1871 - 1945
Walter Bradford Cannon (October 19, 1871 – October 1, 1945) was an American physiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. He coined the term "fight or flight response", and developed the theory of homeostasis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Bradford Cannon has received more than 306,475 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Walter Bradford Cannon is the 82nd most popular psychologist (up from 90th in 2019), the 1,279th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,410th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Psychologist.
Walter Bradford Cannon was most famous for his theory of homeostasis. His theory states that the body is in a constant state of equilibrium, and that any change in the body's equilibrium is met with a response by the body.
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Among psychologists, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 82 out of 183. Before him are Karl Abraham, Alice Miller, Harry Harlow, William Stern, Paul Watzlawick, and David McClelland. After him are Muzafer Sherif, Ludwig Binswanger, Karl Bühler, Vladimir Bekhterev, Benjamin Bloom, and Donald O. Hebb.
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 76
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 77
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 78
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 79
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 80
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 81
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 82
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 83
1881 - 1966
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 84
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 85
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 86
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 87
1904 - 1985
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1871, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 32. Before him are Stjepan Radić, Cordell Hull, Stephen Crane, Ernst Zermelo, William Stern, and Leonid Andreyev. After him are Lyonel Feininger, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Willem Mengelberg, Nicolae Iorga, Christian Morgenstern, and Sergei Bulgakov. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 87. Before him are Josef Terboven, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Hans Oster, Mitsuru Ushijima, Fritz Klein, and Plutarco Elías Calles. After him are Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Roza Shanina, Kurt Gerstein, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, and Philipp Bouhler.
1871 - 1928
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 26
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 27
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 28
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 29
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 30
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 31
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 32
1871 - 1956
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 33
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 34
1871 - 1951
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 35
1871 - 1940
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 36
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 37
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 38
1898 - 1945
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 81
1882 - 1945
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 82
1887 - 1945
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 83
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 84
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
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1877 - 1945
HPI: 60.63
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1871 - 1945
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1894 - 1945
HPI: 60.32
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1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
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1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 90
1875 - 1945
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 91
1895 - 1945
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 92
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 93
Among people born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 1,279 out of 18,182. Before him are John Brown (1800), John Foster Dulles (1888), J. J. Cale (1938), Sam Cooke (1931), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), and Chevy Chase (1943). After him are John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Mike Shinoda (1977), Julius Axelrod (1912), John Payne (1912), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), and James Garner (1928).
1800 - 1859
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,273
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,274
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,275
1931 - 1964
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,276
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1,277
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,278
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,279
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,280
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 1,281
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,282
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,283
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,284
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 1,285
Among psychologists born in United States, Walter Bradford Cannon ranks 30. Before him are Timothy Leary (1920), Frederick Herzberg (1923), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Harry Harlow (1905), and David McClelland (1917). After him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Rollo May (1909), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), and Benjamin Spock (1903).
1920 - 1996
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 24
1923 - 2000
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 25
1846 - 1924
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 26
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 27
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 29
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 30
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 31
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 32
1909 - 1994
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 33
1860 - 1944
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 34
1892 - 1949
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 35
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 36