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The following is a list of academicians, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of developmental psychology. {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}} A - Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999)
B - James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934)
- Simon Baron-Cohen
- Rachel Barr
- David F. Bjorklund
- John Bowlby (1907–1990)
- Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005)
- Jerome Bruner (1915-2016)
- Erica Burman
C - Stephen J. Ceci
- Edouard Claparède (1873-1940)
D E - Kieran Egan (1942-)
- Erik Erikson (1902–1994)
F - Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
- Uta Frith (1941-)
G - Howard Gardner (1943-)
- Giordana Grossi
H - G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924)
- Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (c. 965 – c. 1040)
- Lois Holzman
I - Susan Sutherland Isaacs (1885–1948)
K - Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987)
- Helen L. Koch (1895-1977)
L - Abraham Low (1891–1954)
- Margaret Lowenfeld (1890–1973)
M - James Marcia
- Andrew N. Meltzoff (1950-)
P - Juan Pascual-Leone
- Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
R - Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) (854–925 CE)
- Harriet Lange Rheingold (1908-2000)
- Gina Rippon
- Michael Rutter (1933-)
S - B.F. Skinner (1904–1990)
- Robert Stoller (1925–1991)
T - Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (c. 838–c. 870 CE)
V W - John B. Watson (1878–1958)
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