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Psychologists

100 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolf BastianAuthor · BooksAdolf Philipp Wilhelm Bastian (26 June 18262 February 1905) was a 19th-century polymath remembered best for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of…
Albert von Schrenck-NotzingAuthor · BooksAlbert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (18 May 1862 – 12 February 1929) was a German physician, psychiatrist and notable psychical researcher, who devoted his time to the study of paranormal…
Alenka Rebula TutaAuthor · BooksAlenka Rebula Tuta (born April 14, 1954) is a Slovene writer, poet, applied psychologist and a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy.
Alexander MitscherlichAuthor · BooksAlexander Harbord Mitscherlich (20 September 1908 – 26 June 1982) was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Alice Bradley SheldonAuthor · BooksAlice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr. (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), was an American science fiction and fantasy author.
Alice MillerArtist · PaintingsAlice Miller was a French, Swiss and Polish psychologist, sociologist, painter, essayist, psychotherapist and writer (1923–2010). She was born in Lviv and died in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Annie DukeAuthor · BooksAnne LaBarr Duke (née Lederer; born September 13, 1965) is an American former professional poker player and author in cognitive-behavioral decision science and decision education.
Anthony de MelloAuthor · BooksAnthony de Mello was an Indian writer, philosopher, psychologist, catholic priest and catholic theologian (1931–1987). He was born in Mumbai and died in New York City.
Åse Gruda SkardAuthor · BooksÅse Gruda Skard (née Koht) (2 December 1905 – 13 August 1985) was a Norwegian university professor, child psychologist and author.
Ashis NandyAuthor · BooksCreativity and Authenticity in Two Indian Scientists
Aurora VenturiniAuthor · BooksAurora Venturini (December 20, 1922 – November 24, 2015) was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, poet, translator and essayist.
B. F. SkinnerAuthor · BooksBurrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher.[2][3] He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of…
Belinda BauerPerson · Film memorabiliaBelinda Sylvia Taubman Bauer (born 13 June 1950) is an Australian-born former actress and psychologist.
Benedict FriedlaenderAuthor · BooksBenedict Friedlaender (8 July 1866 – 21 June 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Betty FriedanAuthor · BooksBetty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist.
Bruno BettelheimAuthor · BooksBruno Bettelheim (lang; August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born American scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the…
Carl Gustav CarusAuthor · BooksCarl Gustav Carus (3 January 1789 – 28 July 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era.
Carl JungArtist · PaintingsCarl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology.
Carol GilliganAuthor · BooksCarol Gilligan (born November 28, 1936) is an American philosopher and psychologist, best known for her work in feminist ideology, ethical community, and ethical relationships.
Charles RichetAuthor · BooksCharles Robert Richet (25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer.
Claude PironAuthor · BooksClaude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer.
Claudio NaranjoAuthor · BooksClaudio Benjamín Naranjo Cohen (24 November 1932 – 12 July 2019) was a Chilean psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in integrating psychotherapy and the spiritual traditions.
Cordelia FineAuthor · BooksCordelia Fine (born 1975) is a Canadian-born British philosopher of science, psychologist, writer, and science communicator, who lives in Australia.
Dan ArielyAuthor · BooksDan Ariely (born April 29, 1967) is an Israeli-American author and professor of business administration at Duke University.
Donald NormanAuthor · BooksDonald Arthur Norman (born December 25, 1935) is an American researcher, professor, and author. Norman is the founding director of The Design Lab at University of California, San Diego.
Douglas McGregorAuthor · BooksDouglas Murray McGregor (September 6, 1906 – October 1, 1964) was an American management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president of Antioch College from 1948 to 1954.
Eileen O'ShaughnessyAuthor · BooksEileen Maud Blair (née O'Shaughnessy, 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was a British poet and psychologist.
Erich NeumannAuthor · BooksErich Neumann (23 January 1905 – 5 November 1960) was a German analytical psychologist and student of Carl Jung.
Eshkol NevoAuthor · BooksEshkol Nevo (born 28 February 1971) is an Israeli writer who has published a collection of short stories, five novels and a work of non-fiction.
Eugen RelgisAuthor · BooksEugen D. Relgis (backward reading of Eisig D. Sigler; first name also Eugenio, Eugène or Eugene, last name also Siegler or Siegler Watchel;
Francis GaltonPhotographer · PhotographySir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era;
Frederik van EedenAuthor · BooksFrederik Willem van Eeden (3 April 1860, Haarlem – 16 June 1932, Bussum) was a Dutch writer and psychiatrist.
