Niall Ferguson

Ferguson is one of those rare historians who refuses to let economic history sit quietly in the corner. What I admire most is his willingness to place money, debt, and empire at the very center of how we read the past, and then defend his reading in public, knowing it will draw fire. From Glasgow to Magdalen College to Harvard and the Hoover Institution, he built a platform most academics never reach. He is undeniably divisive, and not every argument lands, but I respect a thinker who makes history feel urgent rather than dusty. The 2024 knighthood feels earned.

Name (English)

Niall Ferguson

Name (Japanese)

ニーアル・ファーガソン

Reading

にーある・ふぁーがそん

Born

April 18, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

economic historian / historian / university teacher / economist / journalist

University

Magdalen College

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Ludwig Erhard Prize for Publications in Economics
• 2024 Knight Bachelor

• Official sitehttps://www.niallferguson.com
• Xhttps://x.com/nfergus
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall%20Ferguson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377638

Tags

• economic historian
• historian
• university teacher

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.