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1856–1939
Best known as the founder of psychoanalysis, he changed the way people think about dreams, memory, and the hidden forces shaping everyday life. His ideas remain debated, but they still echo through psychology, literature, and modern culture.

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Jensen

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sándor Ferenczi, Karl Abraham, Sigmund Freud, Ernest Jones, Ernst Simmel

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud

by Sigmund Freud
Born in Freiberg, Moravia, in 1856, Sigmund Freud grew up in Vienna and trained as a neurologist. He began his career studying the nervous system, then gradually turned toward the treatment of mental suffering through conversation rather than purely physical methods.
Freud went on to develop psychoanalysis, a new approach that explored the unconscious mind, repression, dreams, childhood experience, and inner conflict. His books and case studies made him one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the modern era, with ideas that shaped not only psychology but also art, criticism, and popular culture.
After the Nazi annexation of Austria, Freud left Vienna for London in 1938. He died there in 1939, but his work continued to spark argument and fascination long after his lifetime.