Misrepresentation of historical persons

Figures of historical importance are frequently misquoted, and sometimes quotations are invented for them as a way of invoking authority for fallacious argumentation.

1. Historical misrepresentation
2. Fabricated quotations

1. Inappropriate arguments

1. Unrehabilitated historical figures
2. Preoccupation with historical symbolism
3. Denial of the Holocaust
4. Commemoration of dishonourable historical events

1. Proverbial lore errors
2. Historical forgery

1. Unrepresentative
2. Underrepresentation
3. Misrepresentation