1934 - Today
Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco who is a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of the 100 most cited psychologists of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Ekman has received more than 1,234,081 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paul Ekman is the 32nd most popular psychologist (down from 31st in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from United States (down from 385th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Psychologist.
Paul Ekman is most famous for his work on facial expressions. He was a pioneer in the study of facial expressions and developed the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) that allows researchers to categorize facial expressions into six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise.
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Among psychologists, Paul Ekman ranks 32 out of 183. Before him are Alfred Binet, Lawrence Kohlberg, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Gustav Fechner, Karen Horney, and Jerome Bruner. After him are Howard Gardner, Milton H. Erickson, Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck, John Bowlby, and Hermann Rorschach.
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 26
1927 - 1987
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 27
1850 - 1909
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 28
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 29
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 30
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 31
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 33
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 34
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 35
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 36
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 37
1884 - 1922
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1934, Paul Ekman ranks 18. Before him are Leonid Kravchuk, Nana Mouskouri, Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, and Jane Goodall. After him are Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Ulrike Meinhof, Empress Michiko, Alexei Leonov, and Manuel Noriega.
1934 - 2022
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 13
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 15
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 16
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 17
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 18
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 19
1934 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 20
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 22
1934 - 2019
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 23
1934 - 2017
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Paul Ekman ranks 399 out of 18,182. Before him are Shirley Temple (1928), Henry Clay (1777), Jodie Foster (1962), Brian De Palma (1940), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), and Dianne Wiest (1946). After him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Franklin Pierce (1804), Sylvia Plath (1932), Howard Gardner (1943), J. Paul Getty (1892), and Stevie Wonder (1950).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 393
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 394
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 395
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 396
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 397
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 398
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 399
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 400
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 401
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 402
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 403
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 404
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 405
Among psychologists born in United States, Paul Ekman ranks 11. Before him are John B. Watson (1878), B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), and Jerome Bruner (1915). After him are Howard Gardner (1943), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Gordon Allport (1897), Albert Ellis (1913), Aaron T. Beck (1921), and Alfred Kinsey (1894).
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
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 14
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 15
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 16
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 17