1871 - 1938
William Stern (born Ludwig Wilhelm Stern; April 29, 1871 – March 27, 1938) was a German psychologist and philosopher who originated personalistic psychology, which placed emphasis on the individual by examining measurable personality traits as well as the interaction of those traits within each person to create the self. Stern coined the term intelligence quotient (IQ) and invented the tone variator as a new way to study human perception of sound. Stern studied psychology and philosophy under Hermann Ebbinghaus at the University of Berlin, and quickly moved on to teach at the University of Breslau. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Stern has received more than 18,332 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Stern is the 79th most popular psychologist (down from 76th in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from Germany (down from 941st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Psychologist.
William Stern is most famous for his work in the field of psychology, specifically in the study of intelligence. He created the term IQ, and was the first to measure intelligence in a standardized way.
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Among psychologists, William Stern ranks 79 out of 183. Before him are Mary Ainsworth, Otto Rank, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Karl Abraham, Alice Miller, and Harry Harlow. After him are Paul Watzlawick, David McClelland, Walter Bradford Cannon, Muzafer Sherif, Ludwig Binswanger, and Karl Bühler.
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 73
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
Among people born in 1871, William Stern ranks 30. Before him are Maurice Garin, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Stjepan Radić, Cordell Hull, Stephen Crane, and Ernst Zermelo. After him are Leonid Andreyev, Walter Bradford Cannon, Lyonel Feininger, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Willem Mengelberg, and Nicolae Iorga. Among people deceased in 1938, William Stern ranks 43. Before him are Yakov Yurovsky, Suzanne Lenglen, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Mary Mallon, and Ernst Barlach. After him are Branislav Nušić, Andrej Hlinka, Joseph Bédier, Marianne von Werefkin, Nikolay Krestinsky, and Aleksandr Kuprin.
1871 - 1957
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 24
1871 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 25
1871 - 1928
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 26
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 27
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 28
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 29
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 30
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 31
1871 - 1945
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 32
1871 - 1956
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 33
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 34
1871 - 1951
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 35
1871 - 1940
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 36
1878 - 1938
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 37
1899 - 1938
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 38
1899 - 1938
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 39
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 40
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 41
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 42
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 43
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 44
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 45
1864 - 1938
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 46
1860 - 1938
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 47
1883 - 1938
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 48
1870 - 1938
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 49
Among people born in Germany, William Stern ranks 1,039 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst Barlach (1870), Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759), Stefan Lochner (1410), Martin Schulz (1955), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), and Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755). After him are Alfred Brehm (1829), Josef Harpe (1887), Uli Hoeneß (1952), John McEnroe (1959), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), and Joseph Pilates (1883).
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,033
1759 - 1838
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,034
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,035
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,036
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,037
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,038
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,039
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,040
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,041
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,042
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,043
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,044
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,045
Among psychologists born in Germany, William Stern ranks 12. Before him are Hans Eysenck (1916), Fritz Perls (1893), Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Kurt Koffka (1886), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), and Karl Abraham (1877). After him are Karl Bühler (1879), Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Adolf Bastian (1826), Ulric Neisser (1928), and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889).
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 6
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 7
1888 - 1964
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 8
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 11
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 12
1879 - 1963
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 13
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 14
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 15
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 16
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 17
1889 - 1957
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 18