PSYCHOLOGIST

Irvin D. Yalom

1931 - Today

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Irvin David Yalom (; born June 13, 1931) is an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irvin D. Yalom has received more than 1,072,471 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Irvin D. Yalom is the 20th most popular psychologist (up from 25th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from United States (up from 274th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Psychologist.

Irvin D. Yalom is a psychiatrist who has written extensively on the subject of existential psychotherapy. He is most famous for his book, "Existential Psychotherapy," which was published in 1980.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.11

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  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Irvin D. Yalom has had the most page views in the with 145,786 views, followed by Persian (87,407), and Russian (79,249). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Kurmanji) (217.86%), Slovenian (181.75%), and Uzbek (158.29%)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Irvin D. Yalom ranks 20 out of 235. Before him are Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, John B. Watson, Kurt Lewin, and Daniel Kahneman. After him are Wilhelm Reich, Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Gustav Fechner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Irvin D. Yalom ranks 10. Before him are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Toni Morrison, Raúl Castro, Mário Zagallo, James Dean, and Tomas Tranströmer. After him are Isabel Martínez de Perón, Raymond Kopa, Robert Duvall, Philip Kotler, Chun Doo-hwan, and Anita Ekberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irvin D. Yalom ranks 261 out of 20,380. Before him are George Gershwin (1898), Lee Van Cleef (1925), John Howard Northrop (1891), Dianne Wiest (1946), Ernest Lawrence (1901), and Pete Conrad (1930). After him are Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), James Brown (1933), Jesse Owens (1913), and 50 Cent (1975).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Irvin D. Yalom ranks 6. Before him are Abraham Maslow (1908), John Dewey (1859), William James (1842), Carl Rogers (1902), and John B. Watson (1878). After him are Edward Thorndike (1874), B. F. Skinner (1904), Howard Gardner (1943), Gordon Allport (1897), Paul Ekman (1934), and Jerome Bruner (1915).

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