PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Wiseman

1966 - Today

Richard Wiseman

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 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wiseman is the 235th most popular psychologist (down from 234th in 2019), the 6,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,160th 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, and David McNeill.

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Jonathan Kellerman
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 229
Evelyn Hooker
1907 - 1996
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 230
Elizabeth Holloway Marston
1893 - 1993
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 231
Arthur Jensen
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 232
Cyril Burt
1883 - 1971
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 233
Leda Cosmides
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 234
Richard Wiseman
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 235
Melanie Joy
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 236
David McNeill
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 237

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Richard Wiseman ranks 556. Before him are Tibor Navracsics, Joi Ito, Georg Hackl, Choi Young-il, Kazuto Sakata, and Kae Araki. After him are Nacer Abdellah, Alla Zahaikevych, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Catherine Fleury-Vachon, Naoki Hattori, and Henri-Marie Dondra.

Others Born in 1966

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Tibor Navracsics
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 550
Joi Ito
BUSINESSPERSON
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 551
Georg Hackl
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 552
Choi Young-il
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 553
Kazuto Sakata
RACING DRIVER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 554
Kae Araki
ACTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 555
Richard Wiseman
PSYCHOLOGIST
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 556
Nacer Abdellah
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 557
Alla Zahaikevych
COMPOSER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 558
Heimo Pfeifenberger
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 559
Catherine Fleury-Vachon
WRESTLER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 560
Naoki Hattori
ENGINEER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 561
Henri-Marie Dondra
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 562

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Wiseman ranks 6,282 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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Kirby Howell-Baptiste
ACTOR
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 6,276
Guy Henry
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 6,277
Irving Finkel
WRITER
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 6,278
Andrew Ng
BUSINESSPERSON
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 6,279
Lee Dixon
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6,280
John Suckling
WRITER
1609 - 1641
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6,281
Richard Wiseman
PSYCHOLOGIST
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6,282
Chris Hughton
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6,283
John Laurie
ACTOR
1897 - 1980
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6,284
Paul Dummett
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 6,285
James Forrest
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 6,286
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor
NOBLEMAN
2019 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 6,287
Guthrie Govan
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 6,288