Laurence Bergreen

Laurence Bergreen
BornLaurence R. Bergreen
(1950-02-04) February 4, 1950
New York City
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1980–present
GenreHistory, biography
Notable worksOver the Edge of the World (2003), Capone: The Man and the Era (1994), Irving Berlin (1990)

Laurence Bergreen (born February 4, 1950, in New York City) is an American popular historian biographer known for his narrative accounts of exploration, science, and cultural history. His works, which include biographies of Ferdinand Magellan, Marco Polo, and Louis Armstrong, as well as studies of NASA’s Mars missions, have been widely read and translated into multiple languages. While praised for their accessibility and storytelling, some of his work has been criticized for lacking scholarly rigor and historical accuracy.

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