Psychologist

Donald O. Hebb

Canadian neuroscientist

1904 - 1985

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Donald O. Hebb

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald O. Hebb is the 103rd most popular psychologist (down from 85th in 2024), the 91st most popular biography from Canada (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Psychologist.

Donald O. Hebb is most famous for his theory of synaptic plasticity. Hebbian synapses are a type of synaptic plasticity.

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, Donald O. Hebb ranks 103 out of 235. Before him are Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, and Charles Spearman. After him are Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Frans de Waal, Otto Gross, and Michael Balint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Donald O. Hebb ranks 66. Before him are Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Ba Jin, Josef Bühler, Rudolf Arnheim, Yves Congar, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. After him are Leopold Trepper, Arnold Gehlen, George Stevens, Elyesa Bazna, María Zambrano, and Viktor Brack. Among people deceased in 1985, Donald O. Hebb ranks 47. Before him are Henry Hathaway, The Singing Nun, Ian Stewart, Abe Lenstra, John G. Trump, and Kiki Camarena. After him are Méret Oppenheim, Alexander Pokryshkin, Ruth Gordon, Lina Heydrich, Taizo Kawamoto, and Ricky Nelson.

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Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta
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1904 - 1974
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 60
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Rank: 61
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1904 - 1985
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Rank: 66
Leopold Trepper
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1904 - 1982
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1904 - 1976
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