# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-d-laing
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:38:19.216Z

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name: "R. D. Laing"
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description: "Ronald David Laing, usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness, particularly psychosis and schizophrenia. Politically, Laing was regarded as a thinker of the New Left. He has been theatrically portrayed by Mike Maran, Alan Cox, Billy Mack, and David Tennant in the 2017 film Mad to Be Normal."
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birthDate: "1927-10-07"
deathDate: "1989-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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