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PSYCHOLOGIST

Arthur Janov

1924 - 2017

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Arthur Janov (; August 21, 1924 – October 1, 2017), also known as Art Janov, was an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer. He gained notability as the creator of primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness that involves repeatedly descending into, feeling, and experiencing long-repressed childhood pain. Janov first directed a psychotherapy institute called the Primal Institute on North Almont Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Janov has received more than 304,920 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Arthur Janov is the 164th most popular psychologist (down from 148th in 2019), the 3,734th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,299th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 52.05

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

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  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Arthur Janov ranks 164 out of 183. Before him are Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Charlotte Bühler, Alexander Bain, Michael Gazzaniga, Jean Laplanche, and Emma Eckstein. After him are Giacomo Rizzolatti, Elizabeth Loftus, Georgi Lozanov, Dimitri Uznadze, Edvard Moser, and Brenda Milner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Arthur Janov ranks 187. Before him are Sylvia Miles, Jean Laplanche, Leon Uris, S. N. Goenka, Olivier Gendebien, and Élias Sarkis. After him are Yuri Orlov, Rudolf Barshai, José Donoso, Marjorie Boulton, Philip Stone, and Luděk Pachman. Among people deceased in 2017, Arthur Janov ranks 186. Before him are Kim Jong-hyun, Charles Robert Jenkins, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Lennart Nilsson, Dritëro Agolli, and Allan Holdsworth. After him are Roger Walkowiak, Michael Ballhaus, Federico Luppi, Marjorie Boulton, Shashi Kapoor, and Peter Berling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Janov ranks 3,734 out of 18,182. Before him are Lauren Graham (1967), Hal Roach (1892), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Peter Strauss (1947), David Boreanaz (1969), and John C. Woods (1911). After him are Alexandra Daddario (1986), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), James Marsden (1973), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Thomas Sowell (1930), and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Arthur Janov ranks 59. Before him are Rensis Likert (1903), Julian Rotter (1916), Brian Weiss (1944), Gustave Gilbert (1911), James Hillman (1926), and Michael Gazzaniga (1939). After him are Elizabeth Loftus (1944), John C. Lilly (1915), Lewis Terman (1877), Michael Tomasello (1950), Jonathan Haidt (1963), and Louis Leon Thurstone (1887).

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