PSYCHOLOGIST

R. D. Laing

1927 - 1989

R. D. Laing

Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness—in particular, psychosis and schizophrenia. Laing's views on the causes and treatment of psychopathological phenomena were influenced by his study of existential philosophy and ran counter to the chemical and electroshock methods that had become psychiatric orthodoxy. Laing took the expressed feelings of the individual patient or client as valid descriptions of personal experience rather than simply as symptoms of mental illness. Though associated in the public mind with the anti-psychiatry movement, he rejected the label. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. D. Laing is the 96th most popular psychologist (up from 107th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,208th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, R. D. Laing ranks 96 out of 235. Before him are Théodule-Armand Ribot, Benjamin Bloom, David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, V. S. Ramachandran, and Vladimir Bekhterev. After him are Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, and Charles Spearman.

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Théodule-Armand Ribot
1839 - 1916
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 90
Benjamin Bloom
1913 - 1999
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 91
David McClelland
1917 - 1998
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 92
Urie Bronfenbrenner
1917 - 2005
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 93
V. S. Ramachandran
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 94
Vladimir Bekhterev
1857 - 1927
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 95
R. D. Laing
1927 - 1989
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 96
Rollo May
1909 - 1994
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 97
Walter Bradford Cannon
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 98
Carol Gilligan
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 99
Frederick Herzberg
1923 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 100
Rudolf Arnheim
1904 - 2007
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 101
Charles Spearman
1863 - 1945
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 102

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, R. D. Laing ranks 89. Before him are Victor Wong, Robert Noyce, Jean-Claude Pascal, Kurt Masur, Steve Ditko, and Rosemary Harris. After him are Günter Guillaume, Lucio Fulci, Jupp Derwall, Narciso Yepes, Abdul Halim of Kedah, and Claude Gensac. Among people deceased in 1989, R. D. Laing ranks 62. Before him are Boris Skossyreff, Graham Chapman, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Franklin J. Schaffner, A. J. Ayer, and Rashid Behbudov. After him are Werner Best, Kaoru Ishikawa, Kazimierz Deyna, Karel Zeman, Princess Deokhye, and Luis Carlos Galán.

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Victor Wong
ACTOR
1927 - 2001
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 83
Robert Noyce
INVENTOR
1927 - 1990
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 84
Jean-Claude Pascal
ACTOR
1927 - 1992
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 85
Kurt Masur
CONDUCTOR
1927 - 2015
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 86
Steve Ditko
COMIC ARTIST
1927 - 2018
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 87
Rosemary Harris
ACTOR
1927 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 88
R. D. Laing
PSYCHOLOGIST
1927 - 1989
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 89
Günter Guillaume
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 1995
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 90
Lucio Fulci
FILM DIRECTOR
1927 - 1996
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 91
Jupp Derwall
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 92
Narciso Yepes
MUSICIAN
1927 - 1997
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 93
Abdul Halim of Kedah
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2017
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 94
Claude Gensac
ACTOR
1927 - 2016
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 95

Others Deceased in 1989

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Boris Skossyreff
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1989
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 56
Graham Chapman
ACTOR
1941 - 1989
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 57
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz
POLITICIAN
1936 - 1989
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 58
Franklin J. Schaffner
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 1989
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 59
A. J. Ayer
PHILOSOPHER
1910 - 1989
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 60
Rashid Behbudov
SINGER
1915 - 1989
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 61
R. D. Laing
PSYCHOLOGIST
1927 - 1989
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 62
Werner Best
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 63
Kaoru Ishikawa
CHEMIST
1915 - 1989
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 64
Kazimierz Deyna
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 1989
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 65
Karel Zeman
FILM DIRECTOR
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 66
Princess Deokhye
NOBLEMAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 67
Luis Carlos Galán
POLITICIAN
1943 - 1989
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 68

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, R. D. Laing ranks 1,241 out of 8,785. Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Edgar F. Codd (1923), Edmund Kean (1787), Sebastian Shaw (1905), Edward Whymper (1840), and Gilbert Ryle (1900). After him are William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Judith of Flanders (844), Roy Hodgson (1947), W. O. Bentley (1888), and John Dunstaple (1390).

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Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime
NOBLEMAN
1849 - 1936
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,235
Edgar F. Codd
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1923 - 2003
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,236
Edmund Kean
ACTOR
1787 - 1833
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,237
Sebastian Shaw
ACTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,238
Edward Whymper
MOUNTAINEER
1840 - 1911
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1,239
Gilbert Ryle
PHILOSOPHER
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1,240
R. D. Laing
PSYCHOLOGIST
1927 - 1989
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1,241
William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg
NOBLEMAN
1184 - 1213
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,242
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
POLITICIAN
1158 - 1186
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 1,243
Judith of Flanders
COMPANION
844 - 870
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 1,244
Roy Hodgson
COACH
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 1,245
W. O. Bentley
INVENTOR
1888 - 1971
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 1,246
John Dunstaple
COMPOSER
1390 - 1453
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 1,247