PSYCHOLOGIST
Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939

Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ( FROYD; Austrian German: [ˈziːgmʊnd ˈfrɔʏd]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it. Freud was born to Galician Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1881 at the University of Vienna. Upon completing his habilitation in 1885, he was appointed a docent in neuropathology and became an affiliated professor in 1902. Read more on Wikipedia
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Sigmund Freud is most famous for his psychoanalytic theory. His theory focuses on the idea that there are three different components of the mind: the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is the instinctual part of the mind, the ego is the rational part of the mind, and the superego is the moral part of the mind.
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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS
Among psychologists, Sigmund Freud ranks 1 out of 235. After him are Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Erich Fromm, Alfred Adler, Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt, Lev Vygotsky, Jacques Lacan, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, and John Dewey.
Most Popular Psychologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 1
Carl Jung
1875 - 1961
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 2
Jean Piaget
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 3
Erich Fromm
1900 - 1980
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 4
Alfred Adler
1870 - 1937
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 5
Abraham Maslow
1908 - 1970
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 6
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 - 1920
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 7
Lev Vygotsky
1896 - 1934
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 8
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 9
Viktor Frankl
1905 - 1997
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 10
Erik Erikson
1902 - 1994
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 11
John Dewey
1859 - 1952
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1856, Sigmund Freud ranks 2. Before him is Nikola Tesla. After him are J. J. Thomson, George Bernard Shaw, Philippe Pétain, Woodrow Wilson, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. Among people deceased in 1939, Sigmund Freud ranks 1. After him are Pope Pius XI, Alphonse Mucha, Howard Carter, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, Eugen Bleuler, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ghazi of Iraq, Harvey Cushing, and Philipp Scheidemann.
Others Born in 1856
Go to all RankingsNikola Tesla
INVENTOR
1856 - 1943
HPI: 91.90
Rank: 1
Sigmund Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 2
J. J. Thomson
PHYSICIST
1856 - 1940
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 3
George Bernard Shaw
WRITER
1856 - 1950
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 4
Philippe Pétain
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 5
Woodrow Wilson
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1924
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 6
Archduchess Gisela of Austria
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1932
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 7
Louis Sullivan
ARCHITECT
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 8
Frederick Winslow Taylor
ENGINEER
1856 - 1915
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 9
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1921
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 10
Napoléon, Prince Imperial
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1879
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 11
Emil Kraepelin
PHYSICIAN
1856 - 1926
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1939
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 1
Pope Pius XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1857 - 1939
HPI: 86.66
Rank: 2
Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 3
Howard Carter
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1874 - 1939
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 4
Nadezhda Krupskaya
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1939
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 5
Joseph Roth
WRITER
1894 - 1939
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 6
W. B. Yeats
WRITER
1865 - 1939
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
Eugen Bleuler
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 8
S. P. L. Sørensen
CHEMIST
1868 - 1939
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 9
Ghazi of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1939
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 10
Harvey Cushing
PHYSICIAN
1869 - 1939
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 11
Philipp Scheidemann
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1939
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 12
In Czechia
Among people born in Czechia, Sigmund Freud ranks 1 out of 1,200. After him are Franz Kafka (1883), Gustav Mahler (1860), Ivana Trump (1949), Gregor Mendel (1822), Antonín Dvořák (1841), Jan Hus (1369), John Amos Comenius (1592), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Milan Kundera (1929), and Oskar Schindler (1908).
Others born in Czechia
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 1
Franz Kafka
WRITER
1883 - 1924
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 2
Gustav Mahler
COMPOSER
1860 - 1911
HPI: 87.34
Rank: 3
Ivana Trump
BUSINESSPERSON
1949 - 2022
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 4
Gregor Mendel
BIOLOGIST
1822 - 1884
HPI: 85.69
Rank: 5
Antonín Dvořák
COMPOSER
1841 - 1904
HPI: 85.64
Rank: 6
Jan Hus
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1369 - 1415
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 7
John Amos Comenius
PHILOSOPHER
1592 - 1670
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 8
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1316 - 1378
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 9
Bedřich Smetana
COMPOSER
1824 - 1884
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 10
Milan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 11
Oskar Schindler
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1974
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 12
Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Czechia
Among psychologists born in Czechia, Sigmund Freud ranks 1. After him are Max Wertheimer (1880), and Stanislav Grof (1931).
Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
HPI: 91.09
Rank: 1
Max Wertheimer
1880 - 1943
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 2
Stanislav Grof
1931 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 3