SettingsPulitzer Prize for History winners
Alan Taylor (historian)
Alan Shaw Taylor is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian specializing in early American history.
Alan Shaw Taylor is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian specializing in early American history.
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
Alfred DuPont Chandler, Jr. (September 15, 1918 – May 9, 2007) was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale ...
Alfred DuPont Chandler, Jr. (September 15, 1918 – May 9, 2007) was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale ...
Andrew C. McLaughlin
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian born to Scottish immigrant parents.
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian born to Scottish immigrant parents.
Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed is an American historian and law professor noted for changing scholarship on Thomas Jefferson regarding his relationship with Sally Hemings and children by her.
Annette Gordon-Reed is an American historian and law professor noted for changing scholarship on Thomas Jefferson regarding his relationship with Sally Hemings and children by her.
Bernadotte Everly Schmitt
Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (May 19, 1886 – March 23, 1969) was an American historian.
Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (May 19, 1886 – March 23, 1969) was an American historian.
Bernard Bailyn
Bernard Bailyn (born September 9, 1922) is an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History.
Bernard Bailyn (born September 9, 1922) is an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History.
Bernard DeVoto
Bernard Augustine DeVoto was an American historian and author who specialized in the history of the American West.
Bernard Augustine DeVoto was an American historian and author who specialized in the history of the American West.
Bruce Catton
Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, best known for his books on the American Civil War.
Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, best known for his books on the American Civil War.
Burton J. Hendrick
Burton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Burton Jesse Hendrick born in New Haven, Connecticut.
C. Vann Woodward
Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations.
Comer Vann Woodward (November 13, 1908 – December 17, 1999) was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations.
Carl Neumann Degler
Carl Neumann Degler (born 6 Feb 1921 in Orange, N.J.) is an American historian.
Carl Neumann Degler (born 6 Feb 1921 in Orange, N.J.) is an American historian.
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry.
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry.
Charles Howard McIlwain
Charles Howard McIlwain was a highly regarded scholar of Anglo-American constitutional history, and won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Charles Howard McIlwain was a highly regarded scholar of Anglo-American constitutional history, and won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Charles McLean Andrews
Charles McLean Andrews (February 22, 1863 – September 9, 1943) was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognized as a leading authority on American colonial...
Charles McLean Andrews (February 22, 1863 – September 9, 1943) was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognized as a leading authority on American colonial...
Constance McLaughlin Green
Constance McLaughlin Winsor Green (August 21, 1897 – 1978) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Constance McLaughlin Winsor Green (August 21, 1897 – 1978) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian, professor, attorney, and writer.
Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian, professor, attorney, and writer.
David Hackett Fischer
David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University.
David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University.
David M. Kennedy (historian)
David M. Kennedy is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializing in American history.
David M. Kennedy is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializing in American history.
David M. Potter
David M. Potter (6 December 1910 – 18 February 1971) was an American historian of the South.
David M. Potter (6 December 1910 – 18 February 1971) was an American historian of the South.
Don E. Fehrenbacher
Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian.
Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer, historian, and an oft-seen political commentator.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer, historian, and an oft-seen political commentator.
Dumas Malone
Dumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history.
Dumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history.
Edward Channing
Edward Perkins Channing was a conservative American historian and an author of a monumental History of the United States in six volumes, for which he won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Edward Perkins Channing was a conservative American historian and an author of a monumental History of the United States in six volumes, for which he won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Edwin G. Burrows
Edwin G. "Ted" Burrows is a Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College.
Edwin G. "Ted" Burrows is a Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College.
Esther Forbes
Esther Louise Forbes (June 28, 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.
Esther Louise Forbes (June 28, 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.
Frank Luther Mott
Frank Luther Mott was an American historian and journalist of Quaker descent.
Frank Luther Mott was an American historian and journalist of Quaker descent.
Fred Albert Shannon
Fred Albert Shannon (February 12, 1893 – February 4, 1963) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Fred Albert Shannon (February 12, 1893 – February 4, 1963) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Frederic L. Paxson
Frederic Logan Paxson (February 23, 1877 in Philadelphia – October 24, 1948 in Berkeley, California) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American historian.
Frederic Logan Paxson (February 23, 1877 in Philadelphia – October 24, 1948 in Berkeley, California) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American historian.
Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian in the early 20th century.
Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian in the early 20th century.
George Dangerfield
George Dangerfield (October 28, 1904 – December 27, 1986) was a journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935.
George Dangerfield (October 28, 1904 – December 27, 1986) was a journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935.
George F. Kennan
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure...
Gordon S. Wood
Gordon S. Wood (born November 27, 1933) is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and the recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for T...
Gordon S. Wood (born November 27, 1933) is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and the recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for T...
Herbert Agar
Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 in New Rochelle, New York - 24 November 1980 in Sussex, England) was an American journalist and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 in New Rochelle, New York - 24 November 1980 in Sussex, England) was an American journalist and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Irwin Unger
Irwin Unger (b. 1927, Brooklyn, New York) is an American historian and academic specializing in economic history, the history of the 1960s, and the history of the Gilded Age.
Irwin Unger (b. 1927, Brooklyn, New York) is an American historian and academic specializing in economic history, the history of the 1960s, and the history of the Gilded Age.
Jack N. Rakove
Jack Norman Rakove (born June 4, 1947) is an American historian, author, professor at Stanford University, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Jack Norman Rakove (born June 4, 1947) is an American historian, author, professor at Stanford University, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
James Ford Rhodes
James Ford Rhodes (May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio.
James Ford Rhodes (May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio.
James M. McPherson
James M. McPherson is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University.
James M. McPherson is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University.
James MacGregor Burns
James MacGregor Burns (born August 3, 1918) is an historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies.
James MacGregor Burns (born August 3, 1918) is an historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies.
James Phinney Baxter III
James Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator and academic.
James Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator and academic.
James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian.
James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian.
Jean Schneider
Jean Schneider is a Pulitzer Prize for History winner.
Jean Schneider is a Pulitzer Prize for History winner.
Jean Schneider White
Jean Schneider White is a Pulitzer Prize for History winner.
Jean Schneider White is a Pulitzer Prize for History winner.
John J. Pershing
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB, was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only person to be promoted in hi...
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB, was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Pershing is the only person to be promoted in hi...
Joseph Ellis
Joseph John Ellis is a Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America.
Joseph John Ellis is a Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America.
Justin Harvey Smith
Justin Harvey Smith (1857, Boscawen, New Hampshire – 1930, Brooklyn, New York) was an American historian, specialist on the Mexican-American War.
Justin Harvey Smith (1857, Boscawen, New Hampshire – 1930, Brooklyn, New York) was an American historian, specialist on the Mexican-American War.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, is a historian of early America and the history of women and a university professor at Harvard University.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, is a historian of early America and the history of women and a university professor at Harvard University.
Lawrence A. Cremin
Lawrence A. Cremin (Oct 31, 1925 in New York, N.Y. - Sept.
Lawrence A. Cremin (Oct 31, 1925 in New York, N.Y. - Sept.
Lawrence H. Gipson
Lawrence Henry Gipson (1880–September 26, 1971) was an American historian, who won the 1950 Bancroft Prize and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Lawrence Henry Gipson (1880–September 26, 1971) was an American historian, who won the 1950 Bancroft Prize and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Leon Litwack
Leon F. Litwack (born December 2, 1929) is an American historian whose scholarship focuses on slavery, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and its aftermath into the 20th century.
Leon F. Litwack (born December 2, 1929) is an American historian whose scholarship focuses on slavery, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and its aftermath into the 20th century.
Leonard Levy
Leonard W. Levy (April 9, 1923 – August 24, 2006) was the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History at Claremont Graduate School, Cal...
Leonard W. Levy (April 9, 1923 – August 24, 2006) was the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History at Claremont Graduate School, Cal...
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American writer and academic, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Metaphysical Club, an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th centur...
Louis Menand is an American writer and academic, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Metaphysical Club, an intellectual and cultural history of late 19th and early 20th centur...
Manning Marable
William Manning Marable was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University.
William Manning Marable was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University.
Marcus Lee Hansen
Marcus Lee Hansen (December 8, 1892 – May 11, 1938) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian.
Marcus Lee Hansen (December 8, 1892 – May 11, 1938) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian.
Margaret Leech
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and historian, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her...
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and historian, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her...
Marquis James
Marquis James was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
Marquis James was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
Merle Curti
Merle Curti (1897-1997) was a leading American historian.
