MILITARY PERSONNEL

Elyesa Bazna

1904 - 1970

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Elyesa Bazna (Turkish: [ˈeljesa ˈbazna]), sometimes known as Ilyaz and Iliaz Bazna (Albanian: [iliaz bazna]; 28 July 1904 – 21 December 1970), was a secret agent for Nazi Germany during World War II, operating under the code name Cicero. In 1943, Bazna was hired as a valet by Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British ambassador in Ankara, Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elyesa Bazna has received more than 356,215 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Elyesa Bazna is the 582nd most popular military personnel (down from 533rd in 2019).

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Elyesa Bazna ranks 582 out of 2,058. Before him are Rüdiger von der Goltz, William Tecumseh Sherman, Giorgio Basta, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Deng Ai, and Aleksei Antonov. After him are John Hanning Speke, Gusztáv Jány, Milunka Savić, Anton Dostler, Joseph Gallieni, and Taira no Masakado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Elyesa Bazna ranks 63. Before him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Josef Bühler, Peter Lorre, Henri Cartan, Rudolf Arnheim, and Leopold Trepper. After him are Ralph Bellamy, Arnold Gehlen, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Georges Canguilhem, Viktor Brack, and Sergey Biryuzov. Among people deceased in 1970, Elyesa Bazna ranks 57. Before him are Lev Kuleshov, Maud Lewis, Erich Heckel, Elsa Triolet, Percy Spencer, and Fritz Bayerlein. After him are Barnett Newman, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, Théo Sarapo, Michael Balint, and Mikhail Mil.

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