1916 - 2006
Yizhar Smilansky (Hebrew: יִזְהָר סְמִילַנְסְקִי, 27 September 1916 – 21 August 2006), known by his pen name S. Yizhar (ס. יִזְהָר), was an Israeli writer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent figures in Israeli literature, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1959 for fine literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. Yizhar has received more than 46,430 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). S. Yizhar is the 14,101st most popular politician (down from 12,801st in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Israel (down from 249th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Israeli Politician.
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Among politicians, S. Yizhar ranks 14,101 out of 15,577. Before him are Lucy Webb Hayes, Elisa Ferreira, Jiří Rusnok, Nir Barkat, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Bill Bradley. After him are Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, José Azcona del Hoyo, Henrique Capriles, Prosper Avril, and Enrichetta d'Este.
1831 - 1889
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 14,095
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 14,096
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 14,097
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 14,098
1867 - 1947
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,099
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,100
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,101
591 - 634
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,102
1921 - 2018
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,103
1927 - 2005
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,104
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 14,105
1937 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 14,106
1702 - 1777
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 14,107
Among people born in 1916, S. Yizhar ranks 218. Before him are Fiorenzo Angelini, Ondina Valla, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Delio Rodríguez, Damián Iguacén Borau, and Milton Babbitt. After him are Guy Lapébie, Ettore Puricelli, Arie van Vliet, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Dorothy Cheney, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. Among people deceased in 2006, S. Yizhar ranks 258. Before him are Arthur Lee, Carlo Acutis, Lyubov Polishchuk, Tihomir Ognjanov, Kasey Rogers, and Mario Francesco Pompedda. After him are Jan Twardowski, Hans Berglund, Ted Grant, Valentine Telegdi, Boz Burrell, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy.
1916 - 2014
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 212
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 213
1916 - 1997
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 214
1916 - 1994
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 215
1916 - 2020
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 216
1916 - 2011
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 217
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 218
1916 - 2010
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 219
1916 - 2001
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 220
1916 - 2001
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 221
1916 - 2008
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 222
1916 - 2014
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 223
1916 - 1968
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 224
1945 - 2006
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 252
1991 - 2006
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 253
1949 - 2006
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 254
1927 - 2006
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 255
1925 - 2006
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 256
1929 - 2006
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 257
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 258
1915 - 2006
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 259
1918 - 2006
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 260
1913 - 2006
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 261
1922 - 2006
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 262
1946 - 2006
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 263
1924 - 2006
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 264
Among people born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 264 out of 430. Before him are Eran Zahavi (1987), Tony Cliff (1917), Benny Morris (1948), Yossi Sarid (1940), Ruth Arnon (1933), and Nir Barkat (1959). After him are Ilanit (1947), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Yardena Arazi (1951), Ayelet Shaked (1976), Gideon Levy (1953), and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944).
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 258
1917 - 2000
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 259
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 260
1940 - 2015
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 261
1933 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 262
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 263
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 264
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 265
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 266
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 267
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 268
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 269
1944 - 2012
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 270
Among politicians born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 89. Before him are Suha Arafat (1963), Joan of Acre (1272), Esther Hayut (1953), Yossi Beilin (1948), Yossi Sarid (1940), and Nir Barkat (1959). After him are Ayelet Shaked (1976), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Israel Katz (1955), Avraham Burg (1955), and Merav Michaeli (1966).
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 83
1272 - 1307
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 84
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 85
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 86
1940 - 2015
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 87
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 88
1916 - 2006
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 89
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 90
1944 - 2012
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 91
1939 - 2017
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 92
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 93
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 94
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 95