PSYCHOLOGIST
Gustave Le Bon
1841 - 1931
Gustave Le Bon
Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a leading French polymath whose areas of interest included anthropology, psychology, sociology, medicine, invention, and physics. He is best known for his 1895 work The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, which is considered one of the seminal works of crowd psychology. A native of Nogent-le-Rotrou, Le Bon qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Paris in 1866. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustave Le Bon has received more than 839,777 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Gustave Le Bon is the 15th most popular psychologist, the 220th most popular biography from France (down from 194th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Psychologist.
Gustave le bon is most famous for his theory of crowd psychology. He believed that crowds are composed of three types of people: the intelligent, the semi-intelligent, and the imbeciles. The intelligent and semi-intelligent people are able to think for themselves and form their own opinions, but the imbeciles do not have the mental capacity to think for themselves and instead follow the opinions of the intelligent and semi-intelligent people.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Gustave Le Bon ranks 15 out of 235. Before him are Jacques Lacan, John Dewey, Viktor Frankl, William James, Erik Erikson, and Carl Rogers. After him are Albert Bandura, John B. Watson, Kurt Lewin, Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, and Wilhelm Reich.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
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HPI: 75.66
Rank: 9
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HPI: 75.21
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HPI: 74.25
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William James
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HPI: 74.14
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Erik Erikson
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HPI: 73.69
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Carl Rogers
1902 - 1987
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 14
Gustave Le Bon
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 15
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HPI: 71.72
Rank: 16
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HPI: 71.63
Rank: 17
Kurt Lewin
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 18
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HPI: 70.45
Rank: 19
Irvin D. Yalom
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HPI: 70.30
Rank: 20
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HPI: 70.26
Rank: 21
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1841, Gustave Le Bon ranks 3. Before him are Antonín Dvořák, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. After him are Edward VII, Berthe Morisot, Georges Clemenceau, Otto Wagner, Itō Hirobumi, Henry Morton Stanley, Frédéric Bazille, Henri Fayol, and Emil Theodor Kocher. Among people deceased in 1931, Gustave Le Bon ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Edison. After him are Khalil Gibran, Anna Pavlova, Otto Wallach, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Omar Mukhtar, Albert A. Michelson, Arthur Schnitzler, Geli Raubal, Lili Elbe, and Joseph Joffre.
Others Born in 1841
Go to all RankingsAntonín Dvořák
COMPOSER
1841 - 1904
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
PAINTER
1841 - 1919
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 2
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 3
Edward VII
NOBLEMAN
1841 - 1910
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 4
Berthe Morisot
PAINTER
1841 - 1895
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 5
Georges Clemenceau
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1929
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 6
Otto Wagner
ARCHITECT
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 7
Itō Hirobumi
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1909
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 8
Henry Morton Stanley
EXPLORER
1841 - 1904
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 9
Frédéric Bazille
PAINTER
1841 - 1870
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 10
Henri Fayol
ECONOMIST
1841 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
Emil Theodor Kocher
PHYSICIAN
1841 - 1917
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1931
Go to all RankingsThomas Edison
INVENTOR
1847 - 1931
HPI: 89.06
Rank: 1
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 2
Khalil Gibran
WRITER
1883 - 1931
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 3
Anna Pavlova
DANCER
1881 - 1931
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 4
Otto Wallach
CHEMIST
1847 - 1931
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 5
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1931
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 6
Omar Mukhtar
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 7
Albert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 8
Arthur Schnitzler
WRITER
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 9
Geli Raubal
CELEBRITY
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 10
Lili Elbe
PAINTER
1882 - 1931
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 11
Joseph Joffre
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Gustave Le Bon ranks 220 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Urban IV (1185), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), André Breton (1896), Gilles Deleuze (1925), and Pope Innocent VI (1282). After him are Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Gustave Doré (1832), Léon Foucault (1819), Bernard Arnault (1949), and François Boucher (1703).
Others born in France
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RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1185 - 1264
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 214
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
MATHEMATICIAN
1789 - 1857
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 215
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1611 - 1673
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 216
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 217
Gilles Deleuze
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 1995
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 218
Pope Innocent VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1282 - 1362
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 219
Gustave Le Bon
PSYCHOLOGIST
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 220
Hortense de Beauharnais
COMPANION
1783 - 1837
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 221
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 222
Gustave Doré
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 223
Léon Foucault
PHYSICIST
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 224
Bernard Arnault
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 225
François Boucher
PAINTER
1703 - 1770
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 226
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In France
Among psychologists born in France, Gustave Le Bon ranks 2. Before him are Jacques Lacan (1901). After him are Alfred Binet (1857), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Pierre Janet (1859), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Émile Coué (1857), Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Boris Cyrulnik (1937), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Jacques-Alain Miller (1944).
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 1
Gustave Le Bon
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 2
Alfred Binet
1857 - 1911
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 3
Princess Marie Bonaparte
1882 - 1962
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 4
Pierre Janet
1859 - 1947
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 5
Théodule-Armand Ribot
1839 - 1916
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 6
Émile Coué
1857 - 1926
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 7
Henri Wallon
1879 - 1962
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 8
Françoise Dolto
1908 - 1988
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 9
Boris Cyrulnik
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 10
Jean Laplanche
1924 - 2012
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 11
Jacques-Alain Miller
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 12