1896 - 1988
Fritz Heider (19 February 1896 – 2 January 1988) was an Austrian psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school. In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory. This book presents a wide-range analysis of the conceptual framework and the psychological processes that influence human social perception (Malle, 2008). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Heider has received more than 176,495 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Heider is the 150th most popular psychologist (down from 141st in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Austria (down from 500th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Psychologist.
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Among psychologists, Fritz Heider ranks 150 out of 183. Before him are Jordan Peterson, Raymond Moody, James J. Gibson, Bluma Zeigarnik, Rensis Likert, and Julian Rotter. After him are Lisbeth Palme, Kurt Goldstein, Brian Weiss, Robert D. Hare, Gustave Gilbert, and James Hillman.
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 144
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 145
1904 - 1979
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 146
1900 - 1988
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 147
1903 - 1981
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 148
1916 - 2014
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 149
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 150
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 151
1878 - 1965
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 152
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 153
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 154
1911 - 1977
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 155
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 156
Among people born in 1896, Fritz Heider ranks 109. Before him are Josef Sudek, Ludwik Fleck, Erich Hückel, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Léonide Massine, and John of Shanghai and San Francisco. After him are Carl Zuckmayer, Charlie Rivel, Anandamayi Ma, Henry Allingham, Ieronim Uborevich, and He Long. Among people deceased in 1988, Fritz Heider ranks 86. Before him are Bluma Zeigarnik, Raymond Williams, Hal Ashby, Viktors Arājs, Mikha'il Na'ima, and Seán MacBride. After him are Charles Addams, Hillel Slovak, Alec Issigonis, Hamengkubuwono IX, Aparicio Méndez, and Erich Fried.
1896 - 1976
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 103
1896 - 1961
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 104
1896 - 1980
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 105
1896 - 1981
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 106
1896 - 1979
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 107
1896 - 1966
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 108
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 109
1896 - 1977
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 110
1896 - 1983
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 111
1896 - 1982
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 112
1896 - 2009
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 113
1896 - 1937
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 114
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 115
1900 - 1988
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 80
1921 - 1988
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 81
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 82
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 83
1889 - 1988
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 84
1904 - 1988
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 85
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 86
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 87
1962 - 1988
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 88
1906 - 1988
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 89
1912 - 1988
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 90
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 91
1921 - 1988
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 92
Among people born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 534 out of 1,237. Before him are Felix Mottl (1856), Gaston Glock (1929), Victor Babeș (1854), Marisa Mell (1939), Wilhelm von Mirbach (1871), and Hans Rott (1858). After him are Ernst Marischka (1893), Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567), Gitta Sereny (1921), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Ignaz Seipel (1876).
1856 - 1911
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 528
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 529
1854 - 1926
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 530
1939 - 1992
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 531
1871 - 1918
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 532
1858 - 1884
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 533
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 534
1893 - 1963
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 535
1567 - 1633
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 536
1921 - 2012
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 537
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 538
1921 - 2016
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 539
1876 - 1932
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 540
Among psychologists born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 12. Before him are Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), René Spitz (1887), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), and Walter Mischel (1930). After him are Emma Eckstein (1865) and Karl H. Pribram (1919).
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 6
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 7
1887 - 1974
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 8
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 9
1913 - 1981
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 10
1930 - 2018
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 11
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 12
1865 - 1924
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 13
1919 - 2015
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 14