1921 - 2007
Paul Watzlawick (July 25, 1921 – March 31, 2007) was an Austrian-American family therapist, psychologist, communication theorist, and philosopher. A theoretician in communication theory and radical constructivism, he commented in the fields of family therapy and general psychotherapy. Watzlawick believed that people create their own suffering in the very act of trying to fix their emotional problems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Watzlawick has received more than 404,414 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Watzlawick is the 80th most popular psychologist (down from 73rd in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Austria (down from 231st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Psychologist.
Paul Watzlawick is most famous for his work on the "principle of double-bind" and "paradoxical intention." He was a psychotherapist, philosopher, and writer.
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Among psychologists, Paul Watzlawick ranks 80 out of 183. Before him are Otto Rank, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Karl Abraham, Alice Miller, Harry Harlow, and William Stern. After him are David McClelland, Walter Bradford Cannon, Muzafer Sherif, Ludwig Binswanger, Karl Bühler, and Vladimir Bekhterev.
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 74
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 75
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 76
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 77
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 78
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 79
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 80
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 81
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 82
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 83
1881 - 1966
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 84
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 85
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 86
Among people born in 1921, Paul Watzlawick ranks 70. Before him are Yoichiro Nambu, Peter Benenson, Franco Corelli, Mary Jackson, Louis Jourdan, and Yitzhak Navon. After him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Jack Steinberger, Iris Apfel, Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, and Yuri Nikulin. Among people deceased in 2007, Paul Watzlawick ranks 38. Before him are Lois Maxwell, Marcheline Bertrand, Henri Troyat, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Arthur Kornberg. After him are Jane Wyman, Robert Jordan, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Jean-Claude Brialy, Gaston Thorn, and Joe Zawinul.
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 64
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 65
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 66
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 67
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 68
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 69
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 70
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 71
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 72
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 73
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 75
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 76
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 32
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 33
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 34
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 35
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 37
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 39
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 43
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 44
Among people born in Austria, Paul Watzlawick ranks 267 out of 1,237. Before him are Max Steiner (1888), Max Perutz (1914), Thomas Klestil (1932), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), and Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711). After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878), Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611), Felix Baumgartner (1969), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Udo Jürgens (1934), and Kunigunde of Austria (1465).
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 261
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 262
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 263
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 264
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 265
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 266
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 267
1878 - 1960
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 268
1611 - 1644
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 269
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 270
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 271
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 272
1465 - 1520
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 273
Among psychologists born in Austria, Paul Watzlawick ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Adler (1870), Viktor Frankl (1905), Melanie Klein (1882), Anna Freud (1895), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), and Otto Rank (1884). After him are René Spitz (1887), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), Walter Mischel (1930), Fritz Heider (1896), and Emma Eckstein (1865).
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
1865 - 1924
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 13