1795 - 1878
Ernst Heinrich Weber (24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878) was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology. He was an influential and important figure in the areas of physiology and psychology during his lifetime and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Heinrich Weber has received more than 203,325 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ernst Heinrich Weber is the 75th most popular psychologist (down from 60th in 2019), the 916th most popular biography from Germany (down from 731st in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Psychologist.
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Among psychologists, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 75 out of 183. Before him are Stanislav Grof, G. Stanley Hall, David Wechsler, Kurt Koffka, Mary Ainsworth, and Otto Rank. After him are Karl Abraham, Alice Miller, Harry Harlow, William Stern, Paul Watzlawick, and David McClelland.
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 69
1846 - 1924
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 70
1896 - 1981
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 71
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 72
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 73
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 74
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 75
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 76
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 77
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 78
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 79
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 80
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1795, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 10. Before him are John Keats, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Antonio José de Sucre. After him are Dred Scott, John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, and Johns Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1878, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 11. Before him are Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, and George V of Hanover. After him are Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Elias Magnus Fries, Angelo Secchi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, and Antoine César Becquerel.
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1795 - 1865
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 8
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 12
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 13
1795 - 1870
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 14
1795 - 1858
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 16
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1797 - 1878
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 6
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 7
1817 - 1878
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 8
1806 - 1878
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 9
1819 - 1878
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 10
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 11
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 12
1821 - 1878
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 13
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 14
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 15
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 16
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 916 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), William II of Württemberg (1848), Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emmy Göring (1893), and Emanuel Schikaneder (1751). After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Marie of Prussia (1825), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), and Rudi Völler (1960).
1754 - 1832
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 910
1430 - 1495
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 911
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 912
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 913
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 914
1751 - 1812
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 915
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 916
940 - 994
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 917
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 918
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 919
1825 - 1889
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 920
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 921
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 922
Among psychologists born in Germany, Ernst Heinrich Weber ranks 10. Before him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Karen Horney (1885), Hans Eysenck (1916), Fritz Perls (1893), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), and Kurt Koffka (1886). After him are Karl Abraham (1877), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), and Adolf Bastian (1826).
1850 - 1909
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 4
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 5
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 6
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 7
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 8
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 11
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 12
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 13
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 14
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 15
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 16