Sir Basil Zaharoff, GCB, GBE (born Vasileios Zacharias; Greek: Βασίλειος Zαχαρίας Ζαχάρωφ; October 6, 1849 – November 27, 1936) was a Greek arms dealer... 34 KB (4,143 words) - 02:27, 20 March 2024 |
assistance, he approached Basil Zaharoff, an international financier and arms dealer who had long been a patron of the Côte d’Azur. Zaharoff managed to get hold... 11 KB (1,197 words) - 08:36, 18 April 2024 |
in 1932 as the title of an article about an arms dealer named Basil Zaharoff: "Zaharoff, Merchant of Death". It was then borrowed for the title of the... 7 KB (675 words) - 21:30, 2 March 2024 |
that the character of Blofeld was based on real-life Greek arms dealer Basil Zaharoff. It is commonly believed that the name Blofeld was inspired by the English... 35 KB (3,990 words) - 00:37, 24 April 2024 |
loosely inspired by a number of figures, including the arms dealer Basil Zaharoff, and German armaments family Krupp. Undershaft's unscrupulous sale of... 17 KB (2,225 words) - 21:48, 21 April 2024 |