1903 - 1998
Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician and left-wing political activist whose book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication in 1946 and 50 million by the time of Spock's death in 1998. The book's premise told mothers, "You know more than you think you do." Spock's parenting advice and recommendations revolutionized parental upbringing in the United States, and he is considered to be among the most famous and influential Americans of the 20th century.Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children and to treat them as individuals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Spock has received more than 1,458,477 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Benjamin Spock is the 98th most popular psychologist (up from 108th in 2019), the 1,729th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,825th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Psychologist.
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Among psychologists, Benjamin Spock ranks 98 out of 183. Before him are Aleksei N. Leontiev, James McKeen Cattell, Harry Stack Sullivan, Charles Spearman, John Money, and René Spitz. After him are Michael Balint, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Otto Gross, Hugo Münsterberg, and Clark L. Hull.
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 92
1860 - 1944
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 93
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 94
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 95
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 96
1887 - 1974
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 97
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 98
1896 - 1970
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 99
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 100
1839 - 1916
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 101
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 102
1863 - 1916
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 103
1884 - 1952
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1903, Benjamin Spock ranks 78. Before him are Mikhail Kalatozov, Werner Ostendorff, Vladimir Bartol, Lou Gehrig, Johannes Heesters, and Yevgeny Mravinsky. After him are Sadegh Hedayat, Joan Robinson, Evelyn Waugh, Werner Best, Charles W. Morris, and Prince Nicholas of Romania. Among people deceased in 1998, Benjamin Spock ranks 54. Before him are Tameo Ide, Maurice Bucaille, Verner Panton, Wolf Vostell, Sonny Bono, and Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche. After him are Kurt Franz, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Martin Rodbell, Roddy McDowall, Kenichi Fukui, and Marie-Louise von Franz.
1903 - 1973
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 72
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 73
1903 - 1967
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 74
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 75
1903 - 2011
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 76
1903 - 1988
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 77
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 78
1903 - 1951
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 79
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 80
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 81
1903 - 1989
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 82
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 83
1903 - 1978
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 84
1908 - 1998
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 48
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 49
1926 - 1998
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 50
1932 - 1998
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 51
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 52
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 53
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 54
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 55
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 56
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 57
1928 - 1998
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 58
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 59
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 60
Among people born in United States, Benjamin Spock ranks 1,729 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Juliet Anderson (1938), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Patrick Dempsey (1966), Roger Ebert (1942), and Count Basie (1904). After him are Bob Gunton (1945), Alfred Newman (1900), John Turturro (1957), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897).
1941 - 2002
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,723
1938 - 2010
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,724
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,725
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,726
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,727
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,728
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,729
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,730
1900 - 1970
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,731
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,732
1848 - 1933
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,733
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,734
1897 - 1941
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 1,735
Among psychologists born in United States, Benjamin Spock ranks 36. Before him are Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Benjamin Bloom (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Rollo May (1909), James McKeen Cattell (1860), and Harry Stack Sullivan (1892). After him are Clark L. Hull (1884), Carol Gilligan (1936), George Kelly (1905), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), and Robert Plutchik (1927).
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 30
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 31
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 32
1909 - 1994
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 33
1860 - 1944
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 34
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 35
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 36
1884 - 1952
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 37
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 38
1905 - 1967
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 40
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 41
1927 - 2006
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 42