PSYCHOLOGIST

Otto Rank

1884 - 1939

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Otto Rank (; Austrian German: [raŋk]; né Rosenfeld; 22 April 1884 – 31 October 1939) was an Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and philosopher. Born in Vienna, he was one of Sigmund Freud's closest colleagues for 20 years, a prolific writer on psychoanalytic themes, editor of the two leading analytic journals of the era, including Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse (“International Journal of Psychoanalysis”), managing director of Freud's publishing house, and a creative theorist and therapist. In 1926, Rank left Vienna for Paris and, for the remainder of his life, led a successful career as a lecturer, writer, and therapist in France and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Rank is the 72nd most popular psychologist (down from 69th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 241st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

Otto Rank was a psychoanalyst who is most famous for his work on the psychology of creativity.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Otto Rank ranks 72 out of 235. Before him are Philip Zimbardo, Bruno Bettelheim, Alexander Luria, Karl Bühler, Margaret Mahler, and Karl Abraham. After him are Ernst Kretschmer, Mary Ainsworth, Geert Hofstede, Wilfred Bion, Stanislav Grof, and Edward B. Titchener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Otto Rank ranks 37. Before him are Edward Sapir, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Rajendra Prasad, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Max Beckmann, and Panait Istrati. After him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Étienne Gilson, Antonín Zápotocký, Petru Groza, Hugo Gernsback, and Robert J. Flaherty. Among people deceased in 1939, Otto Rank ranks 26. Before him are Matthias Sindelar, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Antonio Machado, Anthony Fokker, Louis Wain, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Ernst Toller, Alexander Yegorov, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and Wilhelm Groener.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Otto Rank ranks 253 out of 1,424. Before him are Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (1073), Katharina Schratt (1853), Bruno Kreisky (1911), Otto Bauer (1881), Ferdinand Piëch (1937), and Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1211). After him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), Joseph Lanner (1801), and Hans Hahn (1879).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Otto Rank ranks 6. Before him are Alfred Adler (1870), Viktor Frankl (1905), Anna Freud (1895), Melanie Klein (1882), and Bruno Bettelheim (1903). After him are Paul Watzlawick (1921), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), and Walter Mischel (1930).

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