Psychologist

Lev Vygotsky

1896 - 1934

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Lev Vygotsky

His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2024). Lev Vygotsky is the 8th most popular psychologist (down from 7th in 2024), the 3rd most popular biography from Belarus and the most popular Belarusian Psychologist.

Lev Vygotsky is most famous for his theory of the Zone of Proximal Development.

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, Lev Vygotsky ranks 8 out of 235. Before him are Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Erich Fromm, Alfred Adler, Abraham Maslow, and Wilhelm Wundt. After him are Jacques Lacan, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, John Dewey, William James, and Carl Rogers.

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Carl Jung
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 2
Jean Piaget
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 3
Erich Fromm
1900 - 1980
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 4
Alfred Adler
1870 - 1937
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 5
Abraham Maslow
1908 - 1970
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 6
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 - 1920
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 7
Lev Vygotsky
1896 - 1934
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 8
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 9
Viktor Frankl
1905 - 1997
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 10
Erik Erikson
1902 - 1994
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 11
John Dewey
1859 - 1952
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 12
William James
1842 - 1910
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 13
Carl Rogers
1902 - 1987
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 14

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Lev Vygotsky ranks 5. Before him are F. Scott Fitzgerald, Wallis Simpson, Jean Piaget, and Georgy Zhukov. After him are André Breton, Imre Nagy, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, Antonin Artaud, and Gerty Cori. Among people deceased in 1934, Lev Vygotsky ranks 3. Before him are Marie Curie, and Paul von Hindenburg. After him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Edward Elgar, Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, and Sergey Kirov.

Others Born in 1896

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
WRITER
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 1
Wallis Simpson
CELEBRITY
1896 - 1986
HPI: 83.16
Rank: 2
Jean Piaget
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 3
Georgy Zhukov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1974
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 4
Lev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 5
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 6
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 7
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1896 - 1977
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 8
Tristan Tzara
WRITER
1896 - 1963
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 9
Roman Jakobson
LINGUIST
1896 - 1982
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 10
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 11
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 12