The following is a list of academicians, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of educational psychology.
A Patricia Alexander John Robert Anderson (born 1947) Richard C. Anderson (born 1934) Chris Argyris (1923–2013) Elliot Aronson Richard C. Atkinson (born 1929) David Ausubel (1918–2008)
B Albert Bandura (1925–2021) Russell Barkley Carl Bereiter David Berliner Ellen Bialystok John B. Biggs Alfred Binet (1857–1911) Benjamin Bloom (1913–1999) Guy Bond Hilda Borko Ann Brown (1943–1999) Jerome Bruner (1915–2016)
C Donald T. Campbell (1916–1996) Idit Harel Caperton (born 1958) John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003) Nancy Cole Allan Collins Lee Cronbach (1916–2001)
D John Dewey (1859–1952) Andrea diSessa Stewart Donaldson
E Robert L. Ebel (born 1942) Kieran Egan Noel Entwistle Dorothy Espelage (born 1968)
F Charles Ferster (1922–1981) Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014) John H. Flavell (born 1928)
G Nathaniel Gage (1917–2008) Robert M. Gagné (1916–2002) Howard Gardner (born 1943) David C. Geary Robert Glaser Gene V. Glass (born 1940) Anthony Gregorc Loren Grey (1915–2007)
H G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924) Diane F. Halpern Karen R. Harris Michael Hogg John L. Holland Klaus Holzkamp (1927–1995) Lois Holzman J. McVicker Hunt
J William James (1842–1910) Arthur Jensen (1923–2012) Charles Hubbard Judd (1873–1946)
K Alan S. Kaufman (born 1944) Kenneth Koedinger (born 1962) Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987) David A. Kolb (born 1939) David Krathwohl
L Nadine Lambert (1926–2006) Jean Lave Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903–1979) Alan Lesgold Robert L. Linn
M Herbert W. Marsh Ferenc Marton (born 1939) Richard Mayer Maria Montessori (1870–1952)
N Lilli Nielsen (1926–2013)
O Angela O'Donnell Joy Osofsky
P Gordon Pask (1928–1996) Roy Pea Eva Bendix Petersen Jean Piaget (1896–1980) Paul Pintrich (1953–2003)
R Joseph Renzulli (born 1936) Lauren Resnick James Rest Cecil Reynolds Carl Rogers (1902–1987)
S Roger Säljö (born 1948) Gavriel Salomon Marlene Scardamalia Dale Schunk Michael Scriven (born 1928) Carl Seashore (1866–1949) Marilyn Mailman Segal Richard Shavelson Michael Shonrock (born 1957) Lee Shulman Herbert A. Simon B. F. Skinner Victor Skumin (born 1948) Robert Slavin Catherine E. Snow Charles Spearman Julian Stanley Robert Sternberg Deborah J. Stipek Patrick Suppes John Sweller
T Lewis Terman Edward Thorndike Robert L. Thorndike David Tzuriel
V Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917–2010) Lev Vygotsky
W David Wechsler Bernard Weiner Cassandra B. Whyte William Winn Philip Winne
Z Caroline Beaumont Zachry Barry Zimmerman