1894 - 1956
Alfred Charles Kinsey (; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as for the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s, and has continued to provoke controversy decades after his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Kinsey has received more than 2,724,190 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Alfred Kinsey is the 43rd most popular psychologist (down from 35th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from United States (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Psychologist.
Alfred Kinsey is most famous for his research on human sexuality. He was a biologist and professor of entomology and zoology at Indiana University. Kinsey's research focused on human sexuality, specifically the frequency of sexual behavior among both males and females, including homosexual activity, and sexual responses, among others.
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Among psychologists, Alfred Kinsey ranks 43 out of 183. Before him are John Bowlby, Hermann Rorschach, Eric Berne, Albert Ellis, Aaron T. Beck, and Donald Winnicott. After him are Elton Mayo, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Philip Zimbardo, Max Wertheimer, Stanley Milgram, and Geert Hofstede.
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 37
1884 - 1922
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 38
1910 - 1970
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 39
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 40
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 41
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 42
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 43
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 44
1882 - 1962
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 45
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 46
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 47
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 48
1928 - 2020
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1894, Alfred Kinsey ranks 20. Before him are Joseph Roth, Harold Macmillan, Fritz Sauckel, Dietrich von Choltitz, Gala Dalí, and Benjamin Graham. After him are Isaac Babel, Moshe Sharett, Martha Graham, Hermann Oberth, Pyotr Kapitsa, and Dashiell Hammett. Among people deceased in 1956, Alfred Kinsey ranks 16. Before him are Robert Walser, Emil Nolde, Lucien Febvre, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, A. A. Milne, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Konstantin Päts, Bela Lugosi, Risto Ryti, H. L. Mencken, and Émile Borel.
1894 - 1939
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 14
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1894 - 1946
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 16
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 17
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 18
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 20
1894 - 1940
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 21
1894 - 1965
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 22
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 23
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 24
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 25
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 26
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 12
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 13
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 14
1891 - 1956
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 16
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 17
1874 - 1956
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 18
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 19
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 20
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 21
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
Among people born in United States, Alfred Kinsey ranks 567 out of 18,182. Before him are Doris Day (1922), Boris Johnson (1964), Gene Kelly (1912), Gary Becker (1930), Martin Landau (1928), and Harold Lloyd (1893). After him are Gwen Stefani (1969), William P. Murphy (1892), Henry Mancini (1924), Walter Matthau (1920), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), and D. B. Cooper (1931).
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 561
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 562
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 563
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 564
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 565
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 566
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 567
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 568
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 569
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 570
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 571
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 572
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 573
Among psychologists born in United States, Alfred Kinsey ranks 17. Before him are Paul Ekman (1934), Howard Gardner (1943), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Gordon Allport (1897), Albert Ellis (1913), and Aaron T. Beck (1921). After him are Philip Zimbardo (1933), Stanley Milgram (1933), Martin Seligman (1942), Leon Festinger (1919), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), and Edward C. Tolman (1886).
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 12
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 14
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 15
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 16
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 17
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 18
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 20
1919 - 1989
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 21
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 22
1886 - 1959
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 23