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Jacob Israël de Haan

1881 - 1924

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Jacob Israël de Haan (31 December 1881 - 30 June 1924) was a Dutch Jewish literary writer, lawyer, anti-Zionist and journalist who immigrated to Palestine in 1919. There he became more religiously committed and served as the political spokesman of the Haredim in Jerusalem. He was assassinated in 1924 by the Zionist paramilitary organization Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Israël de Haan is the 2,761st most popular writer (up from 3,156th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 513th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacob Israël de Haan ranks 2,761 out of 7,302Before him are Renia Spiegel, Bonaventure des Périers, Alexandre Herculano, Maurice de Guérin, Ion Creangă, and Luis Cernuda. After him are Gustave Kahn, Leonard Woolf, Unica Zürn, Robert James Waller, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, and Giacomo da Lentini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Jacob Israël de Haan ranks 107Before him are Adolf Hühnlein, Pablo Gargallo, André Salmon, Vera Weizmann, Rauf Orbay, and Ernest Bevin. After him are Heinrich Barkhausen, William Clothier, Grigory Kotovsky, María Blanchard, Yakov Protazanov, and Ber Borochov. Among people deceased in 1924, Jacob Israël de Haan ranks 64Before him are Oskar Merikanto, Wilhelm Roux, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, Hans Thoma, Xaver Scharwenka, and Pavel Urysohn. After him are Cipriano Castro, Klara Zamenhof, Charles Villiers Stanford, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Gregory VII of Constantinople, and Azem Galica.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob Israël de Haan ranks 446 out of 1,646Before him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Thomas de Keyser (1596), Jan Akkerman (1946), and Nikolaus Gerhaert (1420). After him are Pierre Kartner (1935), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Jan Janssonius (1588), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Frits Philips (1905), and Anthon van Rappard (1858).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jacob Israël de Haan ranks 20Before him are Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581). After him are Gerard Reve (1923), Tim Krabbé (1943), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Macropedius (1487), Jan Luyken (1649), and Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882).