Psychologist · 1856 – 1939
Sigmund Freud
Little-Known Facts
- He fled Nazi-occupied Vienna for London in 1938 after the annexation of Austria.
- Terms he popularized — ego, repression, the Freudian slip — are now part of ordinary speech.
Myths & Misconceptions
Is Freud's psychoanalysis still used today?
Some psychodynamic ideas survive in modern therapy, but most of Freud's specific theories have been superseded by evidence-based approaches in scientific psychology.