Otto Rank

Otto Rank was an Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and philosopher. Born in Vienna, he was one of Sigmund Freud's closest colleagues for 20 years, a prolific writer on psychoanalytic themes, editor of the two leading analytic journals of the era, managing director of Freud's publishing house, and a creative theorist and therapist. In 1926, Rank left Vienna for Paris and, for the remainder of his life, led a successful career as a lecturer, writer, and therapist in France and the United States.

22 April 1884

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Anthony Llewellyn • Charles-Denis Bourbaki • Christopher Ball (linguist) • Danièle Sauvageau • Dee Strange-Gordon • Henry Fielding • Isabella I of Castile • Janet Evanovich • Louise Glück • Machine Gun Kelly (musician) • Paul Malakwen Kosgei • Ray Guy (humorist) • Steve Fossett

Born in the same month (April 1884): Clement Smoot • Daniel Varoujan • Ion Inculeț • Isoroku Yamamoto • J. C. Squire • J. G. Parry-Thomas • Jaan Anvelt • James Alberione • Oliver Kirk • Olof Sandborg • Otto Fritz Meyerhof • Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell • Tenby Davies