1901 - 1981
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK: , US: , French: [ʒak maʁi emil lakɑ̃]; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Lacan has received more than 2,573,465 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Lacan is the 10th most popular psychologist (down from 8th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from France and the most popular French Psychologist.
Jacques Lacan is most famous for his idea that the unconscious is structured like a language. This idea is based on the idea that the unconscious is structured like a language.
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Among psychologists, Jacques Lacan ranks 10 out of 183. Before him are Abraham Maslow, Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Wundt, Lev Vygotsky, Erich Fromm, and John Dewey. After him are William James, Erik Erikson, Viktor Frankl, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, and Albert Bandura.
1908 - 1970
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 4
1870 - 1937
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 5
1832 - 1920
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 6
1896 - 1934
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 7
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 8
1859 - 1952
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 10
1842 - 1910
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 11
1902 - 1994
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 12
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 13
1902 - 1987
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 14
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 15
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1901, Jacques Lacan ranks 8. Before him are Walt Disney, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Heisenberg, Louis Armstrong, Enrico Fermi, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, and Leopold III of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1981, Jacques Lacan ranks 3. Before him are Bob Marley and Anwar Sadat. After him are Albert Speer, Moshe Dayan, Eugenio Montale, Natalie Wood, William Wyler, Max Euwe, Soong Ching-ling, Frederica of Hanover, and Hans Adolf Krebs.
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 2
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 3
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 4
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 5
1901 - 1954
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 6
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 7
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 9
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 12
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 13
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 14
1945 - 1981
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 1
1918 - 1981
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 2
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 3
1905 - 1981
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 4
1915 - 1981
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 5
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 6
1938 - 1981
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 7
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 10
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 11
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jacques Lacan ranks 118 out of 6,011. Before him are Albert Schweitzer (1875), Philip II of France (1165), Anatole France (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), Rudolf Diesel (1858), and Marcel Duchamp (1887). After him are François Rabelais (1494), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Hugh Capet (940), Jacques Chirac (1932), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Camille Saint-Saëns (1835).
1875 - 1965
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 112
1165 - 1223
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 113
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 114
300 - 287
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 115
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 116
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 117
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 118
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 119
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 120
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 122
1755 - 1824
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 123
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 124
Among psychologists born in France, Jacques Lacan ranks 1. After him are Gustave Le Bon (1841), Alfred Binet (1857), Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882), Pierre Janet (1859), Théodule-Armand Ribot (1839), Émile Coué (1857), Henri Wallon (1879), Françoise Dolto (1908), Jean Laplanche (1924), and Boris Cyrulnik (1937).
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 1
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 2
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 3
1882 - 1962
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
1859 - 1947
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 5
1839 - 1916
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 6
1857 - 1926
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 7
1879 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 8
1908 - 1988
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 9
1924 - 2012
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 11