ESFJ: “The Enthusiast”

Note: If you want to read about all personality types, please go to the 16 Personality Types. If you want to learn your personality type, please go take the Personality Type Test or or one of these more sophisticated Myers Briggs Career Personality Tests.

Some people call it the Jung Typology Test and others call it the Myers-Briggs Test.

ESFJ = Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling Judger

Nickname of ESFJ: “The Supporter or Enthusiast”

Main Qualites of ESFJ:

• Nurturing
• Loyal
• Harmonious
• Collabrative

Good ESFJ Careers:

• Bookkeeper
• Flight Attendant
• Office Manager
• Teacher
• Nurse
• Dentist

Famous ESFJs & Fictional ESFJs

• William McKinley (U.S. Presidents)
• Jack Benny
• Desi Arnaz (“Ricky Ricardo”)
• Don Knotts (“Barney Fife”)
• John Connally (former Governor of Texas)
• Nancy Kerrigan (Olympic figureskater)
• Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback
• Sally Struthers (All in the Family)
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Dixie Carter (Designing Women)
• Steve Spurrier (Heismann trophy winner, Coach)
• Sally Field
• Danny Glover, actor
• Elvis Stojko (Olympic figureskater)
• Donald Duck
• Monica (Friends)
• Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
• Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
• Hoss Cartwright (Bonanza)
• Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Star Trek)
• Haleh (ER)
• Kate Winslet
• Emma Watson
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Oprah Winfrey

These Web site were helpful for this article:

KnowYourType, TypeLogic, MyPersonality and SimilarMinds

I find these books useful:

• Introduction to Type
• The Art of Speedreading People

If you are enjoying the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, you may also enjoy The 9 Enneagram Personality Types.