Haim GinottAuthor · BooksHaim G. Ginott (Ginzburg; August 5, 1922 – November 4, 1973) was a school teacher, a child psychologist and psychotherapist and a parent educator.
Hala AlyanAuthor · BooksHala Alyan (born July 27, 1986) is a Palestinian-American writer, poet, and clinical psychologist specializing in trauma, addiction, and cross-cultural behavior.
Hans CorneliusArtist · PaintingsJohannes Wilhelm Cornelius (lang; 27 September 1863, Munich – 23 August 1947, Gräfelfing) was a German neo-Kantian philosopher and psychologist.
Hans HolzerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Holzer (26 January 1920 – 26 April 2009) was an American writer and parapsychologist.
Hédi FriedIllustrator · IllustrationHédi Fried (Szmuk; 15 June 1924 – 19 November 2022) was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist.
Henry BauchauArtist · PaintingsHenry Bauchau (22 January 1913 – 21 September 2012) was a Belgian political activist and psychoanalyst who is best known as an author of poetry, novels, and plays in French language.
Herbert SpencerAuthor · BooksHerbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
Hugo MünsterbergAuthor · BooksHugo Münsterberg (lang; June 1, 1863 – December 16, 1916) was a German-American psychologist.
İbrahim Hakkı ErzurumiAuthor · BooksIbrahim Hakki Erzurumi (18 May 1703 – 22 June 1780), a popular Turkish Sufi saint of the Ottoman Empire from Erzurum in eastern Anatolia who was a polymath, mystic, poet, author,…
Ignaz Paul Vital TroxlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler (1830)
Israel RegardieAuthor · BooksFrancis Israel Regardie (né Regudy; 17 November 1907 – 10 March 1985) was an English and American occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States.
Ivan ShapovalovPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan Nikolayevich Shapovalov (Cyrillic: Иван Николаевич Шаповалов, born 28 May 1966) is a musical producer based in Moscow, Russia.
James TurrellArtist · SculptureJames Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement.
Jan KřesadloArtist · PaintingsVáclav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (ˈvaːtslaf ˈjaroslaf ˈkarɛl ˈpɪŋkava; 9 December 1926 – 13 August 1995), better known by his pen name Jan Křesadlo, was a Czech psychologist who was also a…
John BascomAuthor · BooksJohn Bascom (May 1, 1827October 2, 1911) was an American professor, college president and writer.
John DeweyAuthor · BooksJohn Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.
Jonathan HaidtAuthor · BooksJonathan David Haidt (born October 19, 1963) is an American social psychologist and author.
Josephine SiaoPerson · Film memorabiliaJosephine Siao Fong-fong (born March 13, 1947) is a Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards…
Judy S. GellesPhotographer · PhotographyJudy S. Gelles (July 31, 1944 – March 14, 2020) was a multimedia American artist who explored the interplaybetween art, sociology, and psychology using image and text.
Jürg SchubigerAuthor · BooksJürg Schubiger (14 October 1936 – 15 September 2014) was a Swiss psychotherapist and writer of children's books.
Kena LorenziniPhotographer · PhotographyMaría Eugenia Lorenzini Lorenzini (born 1959), better known as Kena Lorenzini, is a Chilean psychologist, photographer, writer, curator, feminist, and activist.
Konrad LorenzAuthor · BooksKonrad Zacharias Lorenz (7 November 1903 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
Lea AckermannAuthor · BooksLea Ackermann (2 February 1937 – 31 October 2023) was a German Catholic nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, an activist fighting sex tourism and forced prostitution, first…
Leta Stetter HollingworthAuthor · BooksLeta Stetter Hollingworth (May 25, 1886 – November 27, 1939) was an American psychologist, educator, and feminist.
Lewis Fry RichardsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Lillian Moller GilbrethAuthor · BooksLillian Evelyn Gilbreth (Moller; May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972) was an American psychologist, industrial engineer, consultant, and educator who was an early pioneer in applying psychology…
Lorena Berdún VillegasPerson · Film memorabiliaLorena Berdún (born 11 December 1973 in Madrid) is a Spanish psychologist, television presenter and actress.
Luiz Carlos PratesAuthor · BooksLuiz Carlos Prates (born January 26, 1943, in Santiago do Brasil) is a Brazilian journalist, psychologist, and radio sport announcer.
Madeha AlAjroushPhotographer · PhotographyMadeha al-Ajroush is a Saudi Arabian women's rights activist, psychologist and photographer.
Magli ElsterAuthor · BooksMagli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.
