Asher Ben-Natan (Hebrew: אשר בן נתן; February 15, 1921 – June 17, 2014) was an Israeli diplomat and a key figure in the country's defense and diplomacy fields.

Ben-Natan led the search for Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was captured in 1960.

[1] Asher Ben-Natan was born Arthur Piernikartz in Vienna, Austria, on February 15, 1921.

[1] His father bought five-acres of land in Mandatory Palestine in 1934 in response to the emergence of Nazi Germany and the growth of Antisemitism.

[1] He found work at a kibbutz and changed his name to Asher Ben-Natan in honor of his father.