1871 - 1938
William McDougall FRS (; 22 June 1871 – 28 November 1938) was an early 20th century psychologist who spent the first part of his career in the United Kingdom and the latter part in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McDougall has received more than 8,754 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William McDougall is the 121st most popular psychologist (down from 114th in 2019), the 1,345th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Psychologist.
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Among psychologists, William McDougall ranks 121 out of 183. Before him are Ovide Decroly, Jon Kabat-Zinn, R. D. Laing, Robert Sternberg, Henri Wallon, and Adolf Bastian. After him are Robert Plutchik, Steven Pinker, Henry Murray, Thomas Gordon, Auguste Forel, and Ulric Neisser.
1871 - 1932
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 115
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 116
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 117
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 118
1879 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 119
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 120
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 121
1927 - 2006
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 122
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 123
1893 - 1988
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 124
1918 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 125
1848 - 1931
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 126
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1871, William McDougall ranks 43. Before him are Christian Morgenstern, Sergei Bulgakov, Ovide Decroly, Gerardo Machado, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, and Zhang Jinghui. After him are Hanns Heinz Ewers, Fedor Tokarev, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Guillermo Kahlo, Ivan Poddubny, and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe. Among people deceased in 1938, William McDougall ranks 66. Before him are Leopold Godowsky, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Valery Chkalov, John Bates Clark, Alexandru Averescu, and Ödön von Horváth. After him are Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Nikolai Krylenko, Jukums Vācietis, Pavel Dybenko, and Bernd Rosemeyer.
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 37
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 38
1871 - 1932
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 39
1871 - 1939
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 40
1871 - 1939
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 41
1871 - 1959
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 42
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 43
1871 - 1943
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 44
1871 - 1968
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 45
1871 - 1927
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 46
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 47
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 48
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 49
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 60
1851 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 61
1904 - 1938
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 62
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 63
1859 - 1938
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 64
1901 - 1938
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 65
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 66
1876 - 1938
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 67
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 68
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 69
1873 - 1938
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 70
1889 - 1938
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 71
1909 - 1938
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 72
Among people born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 1,345 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernie Taupin (1950), David Icke (1952), Edmund Kean (1787), John Austin (1790), Timothy Spall (1957), and John Gay (1685). After him are Joseph Addison (1672), Simon Rattle (1955), Claire Forlani (1971), Alma Reville (1899), David Hartley (1705), and Harry Gregg (1932).
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,339
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,340
1787 - 1833
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,341
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,342
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,343
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,344
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,345
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,346
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,347
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,348
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,349
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,350
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,351
Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, William McDougall ranks 8. Before him are Donald Winnicott (1896), Raymond Cattell (1905), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Charles Spearman (1863), Frederic Bartlett (1886), and R. D. Laing (1927). After him are Havelock Ellis (1859), Ernest Jones (1879), Alexander Bain (1818), Brenda Milner (1918), Alan Baddeley (1934), and Ronald Fairbairn (1889).
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 2
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 3
1867 - 1927
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 4
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 5
1886 - 1969
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 6
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 7
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 8
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 9
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 10
1818 - 1903
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 11
1918 - Present
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 12
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 13
1889 - 1964
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 14