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23 results

title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Erich Fromm Erich Seligmann Fromm 1900 1980 German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm
Leo Pfeffer Leo Pfeffer 1910 1993 American lawyer, constitutional scholar, and humanist who was active in movement for religious freedom in the United States, and was one of leading legal proponents of the separation of church and state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Pfeffer
Paul Kurtz Paul Kurtz 1925 2012 American prominent scientific skeptic and secular humanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kurtz
Juan Luis Vives Juan Luis Vives March 1540 n/a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the Southern Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Luis_Vives
Roberto Assagioli Roberto Assagioli 1888 1974 Italian psychiatrist and pioneer in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Assagioli
Marshall Berman Marshall Howard Berman 1940 2013 American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Berman
Manfred Bukofzer Manfred Fritz Bukofzer 1910 1955 German musicologist and humanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Bukofzer
Lina Stern Lina Solomonovna Stern 1878 1968 Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II. She is best known for her pioneering work on the blood–brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 1921 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Stern
John Ziman John Michael Ziman 1925 2005 British physicist and humanist who worked in the area of condensed matter physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziman
Bruno Frank Bruno Frank 1887 1945 German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Frank
Lotte Jacobi Lotte Jacobi 1896 1990 null leading American portrait photographer and photojournalist, known for her high-contrast black-and-white portrait photography, characterized by intimate, sometimes dramatic, sometimes idiosyncratic and often definitive humanist depictions of both ordinary people in the United States and Europe and some of the most important artists, thinkers and activists of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Jacobi
Vanessa Zoltan Vanessa Zoltan null null null humanist chaplain who describes herself as an "atheist chaplain" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Zoltan
Karl Haas Karl Haas 1913 2005 German classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Haas
Yohanan Alemanno Yohanan Alemanno 1435 1504 Italian Jewish rabbi, noted Kabbalist, humanist philosopher, and exegete, and teacher of the Hebrew language to Italian humanists including Pico della Mirandola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanan_Alemanno
Gregory Zilboorg Gregory Zilboorg 1890 1959 null psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry who is remembered for situating psychiatry within a broad sociological and humanistic context in his many writings and lectures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Zilboorg
Ossip K. Flechtheim Ossip Kurt Flechtheim 1909 1998 German jurist, political scientist, author, futurist, and a humanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_K._Flechtheim
Gabriel Rothblatt Gabriel Rothblatt null null null technoprogressive political activist, a 2014 congressional candidate, and a writer and speaker in the futurist and transhumanist movements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Rothblatt
Jaap van Praag Jacob Philip 1911 1981 Dutch humanist who played a prominent role in establishing the Dutch Humanist League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaap_van_Praag
Ferenc Kemény Ferenc Kemény 1860 1944 Hungarian educator and humanist, whose international recognition degree was established as a founding member of the International Olympic Committee and his role in the contemporary peace movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Kemény
Moshe Shalit Moshe Shalit 1885 1941 null researcher, journalist, essayist, ethnographer, and humanist of the inter-war period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Shalit
Gregorio Bermann Gregorio Bermann 1894 1972 Argentine psychiatrist, philosopher, activist, author, and humanist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Bermann
Alberto Assa Alberto Assa 1909 1996 null Ottoman-born Colombian educator, translator and humanist of Sephardi descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Assa
Walter Rinder Walter Rinder 1934 n/a American humanist poet, philosopher, and photographer, whose books of inspirational poetry on love were popular in the 1960s and 70s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rinder