PSYCHOLOGIST
Raymond Cattell
1905 - 1998
Raymond Cattell
Raymond Bernard Cattell (20 March 1905 – 2 February 1998) was a British-American psychologist, known for his psychometric research into intrapersonal psychological structure. His work also explored the basic dimensions of personality and temperament, the range of cognitive abilities, the dynamic dimensions of motivation and emotion, the clinical dimensions of abnormal personality, patterns of group syntality and social behavior, applications of personality research to psychotherapy and learning theory, predictors of creativity and achievement, and many multivariate research methods including the refinement of factor analytic methods for exploring and measuring these domains. Cattell authored, co-authored, or edited almost 60 scholarly books, more than 500 research articles, and over 30 standardized psychometric tests, questionnaires, and rating scales. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Cattell has received more than 662,403 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Raymond Cattell is the 47th most popular psychologist (up from 52nd in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 533rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Psychologist.
Raymond Cattell is most famous for his 16 personality factors.
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660k
Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
38
Languages Editions (L)
10.08
Effective Languages (L*)
2.38
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Raymond Cattell ranks 47 out of 235. Before him are Milton H. Erickson, Wolfgang Köhler, Elton Mayo, Alfred Kinsey, Max Wertheimer, and Sándor Ferenczi. After him are Princess Marie Bonaparte, Sabina Spielrein, Bruno Bettelheim, Albert Ellis, Kurt Koffka, and Martin Seligman.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMilton H. Erickson
1901 - 1980
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 41
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 42
Elton Mayo
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 43
Alfred Kinsey
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 44
Max Wertheimer
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 45
Sándor Ferenczi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 46
Raymond Cattell
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 47
Princess Marie Bonaparte
1882 - 1962
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 48
Sabina Spielrein
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 49
Bruno Bettelheim
1903 - 1990
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 50
Albert Ellis
1913 - 2007
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 51
Kurt Koffka
1886 - 1941
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 52
Martin Seligman
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 53
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1905, Raymond Cattell ranks 27. Before him are Raymond Aron, Guillermo Stábile, Artem Mikoyan, Emilio Segrè, Gerard Kuiper, and Władysław Gomułka. After him are Carl Gustav Hempel, Dalton Trumbo, Ulf von Euler, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Marian Rejewski, and Max Schmeling. Among people deceased in 1998, Raymond Cattell ranks 14. Before him are Ernst Jünger, Octavio Paz, Jean-François Lyotard, Niklas Luhmann, Yang Shangkun, and Vladimir Prelog. After him are Alan Shepard, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Falco, Frederick Reines, and Tameo Ide.
Others Born in 1905
Go to all RankingsRaymond Aron
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 21
Guillermo Stábile
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1966
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 22
Artem Mikoyan
ENGINEER
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 23
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 24
Gerard Kuiper
ASTRONOMER
1905 - 1973
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 25
Władysław Gomułka
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1982
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 26
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 27
Carl Gustav Hempel
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1997
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 28
Dalton Trumbo
WRITER
1905 - 1976
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 29
Ulf von Euler
PHYSICIAN
1905 - 1983
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 30
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1993
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 31
Marian Rejewski
MATHEMATICIAN
1905 - 1980
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 32
Max Schmeling
BOXER
1905 - 2005
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 33
Others Deceased in 1998
Go to all RankingsErnst Jünger
WRITER
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 8
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 9
Jean-François Lyotard
PHILOSOPHER
1924 - 1998
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 10
Niklas Luhmann
SOCIOLOGIST
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 11
Yang Shangkun
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1998
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 13
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
Alan Shepard
ASTRONAUT
1923 - 1998
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 15
Konstantinos Karamanlis
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 16
Theodore Schultz
ECONOMIST
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 17
Falco
SINGER
1957 - 1998
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 18
Frederick Reines
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1998
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 19
Tameo Ide
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1998
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 20
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Cattell ranks 519 out of 8,785. Before him are Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Archer Martin (1910), Peter Gabriel (1950), and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751). After him are Mike Oldfield (1953), John Hicks (1904), Richard Griffiths (1947), William Kidd (1645), Robert Edwards (1925), and Mary Anning (1799).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsJacqueline du Pré
MUSICIAN
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 513
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
WRITER
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 514
Ælla of Northumbria
POLITICIAN
800 - 867
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 515
Archer Martin
CHEMIST
1910 - 2002
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 516
Peter Gabriel
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 517
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
NOBLEMAN
1751 - 1775
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 518
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 519
Mike Oldfield
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 520
John Hicks
ECONOMIST
1904 - 1989
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 521
Richard Griffiths
ACTOR
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 522
William Kidd
PIRATE
1645 - 1701
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 523
Robert Edwards
BIOLOGIST
1925 - 2013
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 524
Mary Anning
GEOLOGIST
1799 - 1847
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 525
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Raymond Cattell ranks 3. Before him are Donald Winnicott (1896), and John Bowlby (1907). After him are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Charles Spearman (1863), R. D. Laing (1927), William McDougall (1871), Frederic Bartlett (1886), Havelock Ellis (1859), Alexander Bain (1818), Ernest Jones (1879), and Brenda Milner (1918).
Donald Winnicott
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 1
John Bowlby
1907 - 1990
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 2
Raymond Cattell
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 3
Edward B. Titchener
1867 - 1927
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 4
Charles Spearman
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 5
R. D. Laing
1927 - 1989
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 6
William McDougall
1871 - 1938
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 7
Frederic Bartlett
1886 - 1969
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 8
Havelock Ellis
1859 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 9
Alexander Bain
1818 - 1903
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 10
Ernest Jones
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 11
Brenda Milner
1918 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 12