MILITARY PERSONNEL

Israel Tal

1924 - 2010

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Israel Tal (Hebrew: ישראל טל, 13 September 1924 – 8 September 2010), also known as Talik (Hebrew: טליק), was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Israel Tal has received more than 227,008 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Tal is the 413th most popular military personnel (up from 618th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Israel (up from 132nd in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Israel Tal ranks 413 out of 2,058. Before him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Pierre Augereau, Reinhard Scheer, Henri Guisan, and Mitsuru Ushijima. After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Nogi Maresuke, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, John of Austria the Younger, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Richard Winters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Israel Tal ranks 51. Before him are Ed Wood, Luigi Nono, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Rauf Denktaş, and Charlie Munger. After him are Francisco Macías Nguema, James Black, Michel Tournier, Giovanni Sartori, Ante Marković, and Vladimir Kryuchkov. Among people deceased in 2010, Israel Tal ranks 38. Before him are Miep Gies, Algirdas Brazauskas, Alice Miller, Vladimir Arnold, Henryk Górecki, and Maria Kaczyńska. After him are Jean Simmons, James Black, Bekim Fehmiu, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Enzo Bearzot, and Blake Edwards.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Israel Tal ranks 119 out of 466. Before him are Philip the Evangelist (100), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Gene Simmons (1949), Shimon bar Yochai (1), David Grossman (1954), and Benny Gantz (1959). After him are Barak (null), Aristobulus II (-100), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Al-Tabarani (873), Yoav Galant (1958), and Al-Maqdisi (945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Israel

Among military personnels born in Israel, Israel Tal ranks 1. After him are Yigael Yadin (1917), Khalil al-Wazir (1935), Uzi Narkiss (1925), Yitzhak Hofi (1927), Dan Halutz (1948), Hasan Salama (1912), Dan Shomron (1937), Gilad Shalit (1986), Aviv Kochavi (1964), and Avraham Adan (1926).

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