Occupation
PSYCHOLOGISTS
With 235 biographies, Psychologists are the 51st most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Celebrities, Sculptors, and Computer Scientists.
People
Pantheon has 237 people classified as psychologists born between 1795 and 1967. Of these 237, 43 (18.14%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living psychologists include Irvin D. Yalom, Howard Gardner, and Paul Ekman. The most famous deceased psychologists include Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Jean Piaget. As of April 2024, 30 new psychologists have been added to Pantheon including Jean Tatlock, Otto F. Kernberg, and Johannes Heinrich Schultz.
Living Psychologists
Go to all RankingsIrvin D. Yalom
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.30
Howard Gardner
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Paul Ekman
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Martin Seligman
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Stanislav Grof
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Antonio Damasio
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Jon Kabat-Zinn
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Robert Cialdini
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Robert Sternberg
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Carol Gilligan
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Otto F. Kernberg
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Steven Pinker
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Deceased Psychologists
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
HPI: 87.63
Carl Jung
1875 - 1961
HPI: 79.73
Jean Piaget
1896 - 1980
HPI: 78.86
Alfred Adler
1870 - 1937
HPI: 77.89
Abraham Maslow
1908 - 1970
HPI: 76.98
Erich Fromm
1900 - 1980
HPI: 76.71
Lev Vygotsky
1896 - 1934
HPI: 76.62
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 - 1920
HPI: 76.39
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.66
John Dewey
1859 - 1952
HPI: 75.21
Viktor Frankl
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.25
William James
1842 - 1910
HPI: 74.14
Newly Added Psychologists (2024)
Go to all RankingsJean Tatlock
1914 - 1944
HPI: 60.80
Otto F. Kernberg
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Johannes Heinrich Schultz
1884 - 1970
HPI: 56.05
Léopold Szondi
1893 - 1986
HPI: 55.22
Reuven Feuerstein
1921 - 2014
HPI: 53.61
Endel Tulving
1927 - 2023
HPI: 53.38
Edgar Rubin
1886 - 1951
HPI: 53.12
Edgar Schein
1928 - 2023
HPI: 52.66
Jacques-Alain Miller
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Otto Binswanger
1852 - 1929
HPI: 51.20
Laura Perls
1905 - 1990
HPI: 50.15
Frank Rosenblatt
1928 - 1971
HPI: 49.08
Places
Most psychologists were born in United States (88), Germany (23), and United Kingdom (20). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (16), Vienna (13), and Berlin (5).The most common death places of psychologists were United States (107), United Kingdom (18), and France (16). By city, these were New York City (14), London (8), and Moscow (5).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as psychologists in Pantheon are Alexander Bain, Gustav Fechner, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. The concentration of psychologists was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier psychologists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Psychologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Psychologists since 1700.