# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benzion-netanyahu
# Generated: 2026-09-01T22:22:54.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benzion-netanyahu"
name: "Benzion Netanyahu"
slug: "benzion-netanyahu"
description: "Benzion Netanyahu was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. Born in Warsaw, he served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain. He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and assistant to Benjamin Azkin, Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary."
tagline: "Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1910-03-25"
deathDate: "2012-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           20.69552933333334
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm12487674"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump