Historian Quotes
- J. Carter Brown 1934 - 2002
- J. F. C. Fuller 1878 - 1966
- J. G. A. Pocock 1924 -
- J. H. Hexter 1910 - 1996
- J. M. Roberts 1928 - 2003
- Jacques Barzun 1907 - 2012
- James Anthony Froude 1818 - 1894
- James Bryce 1838 - 1922
- James Buchan 1954 -
- James Harvey Robinson 1863 - 1936
- James Henry Breasted 1865 - 1935
- James Howell 1594 - 1666
- James MacGregor Burns 1918 - 2014
- James Mackintosh 1765 - 1832
- James Mill 1773 - 1836
- James Truslow Adams 1878 - 1949
- Jan Morris 1926 - 2020
- Jared Sparks 1789 - 1866
- Jill Lepore 1966 -
- Johan Huizinga 1872 - 1945
- John Acton 1834 - 1902
- John Buchan 1875 - 1940
- John Edward Christopher Hill 1912 - 2003
- John Fiske 1842 - 1901
- John Foxe 1516 - 1587
- John G. D. Clark 1915 - 1998
- John H. Plumb 1911 - 2001
- John Henrik Clarke 1915 - 1998
- John Hope Franklin 1915 - 2009
- John Lukacs 1924 - 2019
- John Robert Seeley 1834 - 1895
- John Thorn 1947 -
- Jon Meacham 1969 -
- Joseph J. Ellis 1943 -
- Joseph Jacobs 1854 - 1916
- Joseph Needham 1900 - 1995
- Joyce Appleby 1929 - 2016
- Juan Cole 1952 -
- Judith Flanders 1959 -
- Jules Michelet 1798 - 1874