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Jon Kabat-Zinn

1944 - Today

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Jon Kabat-Zinn (born Jon Kabat, June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Seung Sahn, and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of hatha yoga, Vipassanā and appreciation of the teachings of Soto Zen and Advaita Vedanta led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the 110th most popular psychologist (down from 106th in 2019), the 2,440th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,903rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jon Kabat-Zinn ranks 110 out of 235. Before him are Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Frans de Waal, Otto Gross, and Michael Balint. After him are Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, Marie-Louise von Franz, William McDougall, and James McKeen Cattell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jon Kabat-Zinn ranks 173. Before him are Stockard Channing, Ronald Lauder, Mick Jones, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Odd Nerdrum, and Herbert Wimmer. After him are Adriano Galliani, Robert C. Merton, Mauro Piacenza, Leif Segerstam, Karen Armstrong, and Pattie Boyd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn ranks 2,440 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Billy Hayes (1947), Marisa Tomei (1964), Eddie Cochran (1938), and Pat Hingle (1924). After him are Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904), Treat Williams (1951), Holly Hunter (1958), John O. Brennan (1955), Christopher Jones (1941), and Robert Trump (1948).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Jon Kabat-Zinn ranks 36. Before him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Carol Gilligan (1936), and Frederick Herzberg (1923). After him are Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Jean Tatlock (1914), Thomas Gordon (1918), Robert Plutchik (1927), and Benjamin Spock (1903).

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