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Meir Dizengoff

1861 - 1936

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Meir Dizengoff (Hebrew: מֵאִיר דִּיזֶנְגּוֹף; born Meer Yankelevich Dizengof, Russian: Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф); 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv (1911–1922 as head of town planning, 1922–1936 as mayor). Dizengoff's actions in Ottoman Palestine and the British Mandate for Palestine helped lead to the creation of the State of Israel. David Ben-Gurion declared Israeli independence in 1948 at Dizengoff's residence in Tel Aviv. Dizengoff House is now Israel's Independence Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meir Dizengoff is the 9,434th most popular politician (down from 7,198th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Moldova (down from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Moldovan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Meir Dizengoff ranks 9,434 out of 19,576. Before him are Beopheung of Silla, Dan I of Wallachia, Béla Imrédy, Alexander Mach, Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Jacob Stainer. After him are Gaius Aurelius Cotta, Tostig Godwinson, Karel Kramář, Gagik II of Armenia, Gaius Cornelius Cethegus, and Ahmad bin Yahya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Meir Dizengoff ranks 62. Before him are Konstantin Korovin, Thomas Heath, Robert T. A. Innes, Constantin Prezan, Ludwig Thuille, and Spyridon Samaras. After him are Henri Mathias Berthelot, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Richard Sears, Hermann Muthesius, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, and Nikolay Zelinsky. Among people deceased in 1936, Meir Dizengoff ranks 87. Before him are Johannes Franz Hartmann, Takahashi Korekiyo, Conrad Böcker, Hu Hanmin, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, and Édouard Herzen. After him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, José Calvo Sotelo, Georgios Kondylis, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Dezső Kosztolányi, and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty.

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In Moldova

Among people born in Moldova, Meir Dizengoff ranks 22 out of 107. Before him are Iona Yakir (1896), Maria Cebotari (1910), Vladimir Purishkevich (1870), Alexey Shchusev (1873), Jerzy Neyman (1894), and Lev Berg (1876). After him are Eugenio Coșeriu (1921), Vladimir Albitsky (1891), Lia Manoliu (1932), Nikolay Zelinsky (1861), Mihai Ghimpu (1951), and Grigory Kotovsky (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Moldova

Among politicians born in Moldova, Meir Dizengoff ranks 10. Before him are Maia Sandu (1972), Mircea Snegur (1941), Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725), Avigdor Lieberman (1958), Petru Lucinschi (1940), and Vladimir Purishkevich (1870). After him are Mihai Ghimpu (1951), Anatoliy Kinakh (1954), Dorin Recean (1974), Ion Ciubuc (1943), Valeriu Muravschi (1949), and Marian Lupu (1966).

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