1902 - 1977
Alexander Romanovich Luria (Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Лу́рия; 16 July 1902 – 14 August 1977) was a Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as a father of modern neuropsychology. He developed an extensive and original battery of neuropsychological tests during his clinical work with brain-injured victims of World War II, which are still used in various forms. He made an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various brain regions and integrative processes of the brain in general. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Luria has received more than 395,837 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alexander Luria is the 54th most popular psychologist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Russia (down from 226th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Psychologist.
Luria is most famous for his work in neuropsychology. He is considered one of the founders of cognitive psychology. He was a Russian-born psychologist who studied the effects of brain damage on the human mind.
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Among psychologists, Alexander Luria ranks 54 out of 183. Before him are Stanley Milgram, Geert Hofstede, Solomon Asch, Fritz Perls, Raymond Cattell, and Sabina Spielrein. After him are Wolfgang Köhler, Martin Seligman, Sándor Ferenczi, Leon Festinger, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 48
1928 - 2020
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 49
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 50
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 51
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 52
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 53
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 54
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 55
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 56
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 57
1919 - 1989
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 58
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 59
1934 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1902, Alexander Luria ranks 33. Before him are Harold Lasswell, Marcel Breuer, Mikhail Suslov, Alva Myrdal, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and Reinhard Gehlen. After him are Theodore Schultz, Émile Benveniste, Juscelino Kubitschek, André Michel Lwoff, Mitsuo Fuchida, and Felix Wankel. Among people deceased in 1977, Alexander Luria ranks 24. Before him are Ernst Bloch, Francis Gary Powers, Howard Hawks, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Bing Crosby, and Clarice Lispector. After him are Groucho Marx, Andreas Baader, Edgar Adrian, Clementine Churchill, Lee Miller, and Ali Shariati.
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 27
1902 - 1981
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 28
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 29
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 30
1902 - 1947
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 31
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 32
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 33
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 34
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 35
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 36
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 37
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 38
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 39
1885 - 1977
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 18
1929 - 1977
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 19
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 20
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 21
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 23
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 24
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 25
1943 - 1977
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 26
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 27
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 28
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 29
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 30
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Luria ranks 238 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Ivan Goncharov (1812), Sabina Spielrein (1885), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), and Oleg Antonov (1906). After him are Vasily Blyukher (1889), Gustav Bauer (1870), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), and Vasily I of Moscow (1371).
1847 - 1909
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 232
1851 - 1926
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 233
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 234
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 235
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 236
1906 - 1984
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 237
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 238
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 239
1870 - 1944
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 240
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 241
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 242
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 243
1371 - 1425
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 244
Among psychologists born in Russia, Alexander Luria ranks 2. Before him are Sabina Spielrein (1885). After him are Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903), Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), and Victor Skumin (1948).
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 1
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 2
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 4
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 5
1846 - 1888
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 7