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Paul Ekman

1934 - Today

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Paul Ekman (born February 15, 1934) is an American psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco who is a pioneer in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions. He was ranked 59th out of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century in 2002 by the Review of General Psychology. His empirical and theoretical work helped to restart the study of emotion and non-verbal communication in the field of psychology, and introduced new quantitative frameworks which researchers could use to do so. He also carried out important early work on the physiology of emotions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Ekman is the 35th most popular psychologist (down from 34th in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 478th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Psychologist.

Paul Ekman is most famous for his work on facial expressions. He was a pioneer in the study of facial expressions and developed the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) that allows researchers to categorize facial expressions into six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Paul Ekman ranks 35 out of 235. Before him are Aaron T. Beck, Alfred Binet, Karen Horney, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Howard Gardner, and Gordon Allport. After him are Hermann Rorschach, Jerome Bruner, Hans Eysenck, Albert Ellis, Eric Berne, and John Bowlby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Paul Ekman ranks 31. Before him are Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Roman Herzog, and Tom Baker. After him are Pierre Richard, Ulrike Meinhof, Paco Rabanne, Kenny Baker, Jacques Anquetil, and Larisa Latynina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Ekman ranks 682 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Lauren (1939), Dennis Hopper (1936), Kevin Spacey (1959), Sydney Chaplin (1926), John McCarthy (1927), and Rosalynn Carter (1927). After him are Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Chris Pratt (1979), John Waters (1946), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Sally Field (1946), and Janet Leigh (1927).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Paul Ekman ranks 12. Before him are Irvin D. Yalom (1931), B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Howard Gardner (1943), and Gordon Allport (1897). After him are Jerome Bruner (1915), Albert Ellis (1913), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Milton H. Erickson (1901), and Martin Seligman (1942).

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