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Avraham Adan

1926 - 2012

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Avraham "Bren" Adan (Hebrew: אברהם "ברן" אדן‎; (1926-10-05)5 October 1926 – (2012-09-28)28 September 2012) was an Israeli major-general and author. Prior to Israel's independence, he served with the Palmach, an elite formation within the Haganah paramilitary force of the Yishuv community in British Mandatory Palestine. Adan fought under the Haganah and later under the newly formed Israel Defense Forces during the First Arab–Israeli War, and was photographed while raising the Israeli Ink Flag at the site of what is now Eilat to mark the end of the war. He served with the Israel Defense Forces from 1948 to 1977, and fought in all of the major Arab–Israeli wars that occurred during that period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avraham Adan is the 1,384th most popular military personnel (down from 1,377th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Israel (up from 231st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Avraham Adan ranks 1,384 out of 2,058. Before him are Kanji Ishiwara, Henri Saint Cyr, Megabyzus, Friedrich Christiansen, Wisimar, and Alexey Maresyev. After him are Hulusi Akar, Holland Smith, Serhiy Tkach, François Séverin Marceau, Vicente Rojo Lluch, and Erwin Rösener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Avraham Adan ranks 231. Before him are Borys Romanchenko, Juan Hohberg, Allan Sandage, Driss Chraïbi, Rudi Gutendorf, and Stanley Cavell. After him are James Hillman, Bhupen Hazarika, Ri Kun-mo, Salvador Jorge Blanco, Nikita Simonyan, and Betsy Palmer. Among people deceased in 2012, Avraham Adan ranks 188. Before him are Elliott Carter, George Kerr, Gevork Vartanian, Takeshi Urata, Genichi Taguchi, and Georges Mathieu. After him are Roald Aas, Carlo Rambaldi, Marvin Hamlisch, Ramaz Shengelia, Maurice Sendak, and Claude Miller.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Avraham Adan ranks 220 out of 466. Before him are Yakir Aharonov (1932), Suha Arafat (1963), Avi Arad (1948), Azmi Bishara (1956), Hillel Slovak (1962), and Yigal Amir (1970). After him are Mordechai Gur (1930), Itamar Ben-Gvir (1976), Moshe Safdie (1938), Tom Segev (1945), Dan Shomron (1937), and Reuven Shiloah (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Israel

Among military personnels born in Israel, Avraham Adan ranks 8. Before him are Israel Tal (1924), Khalil al-Wazir (1935), Uzi Narkiss (1925), Dan Halutz (1948), Yitzhak Hofi (1927), and Hasan Salama (1912). After him are Dan Shomron (1937), Gilad Shalit (1986), and Aviv Kochavi (1964).

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