1801 - 1887
Gustav Theodor Fechner (; German: [ˈfɛçnɐ]; 19 April 1801 – 18 November 1887) was a German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist. A pioneer in experimental psychology and founder of psychophysics (techniques for measuring the mind), he inspired many 20th-century scientists and philosophers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Fechner has received more than 382,365 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Gustav Fechner is the 29th most popular psychologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Poland (down from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Psychologist.
Gustav Fechner was a German physiologist and psychologist who is most famous for his psychophysical law, which states that the magnitude of a sensation is proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity.
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Among psychologists, Gustav Fechner ranks 29 out of 183. Before him are Daniel Kahneman, Wilhelm Reich, Irvin D. Yalom, Alfred Binet, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Hermann Ebbinghaus. After him are Karen Horney, Jerome Bruner, Paul Ekman, Howard Gardner, Milton H. Erickson, and Gordon Allport.
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 23
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 24
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 25
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 26
1927 - 1987
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 27
1850 - 1909
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 28
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 29
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 30
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 31
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 33
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 34
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 35
Among people born in 1801, Gustav Fechner ranks 3. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini and Brigham Young. After him are Josip Jelačić, Frédéric Bastiat, John of Saxony, Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, John Henry Newman, Johannes Peter Müller, Joseph Plateau, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky. Among people deceased in 1887, Gustav Fechner ranks 3. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff and Alexander Borodin. After him are Jenny Lind, Eugène Edine Pottier, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Alfred Krupp, Juan, Count of Montizón, and Jules Laforgue.
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 1
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 2
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 3
1801 - 1859
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 4
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 5
1801 - 1873
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 6
1801 - 1873
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 7
1801 - 1877
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 8
1801 - 1890
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 9
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 10
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 11
1801 - 1862
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 12
1824 - 1887
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 1
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 2
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 3
1820 - 1887
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 4
1816 - 1887
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 5
1866 - 1887
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 6
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 7
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 8
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 10
1822 - 1887
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 11
1860 - 1887
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Gustav Fechner ranks 70 out of 1,454. Before him are Faustina Kowalska (1905), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), and Emanuel Lasker (1868). After him are Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Maria Feodorovna (1759), Norbert Elias (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), and John II Casimir Vasa (1609).
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 64
1862 - 1946
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 65
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 66
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 67
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 68
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 69
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 71
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 72
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 73
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 74
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 75
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 76
Among psychologists born in Poland, Gustav Fechner ranks 2. Before him are Kurt Lewin (1890). After him are Solomon Asch (1907), Alice Miller (1923), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Kurt Goldstein (1878), Helene Deutsch (1884), and Abraham Brill (1874).
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 1
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 2
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 3
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 4
1863 - 1916
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5
1878 - 1965
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 6
1884 - 1982
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 7
1874 - 1948
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 8