PSYCHOLOGIST
George Armitage Miller
1920 - 2012
George Armitage Miller
George Armitage Miller (February 3, 1920 – July 22, 2012) was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. He also contributed to the birth of psycholinguistics. Miller wrote several books and directed the development of WordNet, an online word-linkage database usable by computer programs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Armitage Miller has received more than 416,387 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). George Armitage Miller is the 73rd most popular psychologist (up from 90th in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,366th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Psychologist.
George Armitage Miller is most famous for his research on memory and cognition. Miller's research on the "magical number seven" is what he is most well-known for. The "magical number seven" is the idea that people can only hold about seven pieces of information in their short-term memory at one time.
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420k
Page Views (PV)
61.58
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
38
Languages Editions (L)
10.14
Effective Languages (L*)
2.58
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, George Armitage Miller ranks 73 out of 235. Before him are Margaret Mahler, Ernst Kretschmer, Otto Rank, Mary Ainsworth, Antonio Damasio, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. After him are Karl Bühler, Edward C. Tolman, William Stern, Ludwig Binswanger, Timothy Leary, and Paul Watzlawick.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMargaret Mahler
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 67
Ernst Kretschmer
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 68
Otto Rank
1884 - 1939
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 69
Mary Ainsworth
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 70
Antonio Damasio
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 71
Ernst Heinrich Weber
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 72
George Armitage Miller
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 73
Karl Bühler
1879 - 1963
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 74
Edward C. Tolman
1886 - 1959
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 75
William Stern
1871 - 1938
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 76
Ludwig Binswanger
1881 - 1966
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 77
Timothy Leary
1920 - 1996
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 78
Paul Watzlawick
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 79
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1920, George Armitage Miller ranks 53. Before him are Baruj Benacerraf, Chiara Lubich, E. Donnall Thomas, Lawrence Klein, Shelley Winters, and Walter Nowotny. After him are P. D. James, Dave Brubeck, Ovadia Yosef, Maureen O'Hara, Jack Elam, and Ștefan Kovács. Among people deceased in 2012, George Armitage Miller ranks 49. Before him are Carl Woese, Erland Josephson, Andrew Huxley, Stephen Covey, Rauf Denktaş, and F. Sherwood Rowland. After him are Hebe Camargo, William Standish Knowles, Dave Brubeck, Sergio Oliva, Eduard Khil, and Chadli Bendjedid.
Others Born in 1920
Go to all RankingsBaruj Benacerraf
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2011
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 47
Chiara Lubich
WRITER
1920 - 2008
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 48
E. Donnall Thomas
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 49
Lawrence Klein
ECONOMIST
1920 - 2013
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 50
Shelley Winters
ACTOR
1920 - 2006
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 51
Walter Nowotny
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 1944
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 52
George Armitage Miller
PSYCHOLOGIST
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 53
P. D. James
WRITER
1920 - 2014
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 54
Dave Brubeck
MUSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 55
Ovadia Yosef
POLITICIAN
1920 - 2013
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 56
Maureen O'Hara
ACTOR
1920 - 2015
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 57
Jack Elam
ACTOR
1920 - 2003
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 58
Ștefan Kovács
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 1995
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 59
Others Deceased in 2012
Go to all RankingsCarl Woese
BIOLOGIST
1928 - 2012
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 43
Erland Josephson
ACTOR
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 44
Andrew Huxley
PHYSICIST
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 45
Stephen Covey
WRITER
1932 - 2012
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 46
Rauf Denktaş
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2012
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 47
F. Sherwood Rowland
CHEMIST
1927 - 2012
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 48
George Armitage Miller
PSYCHOLOGIST
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 49
Hebe Camargo
PRESENTER
1929 - 2012
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
William Standish Knowles
CHEMIST
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 51
Dave Brubeck
MUSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 52
Sergio Oliva
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 53
Eduard Khil
SINGER
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 54
Chadli Bendjedid
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2012
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 55
In United States
Among people born in United States, George Armitage Miller ranks 1,179 out of 20,380. Before him are Clyde Drexler (1962), Alonzo Church (1903), William Gibson (1948), Gene Sharp (1928), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), and Anjelica Huston (1951). After him are Lisa Kudrow (1963), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Leo Fender (1909), Joe Jackson (1928), William Fichtner (1956), and Don Siegel (1912).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsClyde Drexler
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 1,173
Alonzo Church
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 1,174
William Gibson
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,175
Gene Sharp
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1928 - 2018
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,176
Yonatan Netanyahu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1946 - 1976
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 1,177
Anjelica Huston
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,178
George Armitage Miller
PSYCHOLOGIST
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 1,179
Lisa Kudrow
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1,180
Mary Higgins Clark
WRITER
1927 - 2020
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 1,181
Leo Fender
INVENTOR
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 1,182
Joe Jackson
MUSICIAN
1928 - 2018
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 1,183
William Fichtner
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 1,184
Don Siegel
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 1,185
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States
Among psychologists born in United States, George Armitage Miller ranks 24. Before him are Aaron T. Beck (1921), Stanley Milgram (1933), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Zimbardo (1933), and Mary Ainsworth (1913). After him are Edward C. Tolman (1886), Timothy Leary (1920), Jean Tatlock (1914), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), and David McClelland (1917).
Aaron T. Beck
1921 - 2021
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 18
Stanley Milgram
1933 - 1984
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 19
Roger Wolcott Sperry
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 20
Leon Festinger
1919 - 1989
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 21
Philip Zimbardo
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 22
Mary Ainsworth
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 23
George Armitage Miller
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 24
Edward C. Tolman
1886 - 1959
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 25
Timothy Leary
1920 - 1996
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 26
Jean Tatlock
1914 - 1944
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 27
G. Stanley Hall
1846 - 1924
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 28
Walter Bradford Cannon
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 29
David McClelland
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 30