PSYCHOLOGIST

Giacomo Rizzolatti

1937 - Today

Giacomo Rizzolatti

Giacomo Rizzolatti (born 28 April 1937) is an Italian neurophysiologist who works at the University of Parma. Born in Kyiv, UkSSR, he is the Senior Scientist of the research team that discovered mirror neurons in the frontal and parietal cortex of the macaque monkey, and has written many scientific articles on the topic. He also proposed the premotor theory of attention. He is a past president of the European Brain and Behaviour Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giacomo Rizzolatti is the 175th most popular psychologist (down from 168th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 452nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Giacomo Rizzolatti ranks 175 out of 235. Before him are Dimitri Uznadze, Reuven Feuerstein, James Hillman, Edgar Rubin, Henry Murray, and Carol Dweck. After him are Benjamin Libet, Jean Laplanche, Edgar Schein, Julian Rotter, Abraham Brill, and Georgi Lozanov.

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Dimitri Uznadze
1886 - 1950
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 169
Reuven Feuerstein
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.69
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James Hillman
1926 - 2011
HPI: 59.55
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Edgar Rubin
1886 - 1951
HPI: 59.55
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Henry Murray
1893 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
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Carol Dweck
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 174
Giacomo Rizzolatti
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 175
Benjamin Libet
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HPI: 59.30
Rank: 176
Jean Laplanche
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 177
Edgar Schein
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.89
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Julian Rotter
1916 - 2014
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 179
Abraham Brill
1874 - 1948
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 180
Georgi Lozanov
1926 - 2012
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 181

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Giacomo Rizzolatti ranks 256. Before him are Boris Yegorov, Klim Churyumov, Márta Rudas, Charlie Haden, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, and José Augusto. After him are Givi Chokheli, Andrija Anković, Robert Paul, Dan Shomron, Lois Lowry, and Grace Bumbry.

Others Born in 1937

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Boris Yegorov
ASTRONAUT
1937 - 1994
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 250
Klim Churyumov
ASTRONOMER
1937 - 2016
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 251
Márta Rudas
ATHLETE
1937 - 2017
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 252
Charlie Haden
MUSICIAN
1937 - 2014
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 253
Raymundo Damasceno Assis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 254
José Augusto
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 255
Giacomo Rizzolatti
PSYCHOLOGIST
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 256
Givi Chokheli
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 1994
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 257
Andrija Anković
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 1980
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 258
Robert Paul
SKATER
1937 - 2024
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 259
Dan Shomron
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1937 - 2008
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 260
Lois Lowry
WRITER
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 261
Grace Bumbry
SINGER
1937 - 2023
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 262