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Dov Yosef (Hebrew: דב יוסף, 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli statesman. He served as military governor of Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He held ministerial positions in ...
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Bert "Yank" Levy (October 5, 1897 – September 2, 1965) was a Canadian soldier, socialist, military instructor and author/pamphleteer of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare, which was widely ...
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James Armand Edmond de Rothschild DCM DL (1 December 1878 – 7 May 1957), sometimes known as Jimmy de Rothschild, was a British Liberal politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild intern ...
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Yaakov Dori (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב דּוֹרִי; October 8, 1899 – January 22, 1973) was the first Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He was also the President of the Technion – Israel Institute ...
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי Yitshak Ben-Tsvi; 24 November 1884 – 23 April 1963) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel.
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Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a ...
Anglo-Irish military officer, hunter and author (1867–1947)
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO (10 November 1867 – 18 June 1947), known as J. H. Patterson, was a British soldier, hunter, author and Christian Zionist, best known for his book The Man-Eaters ...
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The Jewish Legion was a series of battalions of Jewish soldiers who served in the British Army during World War I. Some participated in the British conquest of Palestine from the Ottomans.
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Moshe Smilansky (Hebrew: משה סמילנסקי; February 24, 1874 – October 6, 1953) was a pioneer of the First Aliyah, a Zionist leader who advocated peaceful coexistence with the Arabs in Mandatory Pa ...
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Avraham Melnikov (June 16, 1892 – August 27, 1960) was a sculptor especially notable during the period of the Yishuv. His most famous work is the monument "The Roaring Lion" at the Kfar Giladi Cemetery ...