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Jordan Peterson

1962 - Today

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Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. Often described as conservative, he began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Peterson has described himself as a classic British liberal and a traditionalist.Peterson was born and raised in Alberta, and he obtained two bachelor's degrees in political science and psychology from the University of Alberta and a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jordan Peterson has received more than 28,088,918 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Jordan Peterson is the 144th most popular psychologist (up from 158th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Psychologist.

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  • 28M

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  • 53.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jordan Peterson ranks 144 out of 183Before him are Stanley Schachter, Walter Mischel, J. P. Guilford, Roberto Assagioli, Wilfred Bion, and Benjamin Libet. After him are Raymond Moody, James J. Gibson, Bluma Zeigarnik, Rensis Likert, Julian Rotter, and Fritz Heider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jordan Peterson ranks 75Before him are Tommy Lee, Marie Trintignant, John Hannah, Manuel Valls, Matt Cameron, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. After him are Alain Robert, Clark Gregg, Gina Gershon, Shinya Yamanaka, Sebastian Koch, and Sheryl Crow.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jordan Peterson ranks 143 out of 1,350Before him are Elliot Page (1987), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Eric McCormack (1963), Shawn Mendes (1998), Lorne Greene (1915), and Katheryn Winnick (1977). After him are Sid Meier (1954), Henry Taube (1915), Eugene Levy (1946), Joe Shuster (1914), Deanna Durbin (1921), and Raymond Burr (1917).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Canada

Among psychologists born in Canada, Jordan Peterson ranks 5Before him are Albert Bandura (1925), Eric Berne (1910), Donald O. Hebb (1904), and Steven Pinker (1954). After him are Robert D. Hare (1934) and Gordon Neufeld (1947).

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