Merle Curti (1897-1997) was a leading American historian.
Michael Kammen
Michael Kammen is a professor of American cultural history in the Department of History at Cornell University.
Michael Kammen is a professor of American cultural history in the Department of History at Cornell University.
Mike Wallace (historian)
Mike Wallace is an American historian, Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, where he has taught since 1971, and the dire...
Mike Wallace is an American historian, Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, where he has taught since 1971, and the dire...
Oliver Waterman Larkin
Oliver Waterman Larkin (August 17, 1896, Medford, Massachusetts – December 17, 1970) was an American art historian and educator.
Oliver Waterman Larkin (August 17, 1896, Medford, Massachusetts – December 17, 1970) was an American art historian and educator.
Oscar Handlin
Oscar Handlin (September 29, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York - September 20, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American historian.
Oscar Handlin (September 29, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York - September 20, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American historian.
Paul Herman Buck
Paul Herman Buck (August 25, 1899 – 1978) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Paul Herman Buck (August 25, 1899 – 1978) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Paul Horgan
Paul Horgan was an American author of fiction and non-fiction, most of which was set in the Southwestern United States.
Paul Horgan was an American author of fiction and non-fiction, most of which was set in the Southwestern United States.
Perry Miller
Perry G. Miller (February 25, 1905 – December 9, 1963) was an American intellectual historian and Harvard University professor.
Perry G. Miller (February 25, 1905 – December 9, 1963) was an American intellectual historian and Harvard University professor.
Rhys Isaac
Rhys Llywelyn Isaac was a South African-born Australian historian, who also worked in the United States.
Rhys Llywelyn Isaac was a South African-born Australian historian, who also worked in the United States.
Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter (6 August 1916 – 24 October 1970) was an American public intellectual of the 1950s, a historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University.
Richard Hofstadter (6 August 1916 – 24 October 1970) was an American public intellectual of the 1950s, a historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University.
Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson (born 1952, in Munich) is an American journalist and author whose contributions led to four Pulitzer Prizes.
Rick Atkinson (born 1952, in Munich) is an American journalist and author whose contributions led to four Pulitzer Prizes.
Robert V. Bruce
Robert Vance Bruce was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War who won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876.
Robert Vance Bruce was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War who won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876.
Roy Franklin Nichols
Roy Franklin Nichols (March 3, 1896 – January 12, 1973) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Roy Franklin Nichols (March 3, 1896 – January 12, 1973) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Samuel Flagg Bemis
Samuel Flagg Bemis (October 20, 1891 – September 26, 1973) was an American historian and biographer.
Samuel Flagg Bemis (October 20, 1891 – September 26, 1973) was an American historian and biographer.
Stanley Karnow
Stanley Karnow is an American journalist and historian.
Stanley Karnow is an American journalist and historian.
Stephen Bonsal
Stephen Bonsal (March 29, 1865 – June 8, 1951) was an American war correspondent, historian, essayist, diplomat and translator.
Stephen Bonsal (March 29, 1865 – June 8, 1951) was an American war correspondent, historian, essayist, diplomat and translator.
Steven Hahn
Steven Hahn is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor in American History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Steven Hahn is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor in American History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch is an American author and historian best known for his award-winning trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and some of the history of the American civil ...
Taylor Branch is an American author and historian best known for his award-winning trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and some of the history of the American civil ...
Thomas K. McCraw
Thomas Kincaid McCraw (born September 11, 1940) is an American business historian and Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Thomas Kincaid McCraw (born September 11, 1940) is an American business historian and Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Vernon Louis Parrington
Vernon Louis Parrington (August 3, 1871 – June 16, 1929) was an American historian and football coach.
Vernon Louis Parrington (August 3, 1871 – June 16, 1929) was an American historian and football coach.
Walter A. McDougall
Walter A. McDougall (born 1946) is an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Walter A. McDougall (born 1946) is an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
William H. Goetzmann
William H. Goetzmann (July 20, 1930 – September 7, 2010) was an award-winning historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Tex...
William H. Goetzmann (July 20, 1930 – September 7, 2010) was an award-winning historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Tex...
William Sims
William Sowden Sims was an admiral in the United States Navy who sought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the Navy.
William Sowden Sims was an admiral in the United States Navy who sought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the Navy.