# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milton-rubenfeld
# Generated: 2026-08-20T18:15:43.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/milton-rubenfeld"
name: "Milton Rubenfeld"
slug: "milton-rubenfeld"
description: "Milton Rubenfeld was an American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force and U.S. Army during World War II, later becoming one of the five founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It is widely believed that Rubenfeld, the other four volunteer pilots, and the other machalniks changed the course of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He was injured and returned to the United States, and settled in New York state, where he married and owned a local business with his wife, Judy. Later, he moved his family to Sarasota, Florida, where he and his wife owned another successful business until he retired. He died in 2004. He was the father of actor/comedian Paul Reubens, who was known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman."
tagline: "American aviator, one of the five founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force (1919-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milton_Rubenfeld_Official_Photo_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1919-09-13"
deathDate: "2004-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.56
  momentum:             0.7073643410852714
  historical:           3.186006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  63
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747880/"
    handle:    "nm0747880"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ميلتون روبينفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Rubenfeld"
    title: "Milton Rubenfeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "מילטון רובנפלד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16016262"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations