PSYCHOLOGIST

Émile Coué

1857 - 1926

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Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie (French: [emil kue də la ʃɑtɛɲʁɛ]; 26 February 1857 – 2 July 1926) was a French psychologist, pharmacist, and hypnotist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. "It was in no small measure [Coué's] wholehearted devotion to a self-imposed task that enabled him, in less than a quarter of a century, to rise from obscurity to the position of the world’s most famous psychological exponent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Coué has received more than 579,310 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Émile Coué is the 98th most popular psychologist (up from 110th in 2019), the 1,653rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,742nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Psychologist.

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  • 58.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Émile Coué ranks 98 out of 235. Before him are Muzafer Sherif, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Vladimir Bekhterev, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Marie-Louise von Franz, and Benjamin Bloom. After him are Otto Gross, Clark L. Hull, René Spitz, Charles Spearman, Harry Stack Sullivan, and Michael Balint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Émile Coué ranks 47. Before him are Wilhelm Johannsen, Eugène Atget, Theodor Escherich, Vladimir Bekhterev, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, and Mikhail Alekseyev. After him are Christian Michelsen, Le Pétomane, Theodor Kittelsen, Williamina Fleming, Cyril Genik, and Juan Vicente Gómez. Among people deceased in 1926, Émile Coué ranks 35. Before him are William Bateson, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Knut Wicksell, and Alphonse Borrelly. After him are Ugyen Wangchuck, Eino Leino, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, and Robert Todd Lincoln.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Coué ranks 1,653 out of 6,770. Before him are Germaine Dulac (1882), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Charlotte Perriand (1903), Thibaud Gaudin (1229), Felix of Valois (1127), and Jacques Dutronc (1943). After him are Marcel Aymé (1902), Félix Savart (1791), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), William of Gellone (750), and Jean Dujardin (1972).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In France

Among psychologists born in France, Émile Coué ranks 7. Before him are Jacques Lacan (1901), Gustave Le Bon (1841), Alfred Binet (1857), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Pierre Janet (1859), and Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839). After him are Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Boris Cyrulnik (1937), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Jacques-Alain Miller (1944).

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