Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was a French-born art historian and archeologist, who spent most of his career in the United States, as a leading figure in the field of Islamic art and architecture in the Western academe.
ˈoʊləɡ ɡɹˈæbɑːɹ noʊvˈɛmbɚ θɹˈiː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi ˈeɪt, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪlˈɛvən wʌzɐ fɹˈɛntʃbˈɔːɹn ˈɑːɹt hɪstˈoːɹiən ænd ˌɑːɹkɪˈɑːlədʒˌɪst, hˌuː spˈɛnt mˈoʊst əv hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts, æz ɐ lˈiːdɪŋ fˈɪɡjɚɹ ɪnðə fˈiːld ʌv ɪslˈɑːmɪk ˈɑːɹt ænd ˈɑːɹkɪtˌɛktʃɚɹ ɪnðə wˈɛstɚn ɐkˈædəmi.