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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 607,669 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Rollo May is the 91st most popular psychologist, the 1,417th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,415th in 2019) and the 33rd 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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Rollo May ranks 91 out of 183. Before him are Karl Bühler, Vladimir Bekhterev, Benjamin Bloom, Donald O. Hebb, Antonio Damasio, and George Armitage Miller. After him are Aleksei N. Leontiev, James McKeen Cattell, Harry Stack Sullivan, Charles Spearman, John Money, and René Spitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Rollo May ranks 42. Before him are Ernst vom Rath, Matt Busby, Hélder Câmara, László Rajk, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Princess Ileana of Romania. After him are Rudolf Brandt, Norberto Bobbio, Joseph Losey, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Vicente Feola, and Stanisław Jerzy Lec. Among people deceased in 1994, Rollo May ranks 57. Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Julian Schwinger, Matt Busby, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Peter Cushing. After him are Cesar Romero, Joseph Cotten, Sylva Koscina, Terence Young, John Candy, and Sebastian Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rollo May ranks 1,417 out of 18,182. Before him are Danielle Steel (1947), Bob Newhart (1929), Serena Williams (1981), Gerald Edelman (1929), Robert Jordan (1948), and Mike Portnoy (1967). After him are Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Bob Ross (1942), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Lita Grey (1908), and John DeLorean (1925).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Rollo May ranks 33. Before him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), Harry Harlow (1905), David McClelland (1917), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Benjamin Bloom (1913), and George Armitage Miller (1920). After him are James McKeen Cattell (1860), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Spock (1903), Clark L. Hull (1884), Carol Gilligan (1936), and George Kelly (1905).

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