1882 - 1960
Melanie Klein (née Reizes; 30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis. She was the primary figure in the development of object relations theory. Klein suggested that pre-verbal existential anxiety in infancy catalyzed the formation of the unconscious, which resulted in the unconscious splitting of the world into good and bad idealizations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melanie Klein has received more than 763,424 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Melanie Klein is the 21st most popular psychologist (up from 24th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Austria (up from 80th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Psychologist.
Melanie Klein is most famous for her idea of the “paranoid-schizoid position” and the “depressive position.” She believed that children go through these two positions during the course of their development. In the paranoid-schizoid position, the child has a tendency to see the world as all-powerful and all-good or all-powerful and all-bad. In the depressive position, the child has a more realistic view of the world.
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Among psychologists, Melanie Klein ranks 21 out of 183. Before her are Gustave Le Bon, Albert Bandura, John B. Watson, Kurt Lewin, B. F. Skinner, and Edward Thorndike. After her are Anna Freud, Daniel Kahneman, Wilhelm Reich, Irvin D. Yalom, Alfred Binet, and Lawrence Kohlberg.
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
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 25
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 26
1927 - 1987
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1882, Melanie Klein ranks 16. Before her are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Georgi Dimitrov, Max Born, Ion Antonescu, Emmy Noether, and Günther von Kluge. After her are Kurt von Schleicher, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Umberto Boccioni, Edward Hopper, Abd el-Krim, and Abdullah I of Jordan. Among people deceased in 1960, Melanie Klein ranks 5. Before her are Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, Clark Gable, and Erich Raeder. After her are Albert Kesselring, Wilhelm Pieck, Max von Laue, Amanullah Khan, Walther Funk, Paula Hitler, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia.
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 10
1882 - 1949
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 11
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 12
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 13
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 14
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 15
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 16
1882 - 1934
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 17
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 18
1882 - 1916
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 19
1882 - 1967
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 20
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 21
1882 - 1951
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 22
1913 - 1960
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 1
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 3
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 4
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 5
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 6
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 7
1879 - 1960
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 8
1892 - 1960
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 9
1890 - 1960
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 10
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 11
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Melanie Klein ranks 70 out of 1,237. Before her are Josef Bican (1913), Fritz Lang (1890), Billy Wilder (1906), Carl Czerny (1791), Martin Buber (1878), and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833). After her are Pope Gregory V (972), Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861), Anna Freud (1895), Oskar Kokoschka (1886), and Alban Berg (1885).
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 64
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 65
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 66
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 67
1878 - 1965
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 68
1833 - 1896
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 69
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 70
972 - 999
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 71
1751 - 1829
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 72
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 73
1895 - 1982
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 74
1886 - 1980
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 75
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 76
Among psychologists born in Austria, Melanie Klein ranks 3. Before her are Alfred Adler (1870) and Viktor Frankl (1905). After her are Anna Freud (1895), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), René Spitz (1887), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), Walter Mischel (1930), and Fritz Heider (1896).
1870 - 1937
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 1
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 2
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 3
1895 - 1982
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 4
1903 - 1990
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 5
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 6
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 7
1887 - 1974
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 8
1877 - 1920
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 9
1913 - 1981
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 10
1930 - 2018
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 11
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 12