Israel / Palestine: Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940), Revisionist Zionist leader, founder of the the Jewish Legion of the British Army in World War I and later of the paramilitary group Irgun. Wearing Jewish Legion Uniform, c. 1917

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, MBE (born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky, 18 October 1880 – 4 August 1940), was a Revisionist Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, soldier and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.

Together with Joseph Trumpeldor, Jabotinsky co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British Army in World War I and later established several Jewish organizations, including Beitar, haTzohar and the Irgun.

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