MILITARY PERSONNEL

Avraham Adan

1926 - 2012

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Avraham "Bren" Adan (Hebrew: אברהם "ברן" אדן‎; (1926-10-05)5 October 1926 – (2012-09-28)28 September 2012) was an Israeli major-general and author. Prior to Israel's independence, he served with the Palmach, an elite formation within the Haganah paramilitary force of the Yishuv community in British Mandatory Palestine. Adan fought under the Haganah and later under the newly formed Israel Defense Forces during the First Arab–Israeli War, and was photographed while raising the Israeli Ink Flag at the site of what is now Eilat to mark the end of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avraham Adan has received more than 199,856 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Avraham Adan is the 1,377th most popular military personnel, the 231st most popular biography from Israel and the 11th most popular Israeli Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 58.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Avraham Adan ranks 1,377 out of 2,058. Before him are Aviv Kochavi, Publius Canidius Crassus, Friedrich Christiansen, Constantin von Alvensleben, Sayf al-Din Khushqadam, and Al-Ashraf Kujuk. After him are Valentin Varennikov, Gennady Zhidko, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Sergei Khudyakov, Georg von Derfflinger, and Cândido Rondon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Avraham Adan ranks 210. Before him are Vitaly Vorotnikov, Rudi Gutendorf, Edgar Hilsenrath, José Alfredo Jiménez, Yvonne Furneaux, and Prince Dimitri Romanov. After him are James Hillman, Alfred Körner, Lev Dyomin, Kees Rijvers, Nikita Simonyan, and Sadegh Khalkhali. Among people deceased in 2012, Avraham Adan ranks 172. Before him are Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Pierre Sinibaldi, Rashidi Yekini, and Simeon ten Holt. After him are Roy Salvadori, Genichi Taguchi, Carlo Rambaldi, Jack Klugman, Christian Marin, and Harry Carey Jr..

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Avraham Adan ranks 231 out of 466. Before him are Gali Atari (1953), Gadi Eisenkot (1960), Pinchas Zukerman (1948), Aviv Kochavi (1964), Alfonso of Brienne (1227), and Azmi Bishara (1956). After him are Moshe Safdie (1938), Etgar Keret (1967), Emile Habibi (1922), Nir Barkat (1959), Ron Arad (1951), and Gila Almagor (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Israel

Among military personnels born in Israel, Avraham Adan ranks 11. Before him are Yitzhak Hofi (1927), Dan Halutz (1948), Hasan Salama (1912), Dan Shomron (1937), Gilad Shalit (1986), and Aviv Kochavi (1964).

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