Prominent Diplomatic Historians
- Henry Brooks Adams, (1838–1918), US 1800-1816
- Thomas A. Bailey, U.S.
- Charles A. Beard, (1874–1948), revisionist history of Coming of World War II
- Michael Beschloss, (born 1955) World War II; Cold War
- Samuel Flagg Bemis, U.S.
- E. H. Carr, (1892–1982) 20th century; Russia
- Gordon A. Craig, (1913–2005) Germany
- Robert Dallek, 1930s to 1960s U.S.
- John Lewis Gaddis, Cold War
- Lloyd Gardner, 20th century U.S.
- Felix Gilbert,Renaissance
- George Peabody Gooch, (1873–1968), English historian of Modern Diplomacy
- Andreas Hillgruber, 20c Germany
- Akira Iriye (b. 1934) U.S. - Japan
- George F. Kennan, Russia
- Paul Kennedy, 19th and 20th century
- Walter LaFeber, 20th century U.S.
- William L. Langer, (1896–1977), US historian, World and diplomatic history
- John Lukacs, World War II
- Thomas J. McCormick, U.S.
- Margaret MacMillan 20th century
- Charles S. Maier, 20th century Europe
- William McNeill, world history
- Garrett Mattingly, Early modern Europe
- Arno J. Mayer, World War I
- Lewis Bernstein Namier, coming of World War II
- Leopold von Ranke, (1795–1886), European diplomacy; probably the greatest German historian
- Paul W. Schroeder, modern Europe
- Jean Edward Smith, Cold War
- Justin Harvey Smith, Mexican-American war
- Hew Strachan, World War I
- David Tal (historian), Israel
- A.J.P. Taylor, (1906–1990), Modern Europe, World Wars
- Harold Temperley, (1879–1939), British
- Arnold J. Toynbee, (1889–1975), 20th century
- Voltaire, (1694–1778), French Enlightenment philosopher and historian
- Gerhard Weinberg, World War Two.
- John Wheeler-Bennett, British and German
- William Appleman Williams, US diplomatic
- Randall Woods, 20th century U.S.
- Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, (1890–1971), British
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