Psychologist

Wilhelm Reich

Austrian-American psychoanalyst

1897 - 1957

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His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Reich is the 26th most popular psychologist (down from 21st in 2024), the 40th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Psychologist.

Wilhelm Reich was a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who is most famous for his work in the field of sexology. He is best known for his invention of the orgone energy accumulator, which he claimed could cure cancer and other illnesses.

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Of the 3 Psychologists born in Ukraine, Wilhelm Reich ranks first.

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Wilhelm Reich's biography appears in 55 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 90% of all Psychologists.

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Wilhelm Reich shares a March 24 birthday with Harry Houdini, Steve McQueen, and Georgius Agricola.

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, Wilhelm Reich ranks 26 out of 235. Before him are John B. Watson, Daniel Kahneman, Irvin D. Yalom, B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, and Melanie Klein. After him are Gustav Fechner, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Aaron T. Beck, Alfred Binet, Karen Horney, and Princess Marie Bonaparte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Wilhelm Reich ranks 19. Before him are Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, Yun Posun, Jiroemon Kimura, Anthony Eden, and Lucky Luciano. After him are Georges Bataille, Odd Hassel, Louis Aragon, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ferenc Szálasi, and Frank Capra. Among people deceased in 1957, Wilhelm Reich ranks 16. Before him are Nikos Kazantzakis, Constantin Brâncuși, Walther Bothe, Gerty Cori, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and Arturo Toscanini. After him are Gichin Funakoshi, Oliver Hardy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Henry van de Velde, Gabriela Mistral, and Irving Langmuir.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Wilhelm Reich ranks 40 out of 1,365. Before him are Anne of Kiev (1025), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), and Ludwig von Mises (1881). After him are Simon Wiesenthal (1908), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Symon Petliura (1879), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), Igor Sikorsky (1889), and George Gamow (1904).

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Among Psychologists In Ukraine

Among psychologists born in Ukraine, Wilhelm Reich ranks 1. After him are Giacomo Rizzolatti (1937), and Anatol Rapoport (1911).

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