1931 - 1986
David Graham Cooper (1931 in Cape Town, South Africa – 29 July 1986 in Paris, France) was a South African-born psychiatrist and theorist who was prominent in the anti-psychiatry movement. Cooper graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1955. R.D. Laing claimed that Cooper underwent Soviet training to prepare him as an Anti Apartheid communist revolutionary, but after completing his course he never returned to South Africa out of fear that B.O.S.S. would eliminate him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Cooper has received more than 25,779 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Cooper is the 422nd most popular physician (down from 386th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 55th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Physician.
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Among physicians, David Cooper ranks 422 out of 502. Before him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Oskar Minkowski, Kiyoshi Shiga, Hiraga Gennai, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, and Dorotea Bucca. After him are Friedrich von Esmarch, Peter C. Doherty, Kurt Blome, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Mehmet Oz, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin.
1755 - 1821
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 416
1858 - 1931
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 417
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 418
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 419
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 420
1360 - 1436
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 421
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 422
1823 - 1908
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 423
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 424
1894 - 1969
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 425
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 426
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 427
1744 - 1774
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 428
Among people born in 1931, David Cooper ranks 233. Before him are Hana Hegerová, Bob Anderson, Kang Song-san, Ladislav Novák, Moira Orfei, and Nílton de Sordi. After him are Tosiwo Nakayama, Stelios Kazantzidis, Lê Khả Phiêu, Tab Hunter, Walter Burkert, and José Alencar. Among people deceased in 1986, David Cooper ranks 124. Before him are Vasily Ignatenko, Ivan Papanin, Moses Finley, Peter Pears, Lili Kraus, and John Alcott. After him are Yasuzo Masumura, Moderato Wisintainer, James H. Wilkinson, Anatoly Marchenko, Herma Szabo, and Roy Cohn.
1931 - 2021
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 227
1931 - 1967
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 228
1931 - 1997
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 229
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 230
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 231
1931 - 2013
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 232
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 233
1931 - 2007
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 234
1931 - 2001
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 235
1931 - 2020
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 236
1931 - 2018
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 237
1931 - 2015
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 238
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 239
1961 - 1986
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 118
1894 - 1986
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 119
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 120
1910 - 1986
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 121
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 122
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 123
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 124
1924 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 125
1902 - 1986
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 126
1919 - 1986
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 127
1938 - 1986
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 128
1902 - 1986
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 129
1927 - 1986
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 130
Among people born in South Africa, David Cooper ranks 61 out of 374. Before him are Esther Brand (1922), Cyril Cusack (1910), Trevor Jones (1949), Piet Joubert (1834), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), and Koos de la Rey (1847). After him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), Reggie Walker (1889), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Navi Pillay (1941), and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819).
1922 - 2015
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 55
1910 - 1993
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 57
1834 - 1900
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 58
1866 - 1942
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 59
1847 - 1914
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 60
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 61
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 62
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 63
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 64
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 66
1819 - 1901
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 67
Among physicians born in South Africa, David Cooper ranks 2. Before him are Christiaan Barnard (1922).