PSYCHOLOGIST

Rollo May

1909 - 1994

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Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rollo May has received more than 644,944 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rollo May is the 88th most popular psychologist (up from 91st in 2019), the 1,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,417th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Psychologist.

Rollo May is most famous for his book, "The Meaning of Anxiety." He is also known for his work in psychotherapy and existential psychiatry.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Rollo May ranks 88 out of 235. Before him are G. Stanley Hall, David Wechsler, Walter Bradford Cannon, Donald O. Hebb, Hugo Münsterberg, and David McClelland. After him are James McKeen Cattell, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, Muzafer Sherif, Théodule-Armand Ribot, and Vladimir Bekhterev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Rollo May ranks 51. Before him are Yiannis Ritsos, Alexander Pechersky, Norberto Bobbio, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Rudolf Brandt, and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. After him are James Mason, Otto Kumm, Art Tatum, Princess Ileana of Romania, Hideo Sakai, and Aenne Burda. Among people deceased in 1994, Rollo May ranks 65. Before him are Jean-Louis Barrault, Sylva Koscina, John Candy, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Stander, and Terence Young. After him are Sebastian Shaw, Cesar Romero, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Paisios of Mount Athos, Robert Bloch, and Haim Bar-Lev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rollo May ranks 1,569 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Ignarro (1941), Peter Agre (1949), Holland Taylor (1943), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Peter Dinklage (1969), and Paul Revere (1735). After him are Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Chevy Chase (1943), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), and Frank Sheeran (1920).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Rollo May ranks 31. Before him are Edward C. Tolman (1886), Timothy Leary (1920), Jean Tatlock (1914), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), and David McClelland (1917). After him are James McKeen Cattell (1860), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Clark L. Hull (1884), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), and Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944).

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