Psychologist
1. James Mckeen Cattell (1860)
Psychologist
Psychologist whose experiments in mental ability helped establish the field as a legitimate scientific discipline. The New York Times once called him "the dean of American science".
2. Alfred Adler (1880)
Psychologist
Austrian psychologist and medical doctor who emphasized the importance of the feeling of inferiority in the development of an individual's personality. He is well-known as the creator of the school...
3. Elizabeth Kenny (1886)
Psychologist
Creator of the science of physical therapy who was one of the first to propose, counter to conventional wisdom, exercising to counter the effects of polio. The Sister Kenny Rehabilitation...
4. Wolfgang Kohler (1887)
Psychologist
German psychologist and phenomenologist who made great contributions to the creation of Gestalt psychology. His 1918 book The Mentality of Apes tackled the complex subject of problem solving.
5. BF Skinner (1904)
Psychologist
Legendary psychologist in the experimental analysis of behavior who was a firm believer of the idea that human free will was actually an illusion. His psychological manifesto, Walden Two, was...
6. Maickel Melamed (1975)
Psychologist
Long-distance runner and motivational speaker known for his participation in marathons despite suffering from muscular dystrophy. He has over 600,000 followers on Instagram and over 700,000 followers on Twitter.
7. James V McConnell (1925)
Psychologist
Twentieth-century animal research psychologist and biologist. He is particularly remembered for his work on memory and learning processes in planarians, a variety of flatworms.
8. RD Laing (1927)
Psychologist
Psychologist and member of the New Left whose revolutionary 1960 book The Divided Self examined mental illness. He was regarded as part of the Anti-psychiatrist movement because of his controversial...
9. Elizabeth Loftus (1970)
Psychologist
Psychologist known for being an expert on human memory, particularly the of memory in eye-witness testimony. She gained public notice in 2021 for testifying at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
10. Ciaran O'keeffe (1971)
Psychologist
English parapsychologist best known for appearing on the paranormal television shows Living TV's Most Haunted, Jane Goldman Investigates, and National Geographic's "Paranormal?"
11. Linda Papadopoulos (1971)
Psychologist
Psychologist most famous for her appearances on television shows like My Naked Secret, Big Brother and Celebrity Fit Club. She is the author of several psychology books, including The Man Manual (2005)...
