MILITARY PERSONNEL

Yonatan Netanyahu

1946 - 1976

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Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן "יוֹנִי" נְתַנְיָהוּ, pronounced [jonaˈtan ˈjoni netanˈjahu]; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight from Israel to France by Palestinian and German militants, who took control of the aircraft during a stopover in Greece and diverted it to Libya and then to Uganda, where they received support from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Though Israel's counter-terrorist operation was a success, with 102 of the 106 hostages being rescued, Netanyahu was killed in action – the only Israeli soldier killed during the crisis. The eldest son of the Israeli professor Benzion Netanyahu and brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yonatan was born in New York City and spent much of his youth in the United States, where he attended high school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yonatan Netanyahu is the 109th most popular military personnel (up from 423rd in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,177th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Military Personnel.

Yonatan Netanyahu is most famous for being the brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister of Israel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yonatan Netanyahu ranks 109 out of 2,058. Before him are Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hattori Hanzō, Mardonius, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and Walther von Reichenau. After him are Heinrich Müller, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Claude Auchinleck, Hephaestion, and Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Yonatan Netanyahu ranks 37. Before him are Tommy Lee Jones, David Gilmour, George Best, Susan Sarandon, Rivellino, and Guus Hiddink. After him are Dianne Wiest, Syd Barrett, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, and Oliver Stone. Among people deceased in 1976, Yonatan Netanyahu ranks 15. Before him are Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, Fritz Lang, Leopold Ružička, and André Malraux. After him are Eyvind Johnson, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Henrik Dam, and Jacques Monod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yonatan Netanyahu ranks 385 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Haley (1925), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Joe Pesci (1943), William Howard Taft (1857), Linda McMahon (1948), and Warren G. Harding (1865). After him are Franklin Pierce (1804), Lee Miller (1907), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Gloria Stuart (1910), Colonel Sanders (1890), and Dianne Wiest (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Yonatan Netanyahu ranks 7. Before him are Stonewall Jackson (1824), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George S. Patton (1885), and Robert E. Lee (1807). After him are Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), William Halsey Jr. (1882), and Benedict Arnold (1741).

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