PSYCHOLOGIST

Aleksei N. Leontiev

1903 - 1979

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Aleksei Nikolayevich Leontiev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев, IPA: [lʲɪˈonʲtʲjɪf]; February 18, 1903 – January 21, 1979), was a Soviet Russian developmental psychologist and philosopher and a founder of activity theory. He was born and died in Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksei N. Leontiev is the 159th most popular psychologist (down from 115th in 2019), the 974th most popular biography from Russia (down from 618th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Aleksei N. Leontiev ranks 159 out of 235. Before him are Arthur Janov, Johannes Heinrich Schultz, Michael Gazzaniga, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Jacques-Alain Miller, and Victor Skumin. After him are James J. Gibson, Stanley Schachter, Walter Mischel, Brenda Milner, Harry Harlow, and Arnold Gesell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Aleksei N. Leontiev ranks 147. Before him are Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, W. V. D. Hodge, Corrado Bafile, Abba P. Lerner, Nikolay Krylov, and Morgan Taylor. After him are Antanas Sniečkus, Takiji Kobayashi, Alexander Imich, Lina Radke, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, and K. Kamaraj. Among people deceased in 1979, Aleksei N. Leontiev ranks 110. Before him are Antun Augustinčić, Arno Schmidt, Carl Laemmle Jr., Ita Rina, Fulton J. Sheen, and Leonid Bykov. After him are Marcel L'Herbier, August Heissmeyer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, James J. Gibson, Georges Florovsky, and Jack Haley.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksei N. Leontiev ranks 974 out of 3,761. Before him are Tini Beg (1341), Georg Ots (1920), Nikolai Nebogatov (1849), Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824), and Lev Oborin (1907). After him are Boris Mikhailov (1944), Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Angelina Beloff (1879), Elena Obraztsova (1939), Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), and Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (1906).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Russia

Among psychologists born in Russia, Aleksei N. Leontiev ranks 7. Before him are Sabina Spielrein (1885), Alexander Luria (1902), Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), and Victor Skumin (1948). After him are Endel Tulving (1927), and Natalia Bekhtereva (1924).

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