Manès SperberAuthor · BooksManès Sperber (12 December 1905 – 5 February 1984) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Jan Heger and N.A. Menlos.
Margaret SingerAuthor · BooksMargaret Thaler Singer (July 29, 1921 – November 23, 2003) was an American clinical psychologist and researcher with her colleague Lyman Wynne on family communication.
Marie BonaparteAuthor · BooksPrincess Marie Bonaparte (2 July 1882 – 21 September 1962), known as Princess George of Greece and Denmark upon her marriage, was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with…
Marion BloemIllustrator · IllustrationMarion Bloem (born 24 August 1952 in Arnhem, the Netherlands) is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (mixed Dutch and Indonesian) descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed…
Mathilde Carmen HertzArtist · SculptureMathilde Carmen Hertz (14 January 1891 – 20 November 1975) was a biologist, and was one of the first influential women scientists in the field of biology and a pioneer in the field of…
Max DessoirPerson · Film memorabiliaMaximilian Dessoir (8 February 1867 – 19 July 1947) was a German philosopher, psychologist and theorist of aesthetics.
Max LüscherAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lüscher in 2005
Meredith EatonPerson · Film memorabiliaMeredith Hope Eaton Gordon (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress.
Norbert EliasAuthor · BooksNorbert Elias (lang; 22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Norman Vincent PealeAuthor · BooksNorman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through…
Oliver LisPerson · Film memorabiliaÓliver Lis or Andres Oliver Ucros & Licht (born 17 October 1984) is a Colombian editor, literary agent, author, psychologist, film producer, screenwriter, international journalist.
Otto WeiningerAuthor · BooksOtto Weininger (lang; 3 April 1880 – 4 October 1903) was an Austrian philosopher who in 1903 published the book Geschlecht und Charakter (Sex and Character), which gained popularity after…
Paul TaboriAuthor · BooksPál Tábori (16 November 1908 – 9 November 1974), also known as Paul Tabori, and by his pen names Paul Stafford and Christopher Stevens, was a Hungarian-born author, journalist, screenwriter…
Pierre NavilleAuthor · BooksPierre Naville (1 February 1904 – 24 April 1993) was a French Surrealist writer and sociologist. He was a prominent member of the "Investigating Sex" group of Surrealist thinkers.
Ralph MetznerAuthor · BooksRalph Metzner (May 18, 1936 – March 14, 2019) was a German-born American psychologist, writer and researcher, who participated in psychedelic research at Harvard University in the early…
Richard D. RyderAuthor · BooksRichard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder (born 3 July 1940) is an English writer, psychologist, and animal rights advocate.
Rollo MayAuthor · BooksRollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969).
Sabina Berman GoldbergAuthor · BooksSabina Berman Goldberg (born August 21, 1955) is a Mexican writer and journalist. Her work deals mainly with issues related to diversity and its obstacles.
Sebastian LeitnerAuthor · BooksSebastian Leitner (1919 – 1989) was a German commentator and science popularizer. In his 1972 book So lernt man Lernen (Learning to Learn) he advocated learning with flashcards.
StarhawkAuthor · BooksStarhawk (born Miriam Simos on June 17, 1951) is an American feminist and writer. She is known as a theorist of feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism.
Susan BlackmoreAuthor · BooksSusan Jane Blackmore (born 29 July 1951) is a British writer, lecturer, sceptic, broadcaster, and a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth.
Thomas GilovichAuthor · BooksThomas Dashiff Gilovich (born January 16, 1954) is an American psychologist who is the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology at Cornell University.
Vilayanur S. RamachandranAuthor · BooksVilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 10 August 1951) is an Indian-American neuroscientist.
Wilhelm DiltheyAuthor · BooksWilhelm Dilthey[6] (lang; 19 November 1833 – 1 October 1911) was a German philosopher who held Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin.[22] As a…
Wilhelm ReichAuthor · BooksWilhelm Reich (lang; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
William GlasserAuthor · BooksWilliam Glasser (May 11, 1925 – August 23, 2013) was an American psychiatrist. He was the developer of W. Edwards Deming's workplace ideas, reality therapy and choice theory.
William JamesAuthor · BooksWilliam James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist.
William S. SadlerAuthor · BooksWilliam Samuel Sadler (June 24, 1875 – April 26, 1969) was an American surgeon, self-trained psychiatrist, and author who helped publish The Urantia Book.
William WhartonArtist · PaintingsAlbert William Du Aime (November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008), more commonly known by his pen name William Wharton, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which…

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