PSYCHOLOGIST
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
Wolfgang Köhler
Wolfgang Köhler (21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology. During the Nazi regime in Germany, he protested against the dismissal of Jewish professors from universities, as well as the requirement that professors give a Nazi salute at the beginning of their classes. In 1935 he left the country for the United States, where Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania offered him a professorship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Köhler has received more than 418,474 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Köhler is the 55th most popular psychologist (down from 48th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Estonia and the most popular Estonian Psychologist.
Wolfgang Köhler is most famous for his work with apes in the wild, and his research on the intelligence of apes.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 55 out of 183. Before him are Geert Hofstede, Solomon Asch, Fritz Perls, Raymond Cattell, Sabina Spielrein, and Alexander Luria. After him are Martin Seligman, Sándor Ferenczi, Leon Festinger, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Edward C. Tolman.
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HPI: 64.40
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Sabina Spielrein
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Alexander Luria
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Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
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HPI: 63.70
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HPI: 62.84
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HPI: 62.78
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1886 - 1959
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 61
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1887, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 31. Before him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ruth Benedict, Georg Trakl, Nikolai Vavilov, Nadia Boulanger, and Lothar Rendulic. After him are James B. Sumner, Kurt Schwitters, August Macke, John Reed, Leopold Ružička, and Erich Mendelsohn. Among people deceased in 1967, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 24. Before him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Johannes Itten, John Coltrane, Rodion Malinovsky, Richard Kuhn, and Françoise Dorléac. After him are Hermann Joseph Muller, Casimir Funk, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Jayne Mansfield, Otis Redding, and Ossip Zadkine.
Others Born in 1887
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 25
Ruth Benedict
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 26
Georg Trakl
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 27
Nikolai Vavilov
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
Nadia Boulanger
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 29
Lothar Rendulic
1887 - 1971
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 30
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 31
James B. Sumner
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 32
Kurt Schwitters
1887 - 1948
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 33
August Macke
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 34
John Reed
1887 - 1920
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 35
Leopold Ružička
1887 - 1976
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 36
Erich Mendelsohn
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
Others Deceased in 1967
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Ilya Ehrenburg
1891 - 1967
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 18
Johannes Itten
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 19
John Coltrane
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 20
Rodion Malinovsky
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
Richard Kuhn
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 22
Françoise Dorléac
1942 - 1967
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 23
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 24
Hermann Joseph Muller
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 25
Casimir Funk
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 26
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
1897 - 1967
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 27
Jayne Mansfield
1933 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 28
Otis Redding
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 29
Ossip Zadkine
1888 - 1967
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 30
In Estonia
Among people born in Estonia, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 8 out of 310. Before him are Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Emil Lenz (1804), Arvo Pärt (1935), Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), and Konstantin Päts (1874). After him are Louis Kahn (1901), Lennart Meri (1929), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Paul Keres (1916), Arnold Rüütel (1928), and Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770).
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Alfred Rosenberg
1893 - 1946
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 2
Emil Lenz
1804 - 1865
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 3
Arvo Pärt
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 4
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
1778 - 1852
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 5
Karl Ernst von Baer
1792 - 1876
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 6
Konstantin Päts
1874 - 1956
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 7
Wolfgang Köhler
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 8
Louis Kahn
1901 - 1974
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 9
Lennart Meri
1929 - 2006
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 10
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
1929 - 2008
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 11
Paul Keres
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 12
Arnold Rüütel
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 13
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770 - 1846
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 14
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Estonia
Among psychologists born in Estonia, Wolfgang Köhler ranks 1. After him are Jaak Panksepp (1943).
