MILITARY PERSONNEL

Eli Cohen

1924 - 1965

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Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen (Hebrew: אֱלִיָּהוּ בֵּן שָׁאוּל כֹּהֵן‎, Arabic: إيلياهو بن شاؤول كوهين‎; 6 December 1924 – 18 May 1965) was an Egyptian-born 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eli Cohen has received more than 7,382,977 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Eli Cohen is the 136th most popular military personnel (down from 111th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Military Personnel.

Eli Cohen was a spy for Israel who was caught and executed in Syria. He is most famous for his work as a spy.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eli Cohen ranks 136 out of 2,058. Before him are Bohemond I of Antioch, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Dong Zhuo, Narses, and Franz Halder. After him are Ferdinand Schörner, Robert Peary, August von Mackensen, Chester W. Nimitz, Ubba, and Hamilcar Barca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Eli Cohen ranks 9. Before him are George H. W. Bush, Charles Aznavour, Marcello Mastroianni, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Kim Dae-jung, and Robert Mugabe. After him are Süleyman Demirel, Sarah Vaughan, Jean-François Lyotard, Ezer Weizman, Jacques Le Goff, and Benoit Mandelbrot. Among people deceased in 1965, Eli Cohen ranks 11. Before him are Syngman Rhee, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Moshe Sharett, Stan Laurel, and Edward Victor Appleton. After him are Louise Mountbatten, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Maxime Weygand, Hermann Staudinger, T. S. Eliot, and W. Somerset Maugham.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Eli Cohen ranks 76 out of 642. Before him are Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Mohamed Morsi (1951), Mohamed Al-Fayed (1929), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Amenhotep II (-1401), and Pachomius the Great (292). After him are Saint Apollonia (110), Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Al-Kamil (1177), Saint Maurice (250), and Lactantius (250).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Egypt

Among military personnels born in Egypt, Eli Cohen ranks 1. After him are Ashraf Marwan (1944), Jawhar (911), Saad el-Shazly (1922), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), Al-Ashraf Kujuk (1334), and Al-Salih Hajji (1372).

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