1878 - 1958
John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his 1913 address at Columbia University, titled Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing, and advertising, as well as conducting the controversial "Little Albert" experiment and the Kerplunk experiment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John B. Watson has received more than 2,369,835 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). John B. Watson is the 17th most popular psychologist, the 157th most popular biography from United States (up from 175th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Psychologist.
John B. Watson was most famous for his work with Little Albert. He conducted a study in which he conditioned a child to fear a white rat by pairing it with a loud noise.
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Among psychologists, John B. Watson ranks 17 out of 183. Before him are William James, Erik Erikson, Viktor Frankl, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, and Albert Bandura. After him are Kurt Lewin, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, and Daniel Kahneman.
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
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 17
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 18
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 19
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 20
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 21
1895 - 1982
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 22
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1878, John B. Watson ranks 3. Before him are Janusz Korczak and Lise Meitner. After him are Martin Buber, Reza Shah, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Gustav Stresemann, Werner von Blomberg, André Citroën, Pancho Villa, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1958, John B. Watson ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius XII and Imre Nagy. After him are Rosalind Franklin, Wolfgang Pauli, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Maurice de Vlaminck, Faisal II of Iraq, Kurt Alder, and Ernest Lawrence.
1878 - 1942
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 1
1878 - 1968
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 2
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 3
1878 - 1965
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 4
1878 - 1944
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 5
1878 - 1918
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 6
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 7
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 8
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 9
1878 - 1923
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 10
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 12
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 1
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 2
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 3
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 4
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 5
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 6
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 7
1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 8
1876 - 1958
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 9
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 10
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 11
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, John B. Watson ranks 157 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul Newman (1925), Josephine Baker (1906), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Dale Carnegie (1888), Johnny Cash (1932), and Robert Redford (1936). After him are Tom Hanks (1956), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), John Steinbeck (1902), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), and Gregory Peck (1916).
1925 - 2008
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 151
1906 - 1975
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 152
1899 - 1957
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 153
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 154
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 155
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 156
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 157
1956 - Present
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 158
1866 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 159
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 160
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 161
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 162
1916 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 163
Among psychologists born in United States, John B. Watson ranks 5. Before him are Abraham Maslow (1908), John Dewey (1859), William James (1842), and Carl Rogers (1902). After him are B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Jerome Bruner (1915), Paul Ekman (1934), and Howard Gardner (1943).
1908 - 1970
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 1
1859 - 1952
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 2
1842 - 1910
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 3
1902 - 1987
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 4
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 5
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 6
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 7
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 8
1927 - 1987
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 9
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 10
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 12