PSYCHOLOGIST

Daniel Kahneman

1934 - 2024

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Daniel Kahneman (; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L. Smith. Kahneman's published empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory. Kahneman became known as the "grandfather of behavioral economics." With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Kahneman has received more than 4,076,593 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Daniel Kahneman is the 19th most popular psychologist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Israel (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Psychologist.

Daniel Kahneman is most famous for his work in behavioral economics. He is a psychologist and economist who has spent his career studying human judgment and decision-making. His research shows that people are not the rational, self-interested actors they are often assumed to be.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Daniel Kahneman ranks 19 out of 235. Before him are Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, John B. Watson, and Kurt Lewin. After him are Irvin D. Yalom, Wilhelm Reich, Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, Anna Freud, and Melanie Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Daniel Kahneman ranks 13. Before him are Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Giorgio Armani, Maggie Smith, Gene Cernan, Carl Sagan, and Nana Mouskouri. After him are Judi Dench, Leonid Kravchuk, Vavá, Jane Goodall, Paco Rabanne, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Among people deceased in 2024, Daniel Kahneman ranks 5. Before him are Alain Delon, Franz Beckenbauer, Mário Zagallo, and Maggie Smith. After him are Donald Sutherland, Alberto Fujimori, Fethullah Gülen, Peter Higgs, Paul Auster, Anouk Aimée, and Alice Munro.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Daniel Kahneman ranks 50 out of 466. Before him are Dinah (-1700), Joel (-1), Amos Oz (1939), Ehud Olmert (1945), Hezekiah (-800), and Procopius (500). After him are Josiah (-648), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Herodias (-100), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Abijah of Judah (-1000), and Amalric of Jerusalem (1136).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Israel

Among psychologists born in Israel, Daniel Kahneman ranks 1. After him are Amos Tversky (1937).

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