1924 - 1965
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eli Cohen has received more than 6,973,622 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Eli Cohen is the 111th most popular military personnel (up from 122nd in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 69th 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, Eli Cohen ranks 111 out of 1,468. Before him are Nestor Makhno, Gaius Julius Caesar, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Zhang Fei, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Alexander Selkirk. After him are Abu Muslim, Cimon, Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, Narses, and Theodor Eicke.
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 105
135 BC - 85 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 106
595 - 674
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 107
167 - 221
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 108
1881 - 1954
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 109
1676 - 1721
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 110
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 111
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 112
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 113
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 114
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 115
478 - 574
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 116
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 117
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 Truman Capote, Sarah Vaughan, Jacques Le Goff, Jean-François Lyotard, Benny Hill, and Black Dahlia. Among people deceased in 1965, Eli Cohen ranks 9. Before him are Le Corbusier, Albert Schweitzer, Syngman Rhee, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, and Stan Laurel. After him are W. Somerset Maugham, Louise Mountbatten, Edward Victor Appleton, Maxime Weygand, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 3
1924 - 2018
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 4
1924 - 1996
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 5
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 6
1924 - 2009
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 7
1924 - 2019
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 8
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 9
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 10
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 11
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 12
1924 - 1998
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 13
1924 - 1992
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 14
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 15
1887 - 1965
HPI: 82.89
Rank: 3
1875 - 1965
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 4
1875 - 1965
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 5
1920 - 1965
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 6
1878 - 1965
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 7
1890 - 1965
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 8
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 9
1874 - 1965
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 10
1889 - 1965
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 11
1892 - 1965
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 12
1867 - 1965
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 13
1876 - 1965
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 14
1901 - 1965
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 15
Among people born in Egypt, Eli Cohen ranks 60 out of 582. Before him are Cleopatra I Syra (-204), Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (-62), Tiye (-1398), Sneferu (-2700), Amenhotep II (-1401), and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876). After him are Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Cleopatra Selene II (-40), Saint Apollonia (110), Meritaten (-1400), Muhammad Abduh (1849), and Sextus Empiricus (160).
204 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 54
62 BC - 47 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 55
1398 BC - 1338 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 56
2700 BC - 2609 BC
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 57
1401 BC - 1401 BC
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 58
1876 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 59
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 60
184 BC - 145 BC
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 61
40 BC - 5
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 62
110 - 249
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 63
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 64
1849 - 1905
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 65
160 - 210
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 66
Among military personnels born in Egypt, Eli Cohen ranks 1. After him are Ashraf Marwan (1944), Jawhar (911), and Saad el-Shazly (1922).
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 1
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 2
911 - 992
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 3
1922 - 2011
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 4