ronan Fanning[?], Irish historian
• Brian Farrell[?], historian and emeritus Associated Professor of Politics, UCD
• Antonia Fraser, England
• Sheppard Frere[?], historian
• Francis Fukuyama, (born 1955), historian
• Pieter Geyl[?], Dutch historian
• Peter Green[?] - ancient history
• Christopher Hill, (1912-2003), historian
• Eric Hobsbawm, historian
• Richard Holmes[?], historian
• Michael Howard[?]
• Tristram Hunt, (born 1974), historian
• Pawel Jasienica, (1909-1970), Poland
• John Keegan[?] - military history
• Michael Laffan[?] - Irish historian
• Barbara Levick, English; specialising in Roman emperors
• Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie[?], historian
• Li Ao, (born 1935), Chinese historian, author
• John Edward Lloyd, historian
• Sr. Margaret MacCurtain[?], Irish mediævalist[?]
• Charles B. MacDonald[?] - World War II
• Rosamond McKitterick[?], historian
• Ramsay MacMullen[?], historian
• Alfred Thayer Mahan, (1840-1914), naval history
• Tyrone G. Martin, (died 2003), USS Constitution
• Rev. F.X. Martin[?] - Irish mediævalist and campaigner
• Kenneth O Morgan[?], historian
• Samuel Eliot Morison[?] - naval history
• Henry Newbolt, (1862-1938), historian, poet
• Peter Paret[?] - military history
• Harry W. Pfanz[?] - American Civil War
• Richard Pipes[?] - Russia, Soviet Union
• Ludwig Quidde, (1858-1941), historian and pacifist
• William L. Rodgers[?], historian
• Sheila Rowbotham[?], historian
• A L Rowse, (1903-1997), historian
• Steven Runciman[?] - Crusades
• Cornelius Ryan[?] - World War II
• Simon Schama[?], historian
• Goldwin Smith, (1823-1910), historian
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (born 1918), Russian historian and novelist
• David Starkey, (born 1945), Tudor historian and TV presenter
• Frank Stenton[?], historian
• Ronald Syme, (1903-1989), historian
• A J P Taylor, (1906-1990), historian
• E. P. Thompson, (1924-1993), historian
• Arnold J. Toynbee, (1889-1975), A Study of History
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, (1914-2003), historian and British peer
• Frederick Jackson Turner, (1861-1932), historian
• Retha M Warnicke, (born 1939), Tudor history & gender issues
• Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, (1910-1997), British historian
• John Whyte[?] - focused on Northern Ireland and on divided societies
• Eric Williams, (1911-1981), Caribbean
• Glanmor Williams[?], historian
• Mary Wilhelmine Williams[?], historian
• Michael Wood, historian
• Howard Zinn - United States

Unsorted:

• David B. Danbom, historian
• C. J. Everon, (born 1971), historian and novelist: Justice Better Attained
• Lionel Groulx, (1878-1967), priest, historian
• France Kidric[?], (1880-1950), literary historian.
• Anton Tomaz Linhart[?], (1756-1795), dramatist and historian.
• Johannes von Müller, (1752-1809), historian
• Leo Niehorster, military historian
• Christine de Pizan, (circa 1365-circa 1430), historian, poet, philosopher
• Ivan Prijatelj[?], (1875-1937), literary historian.
• Simon Rutar[?], (1851-1903), historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist.
• Pierre Vidal-Naquet[?], historian and Civil Rights activist
• Henri Raymond Casgrain[?], priest, author, historian
• Peter Englund[?], Swedish historian
• Walter Frank[?], (1905-1945), Nazi historian and anti-Semitic writer
• Justo Gonzalez[?], historian and theologian
• Claude Mossé[?], (Ms), historian
• Albert Soboul[?], historian
• Jean-Pierre Vernant[?], historian
• Pierre Vilar[?], historian