PSYCHOLOGIST
Philip Zimbardo
1933 - Today
Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo (; born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later criticized severely for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Zimbardo has received more than 2,818,758 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Philip Zimbardo is the 66th most popular psychologist (down from 46th in 2019), the 1,067th most popular biography from United States (down from 612th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Psychologist.
Philip Zimbardo is most famous for his Stanford Prison Experiment. In the experiment, Zimbardo set up a fake prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology department and assigned volunteers to be either guards or prisoners. The experiment was supposed to last two weeks, but it was terminated after six days because the guards became so abusive.
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2.8M
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Philip Zimbardo ranks 66 out of 235. Before him are Roger Wolcott Sperry, Geert Hofstede, Karl Abraham, Stanislav Grof, Leon Festinger, and Alice Miller. After him are Margaret Mahler, Ernst Kretschmer, Otto Rank, Mary Ainsworth, Antonio Damasio, and Ernst Heinrich Weber.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRoger Wolcott Sperry
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 60
Geert Hofstede
1928 - 2020
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 61
Karl Abraham
1877 - 1925
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 62
Stanislav Grof
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 63
Leon Festinger
1919 - 1989
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 64
Alice Miller
1923 - 2010
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 65
Philip Zimbardo
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 66
Margaret Mahler
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 67
Ernst Kretschmer
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 68
Otto Rank
1884 - 1939
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 69
Mary Ainsworth
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 70
Antonio Damasio
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 71
Ernst Heinrich Weber
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 72
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1933, Philip Zimbardo ranks 61. Before him are Wilbur Smith, Ilia II of Georgia, Cormac McCarthy, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, John Gurdon, and Tomislav Ivić. After him are Mathieu Kérékou, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Horst Buchholz, Edmund Phelps, Henryk Górecki, and Richard S. Castellano.
Others Born in 1933
Go to all RankingsWilbur Smith
WRITER
1933 - 2021
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 55
Ilia II of Georgia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 56
Cormac McCarthy
WRITER
1933 - 2023
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 57
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
WRITER
1933 - 2017
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 58
John Gurdon
BIOLOGIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 59
Tomislav Ivić
COACH
1933 - 2011
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 60
Philip Zimbardo
PSYCHOLOGIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 61
Mathieu Kérékou
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2015
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 62
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2012
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 63
Horst Buchholz
ACTOR
1933 - 2003
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 64
Edmund Phelps
ECONOMIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 65
Henryk Górecki
COMPOSER
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 66
Richard S. Castellano
ACTOR
1933 - 1988
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 67
In United States
Among people born in United States, Philip Zimbardo ranks 1,067 out of 20,380. Before him are James Jones (1921), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Julian Schwinger (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), L. Frank Baum (1856), and Russell Alan Hulse (1950). After him are Jack Kemp (1935), Virginia Satir (1916), Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Joel Schumacher (1939), Dred Scott (1795), and Hilary Putnam (1926).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsJames Jones
WRITER
1921 - 1977
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 1,061
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
PHYSICIST
1899 - 1980
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 1,062
Julian Schwinger
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1994
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1,063
Peggy Guggenheim
CELEBRITY
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1,064
L. Frank Baum
WRITER
1856 - 1919
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1,065
Russell Alan Hulse
ASTRONOMER
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1,066
Philip Zimbardo
PSYCHOLOGIST
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,067
Jack Kemp
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2009
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,068
Virginia Satir
WRITER
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,069
Minoru Yamasaki
ARCHITECT
1912 - 1986
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,070
Joel Schumacher
FILM DIRECTOR
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,071
Dred Scott
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1858
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,072
Hilary Putnam
PHILOSOPHER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1,073
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States
Among psychologists born in United States, Philip Zimbardo ranks 22. Before him are Albert Ellis (1913), Martin Seligman (1942), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Stanley Milgram (1933), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), and Leon Festinger (1919). After him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Edward C. Tolman (1886), Timothy Leary (1920), Jean Tatlock (1914), and G. Stanley Hall (1846).
Albert Ellis
1913 - 2007
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 16
Martin Seligman
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 17
Aaron T. Beck
1921 - 2021
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 18
Stanley Milgram
1933 - 1984
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 19
Roger Wolcott Sperry
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 20
Leon Festinger
1919 - 1989
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 21
Philip Zimbardo
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 22
Mary Ainsworth
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 23
George Armitage Miller
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 24
Edward C. Tolman
1886 - 1959
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 25
Timothy Leary
1920 - 1996
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 26
Jean Tatlock
1914 - 1944
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 27
G. Stanley Hall
1846 - 1924
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 28