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Born	790?
Died	June 14, 844

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Einhard

Frankish historian

Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.

Charlemagne

Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]

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St. Gregory of Tours

Frankish scholar

Charles III the Fat, seal, c. 9th century; in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich

Charles III

Holy Roman emperor

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Aimoin

French monk and historian

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Carloman

king of the Franks [751-771]

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Alan Bullock

British historian

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François Furet

French historian

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Hendrik Willem Van Loon

American historian and illustrator

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Fritz Fischer

German historian

Karl Marx

Karl Marx

German philosopher

Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian statesman and writer

David Hume

David Hume

Scottish philosopher

Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

French philosopher and historian

Thucydides manuscript

Thucydides

Greek historian

Ibn Khaldūn

Ibn Khaldūn

Muslim historian

Engraved portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz with long curly hair, wearing a buttoned coat and cravat, facing forward.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German philosopher and mathematician

Tacitus

Tacitus

Roman historian

Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.

Xenophon

Greek historian

Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

British historian

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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