PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Wiseman

1966 - Today

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Richard John Wiseman (born 16 September 1966) is a professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has written several psychology books. He has given keynote addresses to the Royal Society, the Swiss Economic Forum, Google and Amazon. He is a fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a patron of Humanists UK. Wiseman is also the creator of the YouTube channels Quirkology and In59Seconds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wiseman is the 235th most popular psychologist (down from 234th in 2024), the 6,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,159th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Richard Wiseman ranks 235 out of 235. Before him are Jonathan Kellerman, Evelyn Hooker, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Arthur Jensen, Cyril Burt, and Leda Cosmides. After him are Melanie Joy, Geoffrey Miller, David McNeill, Adam Grant, and Amy Cuddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Richard Wiseman ranks 586. Before him are Joi Ito, Georg Hackl, Yevgeny Zinichev, Choi Young-il, Kazuto Sakata, and Kae Araki. After him are Nacer Abdellah, Alla Zahaikevych, Nick Wirth, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Catherine Fleury-Vachon, and Charlie Schlatter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Wiseman ranks 6,297 out of 8,785. Before him are Kirby Howell-Baptiste (1987), Guy Henry (1960), Irving Finkel (1951), Andrew Ng (1976), Lee Dixon (1964), and John Suckling (1609). After him are Chris Hughton (1958), John Laurie (1897), Paul Dummett (1991), James Forrest (1991), Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (2019), and Guthrie Govan (1971).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among psychologists born in United Kingdom, Richard Wiseman ranks 20. Before him are Anne Treisman (1935), Robin Dunbar (1947), Richard Lynn (1930), Alan Baddeley (1934), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), and Cyril Burt (1883).

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