Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris, from 1953 to 1981, and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits. Transcriptions of his seminars, given between 1954 and 1976, were also published. His work made a significant impact on continental philosophy and cultural theory in areas such as post-structuralism, critical theory, feminist theory and film theory, as well as on the practice of psychoanalysis itself.

13 April 1901

Born on the same birth date (13 April 1901): Alan Watt (diplomat)

Born on the same birth day (13 April): Alan Watt (diplomat) • Alfred Mosher Butts • April 13 • Christina of Holstein-Gottorp • Christopher Hitchens • Dana Barros • Gianni Marzotto • James Ensor • Jean-Louis Lévesque • Jim McNab • John Robertson (Virginia politician) • Leopold Fitzinger • Liam Cosgrave • Madalyn Murray O'Hair • Melvin Gordon • Mike Beuttler • Philippe de Rothschild • Phyllis Fraser • Robert Abbe • Roberto Calvi • Thomas Lawrence • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

Born in the same month (April 1901): Ajoy Mukherjee • Alan Watt (diplomat) • Chester B. Bowles • Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil • Doggie Julian • H. B. Stallard • Joe Davis • Lowell Stockman • Melvyn Douglas • Pier Giorgio Frassati • Whittaker Chambers