The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 1,468 Military Personnels, 4 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 44th most number of Military Personnels behind Tunisia and Denmark.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Eli Cohen (1924 - 1965)
With an HPI of 69.48, Eli Cohen is the most famous Egyptian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 37 different languages on wikipedia.
Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן, Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين; 6 December 1924 – 18 May 1965) was an Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in Syria between 1961 and 1965, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian political and military hierarchy. Though he was initially successful, his activity became increasingly risky and he expressed a sense of impending danger to Mossad in 1964. A year later, Cohen's true allegiance was uncovered by Syrian intelligence and he was convicted by the Syrian government under pre-war martial law. After being sentenced to death, he was publicly hanged in Damascus in May 1965. The incident contributed to the sharp escalation of hostilities between Israel and Syria just before the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.
2. Ashraf Marwan (1944 - 2007)
With an HPI of 58.15, Ashraf Marwan is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان, 2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire who worked as a spy for both the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) and the Israeli Mossad. Egyptian officials claim he was a double agent who also worked for them. From 1969, Marwan worked at the Presidential Office, first under Gamal Abdel Nasser and then as a close aide to his successor, Anwar Sadat. In 2002, it became known that Marwan had been recruited by Egyptian Intelligence and may have provided misleading information to the Israeli Mossad during the period leading up to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Marwan's name surfaced in the Suisse secrets revelations, as he had been able to open a Credit Suisse bank account in 2000, even though he was a politically exposed person. He died under mysterious circumstances on 27 June 2007, falling from the balcony of his house in London. His wife and relatives testified that prior to his death, he expressed concerns that he was being followed. His wife accused the Mossad of the assassination.
3. Jawhar (911 - 992)
With an HPI of 58.09, Jawhar is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Al-Qaid Jawhar ibn Abdallah (Arabic: جوهر بن عبد الله, romanized: Jawhar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, better known as Jawhar al Siqilli, al-Qaid al-Siqilli (The Sicilian General) or al-Saqlabi (The Slav);born in the Byzantine empire and died 28 April 992) was a Shia Muslim Fatimid general who led the conquest of Maghreb, and subsequently the conquest of Egypt, for the 4th Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah. He served as viceroy of Egypt until al-Mu'izz's arrival in 973, consolidating Fatimid control over the country and laying the foundations for the city of Cairo. After that, he retired from public life until his death. He is variously known with the nisbas al-Siqilli (Arabic: الصقلي, romanized: al-Ṣiqillī, lit. 'The Sicilian'), al-Saqlabi (Arabic: الصقلبي, lit. The Slav), al-Rumi (Arabic: الرومي, romanized: al-Rūmī, lit. 'the Roman'); and with the titles al-Katib (Arabic: الكَاتِب, romanized: al-Kātib, lit. 'the Secretary') and al-Qa'id (Arabic: القائد, romanized: al-Qāʾid, lit. 'the General').
4. Saad el-Shazly (1922 - 2011)
With an HPI of 51.66, Saad el-Shazly is the 4th most famous Egyptian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic: سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي, IPA: [sæʕd edˈdiːn elħoˈseːni eʃˈʃæzli]) (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War. He is credited with the equipping and preparation of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the years prior to the successful capture of the Israeli Bar-Lev line at the start of the Yom Kippur War. He was dismissed from his post on 13 December 1973.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as military personnels born between 911 and 1944. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased military personnels include Eli Cohen, Ashraf Marwan, and Jawhar.
Deceased Military Personnels
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Eli Cohen
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Ashraf Marwan
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Jawhar
911 - 992
HPI: 58.09
Saad el-Shazly
1922 - 2011
HPI: 51.66
Which Military Personnels were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Military Personnels since 1700.
