Psychologist

Max Wertheimer

1880 - 1943

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Max Wertheimer

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Max Wertheimer is the 47th most popular psychologist (down from 45th in 2024), the 85th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Psychologist.

Max Wertheimer is most famous for his Gestalt theory of perception. This theory states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Among Psychologists

Among psychologists, Max Wertheimer ranks 47 out of 235. Before him are John Bowlby, Lawrence Kohlberg, Sabina Spielrein, Donald Winnicott, Wolfgang Köhler, and Alfred Kinsey. After him are Milton H. Erickson, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Elton Mayo, Kurt Koffka, Solomon Asch, and Sándor Ferenczi.

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John Bowlby
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 41
Lawrence Kohlberg
1927 - 1987
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 42
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1885 - 1942
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 43
Donald Winnicott
1896 - 1971
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Rank: 44
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
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Alfred Kinsey
1894 - 1956
HPI: 70.58
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Max Wertheimer
1880 - 1943
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 47
Milton H. Erickson
1901 - 1980
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 48
Ernst Heinrich Weber
1795 - 1878
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 49
Elton Mayo
1880 - 1949
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 50
Kurt Koffka
1886 - 1941
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 51
Solomon Asch
1907 - 1996
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 52
Sándor Ferenczi
1873 - 1933
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 53

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Max Wertheimer ranks 23. Before him are Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, Werner von Fritsch, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Premchand, and Otto Weininger. After him are Paul Ehrenfest, Vajiravudh, Michel Fokine, Mohammed Alim Khan, Bruno Taut, and Elton Mayo. Among people deceased in 1943, Max Wertheimer ranks 24. Before him are Alexandre Millerand, Beatrix Potter, Władysław Sikorski, Nikolai Vavilov, Alexandre Yersin, and Maurice Denis. After him are Max Reinhardt, Julius Fučík, Beatrice Webb, Jean Moulin, Gustav Vigeland, and Etty Hillesum.

Others Born in 1880

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Paul Hausser
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1972
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 17
Wilhelm List
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1971
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 18
Werner von Fritsch
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1939
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 19
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
WRITER
1880 - 1940
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 20
Premchand
WRITER
1880 - 1936
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 21
Otto Weininger
PHILOSOPHER
1880 - 1903
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 22
Max Wertheimer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1943
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 23
Paul Ehrenfest
MATHEMATICIAN
1880 - 1933
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 24
Vajiravudh
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1925
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 25
Michel Fokine
DANCER
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 26
Mohammed Alim Khan
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1944
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 27
Bruno Taut
ARCHITECT
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 28
Elton Mayo
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1949
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 29

Others Deceased in 1943

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Alexandre Millerand
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1943
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 18
Beatrix Potter
WRITER
1866 - 1943
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 19
Władysław Sikorski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1943
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 20
Nikolai Vavilov
BIOLOGIST
1887 - 1943
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 21
Alexandre Yersin
PHYSICIAN
1863 - 1943
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 22
Maurice Denis
WRITER
1870 - 1943
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 23
Max Wertheimer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1943
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 24
Max Reinhardt
FILM DIRECTOR
1873 - 1943
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 25
Julius Fučík
WRITER
1903 - 1943
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 26
Beatrice Webb
ECONOMIST
1858 - 1943
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 27
Jean Moulin
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1943
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 28
Gustav Vigeland
SCULPTOR
1869 - 1943
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 29
Etty Hillesum
WRITER
1914 - 1943
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 30

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Max Wertheimer ranks 85 out of NaN. Before him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Jobst of Moravia (1351), Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787), and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644). After him are Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), Petr Pavel (1961), Victor Lustig (1890), and Josef Hoffmann (1870).

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Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1696 - 1772
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 79
Jaroslav Seifert
WRITER
1901 - 1986
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 80
Ottokar I of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
1155 - 1230
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 81
Jobst of Moravia
NOBLEMAN
1351 - 1419
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 82
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
BIOLOGIST
1787 - 1869
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 83
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
MUSICIAN
1644 - 1704
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 84
Max Wertheimer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1943
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 85
Ludmila of Bohemia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
860 - 921
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 86
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
1205 - 1253
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 87
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
POLITICIAN
1531 - 1581
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 88
Petr Pavel
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 89
Victor Lustig
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 90
Josef Hoffmann
ARCHITECT
1870 - 1956
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 91