1915 - 1981
Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Suez Crisis, but mainly as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel. In the 1930s, Dayan joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine. He served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt in Palestine and later lost an eye in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moshe Dayan has received more than 3,034,658 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Moshe Dayan is the 487th most popular politician (down from 473rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Israel (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Politician.
Moshe Dayan was a major military leader in the Israeli army. He is most famous for his role in the 1967 Six-Day War, when he led the Israeli forces to victory over Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
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Among politicians, Moshe Dayan ranks 487 out of 15,710. Before him are Sergio Mattarella, Alexios I Komnenos, Stephen Báthory, Louis VIII of France, Imre Nagy, and Frederick IX of Denmark. After him are William IV of the United Kingdom, Maximilian I of Mexico, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, James II of England, Agrippina the Younger, and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.
1941 - Present
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 481
1048 - 1118
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 482
1533 - 1586
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 483
1187 - 1226
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 484
1896 - 1958
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 485
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 486
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 487
1765 - 1837
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 488
1832 - 1867
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 489
1678 - 1711
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 490
1633 - 1701
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 491
15 - 59
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 492
1113 - 1151
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 493
Among people born in 1915, Moshe Dayan ranks 9. Before him are Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, David Rockefeller, Roland Barthes, and Vasily Zaitsev. After him are Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, Eli Wallach, Paul Samuelson, Yitzhak Shamir, and Jerome Bruner. Among people deceased in 1981, Moshe Dayan ranks 5. Before him are Bob Marley, Anwar Sadat, Jacques Lacan, and Albert Speer. After him are Max Euwe, William Wyler, Hans Adolf Krebs, Marcel Breuer, Frederica of Hanover, Soong Ching-ling, and Natalie Wood.
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 3
1915 - 2001
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 4
1915 - 1982
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 5
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 6
1915 - 1980
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 7
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 8
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 9
1915 - 1985
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 10
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 11
1915 - 2014
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 12
1915 - 2009
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 13
1915 - 2012
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 14
1915 - 2016
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 15
1945 - 1981
HPI: 88.07
Rank: 1
1918 - 1981
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 2
1901 - 1981
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 3
1905 - 1981
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 4
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 5
1901 - 1981
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 6
1902 - 1981
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 7
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 8
1902 - 1981
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 9
1917 - 1981
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 10
1893 - 1981
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 11
1938 - 1981
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in Israel, Moshe Dayan ranks 42 out of 389. Before him are Jeremiah (-650), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Joachim (-100), Mahmoud Abbas (1935), John the Evangelist (10), and Eusebius (265). After him are Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Saint Matthias (1), Deborah (-1199), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Procopius (500), and Saint Veronica (1).
650 BC - 586 BC
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 36
100 - 96
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 37
100 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 38
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 39
10 - 100
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 40
265 - 339
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 41
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 42
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 43
1 - 80
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 44
1199 BC - 1123 BC
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 45
1939 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 46
500 - 560
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 47
1 - 1
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 48
Among politicians born in Israel, Moshe Dayan ranks 8. Before him are Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Herod Antipas (-20), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Goliath (-1060), and Mahmoud Abbas (1935). After him are Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Hezekiah (-800), Jeroboam (-1000), Josiah (-648), and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 2
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 3
20 BC - 39
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 4
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 5
1060 BC - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 7
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 10
800 BC - 697 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 11
1000 BC - 910 BC
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 12
648 BC - 609 BC
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 13
1160 - 1190
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 14