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Moshe Dayan

1915 - 1981

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Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין‎; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel. In the 1930s, Dayan joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine. He served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt in Palestine and later lost an eye to a sniper in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during World War II. Dayan was close to David Ben-Gurion and joined him in leaving the Mapai party and setting up the Rafi party in 1965 with Shimon Peres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moshe Dayan is the 624th most popular politician (down from 294th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Israel (down from 28th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Israeli Politician.

Moshe Dayan was a major military leader in the Israeli army. He is most famous for his role in the 1967 Six-Day War, when he led the Israeli forces to victory over Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

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Among politicians, Moshe Dayan ranks 624 out of 19,576. Before him are John, King of Denmark, Idi Amin, John Nance Garner, Alexios I Komnenos, Stateira II, and Robert Clive. After him are Taejo of Joseon, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Louis the German, Merneptah, Albert II of Belgium, and Ahmad Shah Durrani.

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Among people born in 1915, Moshe Dayan ranks 9. Before him are Vasily Zaitsev, Charles H. Townes, Frank Sinatra, Roland Barthes, Ingrid Bergman, and Anthony Quinn. After him are Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., W. Arthur Lewis, and Eli Wallach. Among people deceased in 1981, Moshe Dayan ranks 6. Before him are Bob Marley, Anwar Sadat, Jacques Lacan, Albert Speer, and Hans Adolf Krebs. After him are Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, and Odd Hassel.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Moshe Dayan ranks 38 out of 466. Before him are Amin al-Husseini (1895), Joachim (-100), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), and Bathsheba (-3500). After him are Rehoboam (-972), John the Evangelist (10), Ahmed Yassin (1937), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Procopius (500), and Jeroboam (-1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Moshe Dayan ranks 12. Before him are Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160). After him are Rehoboam (-972), Jeroboam (-1000), Hezekiah (-800), Ehud Olmert (1945), Ehud Barak (1942), and Abijah of Judah (-1000).

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