William James – One of the founders of Functional psychology
William James
(January 11, 1842, New York City, New York, USA - August 26, 1910, Chokorua, New Hampshire) (aged 68)
Nationality: United States of America
Category:...
Anaximander – Founder of Cosmology and Hylozoism
Anaximander
Anaximander of Miletos
(610/609 BC Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) -546/540 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Milesian school, Philosophers
Unique distinction:...
Herbert Spencer – Founder of Social Darwinism and Synthetic Philosophy
Herbert Spencer
(27 April 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England - 8 December 1903, Brighton, Sussex, England) (aged 83)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Sociologists, Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Associative psychology
Unique...
Thales – First Greek and Western philosopher and scientist
Thales
Thales of Miletos
(625/624 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) - 546/545 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers
Unique distinction: First Greek and...
Muhammad – Founder of Islam
Muhammad
Mohammed, Mohamet, Muhammed
Abu al-Qasim Muḥammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusai ibn Kilab
(April 20, са. 570,...
Buddha – The Founder of Buddhism
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, The Buddha (Enlightened one), Tathagata (He who has come thus)
(563 BC, Lumbini near Kapilavastu (now Nepal), India - 483 BC, Kushinagar,...
Franz Brentano – Predecessor of phenomenology and founder of act psychology
Franz Brentano
Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano
(16 January 1838, Marienberg am Rhein, Hesse-Nassau Germany - March 17, 1917, Zurich, Switzerland) (aged 79)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation:...
Moses – Prophet, founder and Lawgiver of Israel
Moses
Moshe (Hebrew name means "The one who draws out" or “child”),
Moshe Rabbeinu ("Moses our Teacher"), Mūsa (Arabic)
( c. 1392 BC, Goshen, Egypt -...
William Stern – Founder of Personalistic Psychology
William Stern
William Lewis (Louis) Stern
(29 April 1871, Berlin, Germany – 27 March 1938, Durham, USA)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Personalistic Psychology, Differential psychology, Legal psychology
Unique distinction: Founder...
Jesus Christ: The Divine Founder of Christianity
Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, ( In Greek: Χρίστος translit. Christós - anointed, messiah)
(c.1 or 6-4 BC, Bethlehem, Judea – 30/33 AD, Jerusalem, Calvary or Golgotha Judea,...
Gustav Fechner – Founder of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner
(April 19, 1801, Groß Särchen, near Muskau, Lower Lusatia, (now Żarki Wielkie in commune Trzebiel, Poland) - November 28, 1887, Leipzig,...
Laozi – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism
Laozi
Lao-Tsu, Lao-tse, Laotze, Laocius
(6th century BC - According to Chinese tradition) (4th century BС - Another version)
Nationality: China
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Spiritual teachers,...