PSYCHOLOGIST

Michael Balint

1896 - 1970

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Michael Balint (Hungarian: Bálint Mihály, pronounced [ˈbaːlint ˈmihaːj]; 3 December 1896 – 31 December 1970) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst who spent most of his adult life in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Balint has received more than 137,158 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Michael Balint is the 104th most popular psychologist (down from 99th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Michael Balint ranks 104 out of 235Before him are Émile Coué, Otto Gross, Clark L. Hull, René Spitz, Charles Spearman, and Harry Stack Sullivan. After him are Auguste Forel, Jon Kabat-Zinn, R. D. Laing, Édouard Claparède, William McDougall, and John Money.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Michael Balint ranks 70Before him are Otto Hofmann, Aleksei Antonov, Julien Duvivier, Ville Ritola, Karl August Wittfogel, and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. After him are Tadj ol-Molouk, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Heo Jeong, Henri de Lubac, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, and Jorge Alessandri. Among people deceased in 1970, Michael Balint ranks 62Before him are Fritz Bayerlein, Elyesa Bazna, Barnett Newman, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, and Théo Sarapo. After him are Mikhail Mil, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, Tarjei Vesaas, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Jan Syrový, and Zeki Velidi Togan.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Michael Balint ranks 170 out of 1,077Before him are Ferenc Krausz (1962), John Harsanyi (1920), Aladár Gerevich (1910), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), Béla Miklós (1890), and Ferenc Erkel (1810). After him are Constance of Hungary (1180), Géza Lakatos (1890), Aurel Stein (1862), Valamir (420), Márta Mészáros (1931), and Mór Jókai (1825).

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Hungary

Among psychologists born in Hungary, Michael Balint ranks 3Before him are Sándor Ferenczi (1873), and Margaret Mahler (1897). After him are Franz Alexander (1891).