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Viktor Frankl

1905 - 1997

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Viktor Emil Frankl (Austrian German: [ˈfraŋkl̩]; 26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories. Logotherapy was promoted as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. Frankl published 39 books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Frankl is the 10th most popular psychologist (up from 11th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Psychologist.

Viktor Frankl is most famous for his theory of logotherapy, which is a form of existential psychotherapy that is based on the belief that man's main motivation is to find meaning in life.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Viktor Frankl ranks 10 out of 235. Before him are Erich Fromm, Alfred Adler, Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt, Lev Vygotsky, and Jacques Lacan. After him are Erik Erikson, John Dewey, William James, Carl Rogers, Gustave Le Bon, and Albert Bandura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Viktor Frankl ranks 8. Before him are Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes, Simo Häyhä, Nevill Francis Mott, Albert Speer, and Dag Hammarskjöld. After him are Elias Canetti, Christian Dior, Henry Fonda, Greta Garbo, Carl David Anderson, and Fred Trump. Among people deceased in 1997, Viktor Frankl ranks 5. Before him are Mother Teresa, Deng Xiaoping, James Stewart, and Diana, Princess of Wales. After him are Toshiro Mifune, Anton LaVey, Jacques Cousteau, Jeanne Calment, Alexander R. Todd, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Gianni Versace.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Viktor Frankl ranks 42 out of 1,424. Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Herbert von Karajan (1908), Egon Schiele (1890), and Konrad Lorenz (1903). After him are Hedy Lamarr (1914), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Otto of Greece (1815), and Friedrich Hayek (1899).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Viktor Frankl ranks 2. Before him are Alfred Adler (1870). After him are Anna Freud (1895), Melanie Klein (1882), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Otto Rank (1884), Paul Watzlawick (1921), Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), and Walter Mischel (1930).

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