Admiral
Discover a compendium of renowned individuals who have achieved the prestigious rank of Admiral. Explore the profiles of celebrated figures who have served with distinction in naval forces around the world. From historical leaders to modern-day innovators, this list showcases the remarkable achievements of those who have commanded the seas.

Edward Codrington
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish admiral.

Andrea Doria
Italy
ItalyGenoese admiral and statesman

Arleigh Albert Burke
USA
USAAdmiral of the United States Navy

German Bem
Germany
GermanyAdmiral of the German Navy, commander of the Norway flotilla.

Ganiti Mikawa
Japan
JapanJapanese naval figure

Constantine Kanaris
Greece
GreeceGreek admiral, hero of the Greek War of Independence, politician

Salih Reis
Turkey
TurkeyTurkish privateer pirate, admiral of the Ottoman fleet.

Jeorge Anson
Great Britain
Great BritainBattle Admiral

Wilhelm Sushon
Germany
GermanyGerman rear admiral of the First World War.

Charles Baudin
France
FranceFrench admiral, commander-in-chief of the French naval forces

Walter Cowan
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Admiral

Karl Donitz
Germany
GermanyGrand admiral, war criminal

Uluj Ali
Italy
ItalyMuslim corsair of Italian origin who became an admiral

Robert Fitzroy
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Navy officer, meteorologist

Amedee-Anatole-Prosper Courbet
France
FranceFrench admiral.

Francois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers
France
FranceFrench admiral, participant in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars

Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan
JapanJapanese naval figure, fleet admiral (posthumously)

Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
France
FranceFrench admiral, participant in World War II.

Osami Nagano
Japan
JapanOne of the main Japanese war criminals, admiral (1934).

Richard Hau
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Admiral

William Leahy
USA
USAAmerican naval figure

Edward Vernon
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Admiral

Henry Kellett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish Arctic explorer, Vice Admiral

Michael Knyazev
Russian admiral.

Otto Ciliax
Germany
GermanyGerman admiral

Endriu Cunningham
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naval figure

John Rushworth Jellicoe
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish admiral, commander of the Grandfleet in World War I

Hobart Pasha
British Vice Admiral, Admiral of the Ottoman Empire

David Beatty
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naval commander, Admiral of the Fleet

Ferdinand Hamelin
France
FranceFrench admiral, French Minister of the Navy

Tomas Kinkeyd
USA
USAAmerican naval leader, admiral (3/4/1945).

Erikh Reder
Germany
GermanyGerman Grand Admiral (1939).

Yakov Uharin
Russia
RussiaRussian admiral, participant in the Crimean War

Geoffrey Hornby
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naval officer, Admiral of the Fleet

Heiman George Rikover
USA
USAAmerican submariner, admiral

Ernest Joseph King
USA
USAAmerican admiral who commanded the US Navy during World War II.

Sackville Carden
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish admiral.

Takeo Kurita
Japan
JapanJapanese naval figure, vice admiral (1.5.1942)

Bertram Ramsey
Great Britain
Great BritainAdmiral

John Fisher
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Admiral

Claude Congreve Dobson
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish Victoria Cross Knight, Rear Admiral

Mineichi Koga
Japan
JapanJapanese naval and statesman

Leonid Ivanov
Russian naval figure, rear admiral

Domenico Cavagnari
Italy
ItalyItalian admiral.

Alfred Saalwachter
Germany
GermanyGerman naval figure, General Admiral

John Benbou
Great Britain
Great BritainA popular naval hero in England.

Egor Tomko
Belarus
BelarusVice Admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union

Friedrich Ingenol
Germany
GermanyAdmiral

Edward Husband Kimmel
USA
USAAmerican Admiral

Chester Nimic
USA
USAAmerican admiral