Psychologist

Frederick Herzberg

American psychologist

1923 - 2000

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Herzberg is the 100th most popular psychologist (down from 90th in 2024), the 2,064th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,618th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Psychologist.

Herzberg is most famous for his two-factor theory of motivation. The theory proposes that there are two basic factors of motivation: the "hygiene factors" (e.g. salary, working conditions) and the "motivators" (e.g. responsibility, recognition).

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, Frederick Herzberg ranks 100 out of 235. Before him are V. S. Ramachandran, Vladimir Bekhterev, R. D. Laing, Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, and Carol Gilligan. After him are Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Frederick Herzberg ranks 77. Before him are Chaleo Yoovidhya, Walter M. Miller Jr., Norman Mailer, Edgar F. Codd, Chuck Yeager, and Hwang Jang-yop. After him are Valentina Cortese, Conrad Bain, Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Lloyd Shapley, Ousmane Sembène, and Diane Arbus. Among people deceased in 2000, Frederick Herzberg ranks 58. Before him are Saburō Sakai, Đorđe Martinović incident, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, Friedrich Gulda, and A. E. van Vogt. After him are Herta Bothe, Jan Karski, Claude Sautet, Noboru Takeshita, Keizō Obuchi, and Ion Gheorghe Maurer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frederick Herzberg ranks 2,064 out of NaN. Before him are Saul Kripke (1940), Barnett Newman (1905), Wade Williams (1961), Rose Kennedy (1890), William Styron (1925), and Paul Krugman (1953). After him are Hiram Bingham III (1875), Poul Anderson (1926), Carl Reiner (1922), Phil Knight (1938), Thomas Cech (1947), and James Irwin (1930).

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Among Psychologists In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Frederick Herzberg ranks 35. Before him are Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), and Carol Gilligan (1936). After him are Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Jean Tatlock (1914), Thomas Gordon (1918), and Robert Plutchik (1927).

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