PSYCHOLOGIST
Bluma Zeigarnik
1900 - 1988

Bluma Zeigarnik
Bluma Zeigarnik (Russian: Блю́ма Ву́льфовна Зейга́рник, IPA: [ˈblʲumə ˈvulʲfəvnə zʲɪjˈɡarnʲɪk]; 9 November [O.S. 27 October] 1900 – 24 February 1988) was a Soviet psychologist of Lithuanian origin, a member of the Berlin School of experimental psychology and the so-called Vygotsky Circle. She contributed to the establishment of experimental psychopathology as a separate discipline in the Soviet Union in the post-World War II period. In the 1920s she conducted a study on memory, in which she compared memory in relation to interrupted and completed tasks. She had found that interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed ones; this is now known as the Zeigarnik effect. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bluma Zeigarnik is the 117th most popular psychologist (up from 118th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 50th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Psychologist.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Bluma Zeigarnik ranks 117 out of 235. Before her are Robert Sternberg, Édouard Claparède, Havelock Ellis, Marie-Louise von Franz, William McDougall, and James McKeen Cattell. After her are Heinz Kohut, Oswald Külpe, Amos Tversky, Jean Tatlock, Thomas Gordon, and Robert Plutchik.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRobert Sternberg
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 111
Édouard Claparède
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 112
Havelock Ellis
1859 - 1939
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 113
Marie-Louise von Franz
1915 - 1998
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 114
William McDougall
1871 - 1938
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 115
James McKeen Cattell
1860 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 116
Bluma Zeigarnik
1900 - 1988
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 117
Heinz Kohut
1913 - 1981
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 118
Oswald Külpe
1862 - 1915
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 119
Amos Tversky
1937 - 1996
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 120
Jean Tatlock
1914 - 1944
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 121
Thomas Gordon
1918 - 2002
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 122
Robert Plutchik
1927 - 2006
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 123
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1900, Bluma Zeigarnik ranks 89. Before her are Joseph Needham, Helene Weigel, Robert Desnos, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, and Marc Allégret. After her are Hassan Fathy, Fulcanelli, Ernst Busch, Muhammad Asad, Wilhelm Rediess, and George Antheil. Among people deceased in 1988, Bluma Zeigarnik ranks 61. Before her are Isamu Noguchi, René Char, Antonín Puč, Viktors Arājs, Renato Salvatori, and Raymond Dart. After her are Sergey Gorshkov, Takeo Miki, Lev Pontryagin, George Uhlenbeck, Vladimír Menšík, and Anna Mahler.
Others Born in 1900
Go to all RankingsJoseph Needham
WRITER
1900 - 1995
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 83
Helene Weigel
ACTOR
1900 - 1971
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 84
Robert Desnos
WRITER
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 85
Agnes Moorehead
ACTOR
1900 - 1974
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 86
Camille Chamoun
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 87
Marc Allégret
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1973
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 88
Bluma Zeigarnik
PSYCHOLOGIST
1900 - 1988
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 89
Hassan Fathy
ARCHITECT
1900 - 1989
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 90
Fulcanelli
WRITER
1900 - 2000
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 91
Ernst Busch
ACTOR
1900 - 1980
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 92
Muhammad Asad
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1900 - 1992
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 93
Wilhelm Rediess
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1945
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 94
George Antheil
COMPOSER
1900 - 1959
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 95
Others Deceased in 1988
Go to all RankingsIsamu Noguchi
SCULPTOR
1904 - 1988
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 55
René Char
WRITER
1907 - 1988
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 56
Antonín Puč
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - 1988
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 57
Viktors Arājs
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1988
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 58
Renato Salvatori
ACTOR
1933 - 1988
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 59
Raymond Dart
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1893 - 1988
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 60
Bluma Zeigarnik
PSYCHOLOGIST
1900 - 1988
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 61
Sergey Gorshkov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1910 - 1988
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 62
Takeo Miki
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1988
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 63
Lev Pontryagin
MATHEMATICIAN
1908 - 1988
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 64
George Uhlenbeck
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1988
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 65
Vladimír Menšík
ACTOR
1929 - 1988
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 66
Anna Mahler
SCULPTOR
1904 - 1988
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 67
In Lithuania
Among people born in Lithuania, Bluma Zeigarnik ranks 49 out of 328. Before her are Birutė (1317), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), Leo Jogiches (1867), Leopold Godowsky (1870), Augustinas Voldemaras (1883), and Gediminas Kirkilas (1951). After her are Arvydas Sabonis (1964), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Simon Dach (1605), Jonas Mekas (1922), Audrys Bačkis (1937), and Antoni Radziwiłł (1775).
Others born in Lithuania
Go to all RankingsBirutė
POLITICIAN
1317 - 1382
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 43
Jacques Lipchitz
PAINTER
1891 - 1973
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 44
Leo Jogiches
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1919
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 45
Leopold Godowsky
MUSICIAN
1870 - 1938
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 46
Augustinas Voldemaras
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1942
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 47
Gediminas Kirkilas
POLITICIAN
1951 - 2024
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 48
Bluma Zeigarnik
PSYCHOLOGIST
1900 - 1988
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 49
Arvydas Sabonis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 50
Jonas Basanavičius
POLITICIAN
1851 - 1927
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 51
Simon Dach
WRITER
1605 - 1659
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 52
Jonas Mekas
WRITER
1922 - 2019
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 53
Audrys Bačkis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 54
Antoni Radziwiłł
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1833
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 55
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Lithuania
Among psychologists born in Lithuania, Bluma Zeigarnik ranks 1.