Psychologist

R. D. Laing

unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist

1927 - 1989

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His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. R. D. Laing is the 97th most popular psychologist (up from 107th in 2024), the 1,242nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,207th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Psychologist.

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R. D. Laing's biography spans 46 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 65.89.

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, R. D. Laing ranks 97 out of 243. Before him are Théodule-Armand Ribot, Benjamin Bloom, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, V. S. Ramachandran, and Vladimir Bekhterev. After him are Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, and Charles Spearman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, R. D. Laing ranks 90. Before him are Victor Wong, Robert Noyce, Jean-Claude Pascal, Kurt Masur, Steve Ditko, and Rosemary Harris. After him are Günter Guillaume, Lucio Fulci, Jupp Derwall, Narciso Yepes, Abdul Halim of Kedah, and Claude Gensac. Among people deceased in 1989, R. D. Laing ranks 63. Before him are Graham Chapman, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Franklin J. Schaffner, A. J. Ayer, Rashid Behbudov, and José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha. After him are Werner Best, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kazimierz Deyna, Karel Zeman, Princess Deokhye, and Luis Carlos Galán.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. D. Laing ranks 1,242 out of 9,870. Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Edgar F. Codd (1923), Edmund Kean (1787), Sebastian Shaw (1905), Edward Whymper (1840), and Gilbert Ryle (1900). After him are William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Judith of Flanders (844), Roy Hodgson (1947), W. O. Bentley (1888), and John Dunstaple (1390).

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Among Psychologists In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, R. D. Laing ranks 6. Before him are John Bowlby (1907), Donald Winnicott (1896), Raymond Cattell (1905), Edward B. Titchener (1867), and Alexander Bain (1818). After him are Charles Spearman (1863), Havelock Ellis (1859), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918).

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