1915 - 2016
Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerome Bruner has received more than 971,786 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jerome Bruner is the 31st most popular psychologist (up from 34th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from United States (up from 413th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Psychologist.
Jerome Bruner is famous for his work in psychology. He is most famous for his work on cognitive development, which is the study of how people acquire knowledge and skills.
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Among psychologists, Jerome Bruner ranks 31 out of 183. Before him are Irvin D. Yalom, Alfred Binet, Lawrence Kohlberg, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Gustav Fechner, and Karen Horney. After him are Paul Ekman, Howard Gardner, Milton H. Erickson, Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck, and John Bowlby.
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
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 36
1907 - 1990
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1915, Jerome Bruner ranks 15. Before him are David Rockefeller, Orson Welles, Paul Samuelson, Eli Wallach, Billie Holiday, and Arthur Miller. After him are Stanley Matthews, Yitzhak Shamir, Joachim Peiper, Paul Tibbets, Aung San, and Sviatoslav Richter. Among people deceased in 2016, Jerome Bruner ranks 22. Before him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Islam Karimov, Andrzej Wajda, George Michael, Abbas Kiarostami, and Carlos Alberto Torres. After him are João Havelange, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Prince, Harper Lee, and Pierre Boulez.
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 9
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 10
1915 - 2009
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 11
1915 - 2014
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 12
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1915 - 2005
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 14
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 15
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 16
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 17
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 18
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 19
1915 - 1947
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 20
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 21
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 17
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 19
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 25
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 26
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 27
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, Jerome Bruner ranks 391 out of 18,182. Before him are Nicole Kidman (1967), Kevin Costner (1955), Jeff Bridges (1949), Charles Goodyear (1800), Sarah Vaughan (1924), and Gertrude B. Elion (1918). After him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Shirley Temple (1928), Henry Clay (1777), Jodie Foster (1962), Brian De Palma (1940), and Michael Clarke Duncan (1957).
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 385
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 386
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 387
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 388
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 389
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 390
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 391
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 392
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 393
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 394
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 395
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 396
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 397
Among psychologists born in United States, Jerome Bruner ranks 10. Before him are Carl Rogers (1902), John B. Watson (1878), B. F. Skinner (1904), Edward Thorndike (1874), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), and Lawrence Kohlberg (1927). After him are Paul Ekman (1934), Howard Gardner (1943), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Gordon Allport (1897), Albert Ellis (1913), and Aaron T. Beck (1921).
1902 - 1987
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 4
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 5
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 6
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 7
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 8
1927 - 1987
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 9
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 10
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 12
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 14
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 15
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 16