# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-wertheimer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:21:07.804Z

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name: "Max Wertheimer"
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description: "Max Wertheimer was a psychologist who was one of the three founders of Gestalt psychology, along with Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Köhler. He is known for his book Productive Thinking and for conceiving the phi phenomenon as part of his work in Gestalt psychology."
tagline: "Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943)"
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birthDate: "1880-04-15"
deathDate: "1943-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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