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Ariel Sharon

1928 - 2014

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Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן [aʁiˈ(ʔ)el ʃaˈʁon] ; also known by his diminutive Arik, אָרִיק; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine to Russian Jewish immigrants, he rose in the ranks of the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948, participating in the 1948 Palestine war as platoon commander of the Alexandroni Brigade and taking part in several battles. Sharon became an instrumental figure in the creation of Unit 101 and the reprisal operations, including the 1953 Qibya massacre, as well as in the 1956 Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War of 1967, the War of Attrition, and the Yom-Kippur War of 1973. Yitzhak Rabin called Sharon "the greatest field commander in our history". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ariel Sharon is the 342nd most popular politician (down from 119th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Israel (down from 14th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Politician.

Ariel Sharon was the Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006. He is most famous for his military career, where he was a tank commander during the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ariel Sharon ranks 342 out of 19,576Before him are Oliver Cromwell, Philip II of France, Cleisthenes, Helmut Kohl, Georgy Zhukov, and Philip IV of Spain. After him are Probus, Martin Bormann, Odoacer, Vajiralongkorn, Nicholas I of Russia, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Ariel Sharon ranks 8Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr., James Watson, Andy Warhol, Hosni Mubarak, Ennio Morricone, and Stanley Kubrick. After him are Noam Chomsky, Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Serge Gainsbourg, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Among people deceased in 2014, Ariel Sharon ranks 5Before him are Gabriel García Márquez, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Robin Williams, and Eusébio. After him are Eduard Shevardnadze, Hiroo Onoda, Gough Whitlam, Claudio Abbado, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Nadine Gordimer, and Eli Wallach.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ariel Sharon ranks 27 out of 466Before him are Bartholomew the Apostle (-100), Saul (-1079), Jude the Apostle (15), Ezekiel (-621), Josephus (37), and Simon the Zealot (1). After him are Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Salome (14), Amin al-Husseini (1895), and Joachim (-100).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Ariel Sharon ranks 4Before him are Herod the Great (-73), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), and Benjamin Netanyahu (1949). After him are Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), and Moshe Dayan (1915).