1890 - 1947
Kurt Lewin ( lə-VEEN; 9 September 1891 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. During his professional career Lewin applied himself to three general topics: applied research, action research, and group communication. Lewin is often recognized as the "founder of social psychology" and was one of the first to study group dynamics and organizational development. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Lewin has received more than 1,154,691 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Kurt Lewin is the 18th most popular psychologist (up from 20th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 31st in 2019) and the most popular Polish Psychologist.
Kurt Lewin is most famous for his work on group dynamics and organizational psychology. He is also known for the Lewin-Erickson theory of personality, which is a social-psychological theory that deals with the interaction between the person and the environment.
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Among psychologists, Kurt Lewin ranks 18 out of 183. Before him are Erik Erikson, Viktor Frankl, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, and John B. Watson. After him are B. F. Skinner, Edward Thorndike, Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, Daniel Kahneman, and Wilhelm Reich.
1902 - 1994
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 12
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 13
1902 - 1987
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 14
1841 - 1931
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 15
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 16
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 17
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 18
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 19
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 20
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 21
1895 - 1982
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 22
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 23
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1890, Kurt Lewin ranks 12. Before him are Boris Pasternak, Friedrich Paulus, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Karel Čapek, and Alfred Jodl. After him are Fritz Lang, Colonel Sanders, Stan Laurel, George II of Greece, Lawrence Bragg, and Man Ray. Among people deceased in 1947, Kurt Lewin ranks 7. Before him are Max Planck, Henry Ford, Al Capone, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Rudolf Höss, and Aleister Crowley. After him are Philipp Lenard, Christian X of Denmark, Jozef Tiso, Victor Horta, George II of Greece, and Raoul Wallenberg.
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 6
1890 - 1957
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 7
1890 - 1937
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1890 - 1918
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 9
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 10
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 11
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 12
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 13
1890 - 1980
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 14
1890 - 1965
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 15
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 16
1890 - 1971
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 17
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 18
1858 - 1947
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 1
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 3
1869 - 1947
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 4
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 5
1875 - 1947
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 6
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 7
1862 - 1947
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 8
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 9
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 10
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 11
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 12
1912 - 1947
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 13
Among people born in Poland, Kurt Lewin ranks 32 out of 1,454. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Maximilian Kolbe (1894), and Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941). After him are Irena Sendler (1910), Marie Leszczyńska (1703), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), and Günther von Kluge (1882).
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 26
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 27
1887 - 1982
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 28
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 29
1894 - 1941
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 30
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 31
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 32
1910 - 2008
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 33
1703 - 1768
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 34
1884 - 1942
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 35
1934 - 2022
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 36
1456 - 1516
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 37
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 38
Among psychologists born in Poland, Kurt Lewin ranks 1. After him are Gustav Fechner (1801), 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