Colonel

Discover the renowned individuals who have held the esteemed rank of Colonel. Explore their exceptional achievements, accomplishments, and contributions to various fields. Our list includes icons from entertainment, politics, music, and more, showcasing the diverse backgrounds and impact of these celebrity Colonels.

Ignatiy Galagan

Chigirinsky (1709-1714) and Prilutsky colonel

Nikolay Martynchuk

Colonel of the 435th Regiment

Cossack Colonel

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Colonel, leader of the assassination attempt on Hitler

Former Soviet intelligence officer, now a retired colonel

Stanislav Vaupshasov

State security officer, partisan, colonel

Georg Boeselager

German officer, colonel

Württemberg colonel, famous military writer

Vinnitsa and Bratslav colonel, closest associate of B. Khmelnitsky

Alexander Dmitriev

Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Lieutenant Colonel

Soviet and Ukrainian serviceman, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Rovshan Javadov

Azerbaijani military leader, colonel

German military intelligence officer, colonel

Azad-bek Vezirov

Russian and Azerbaijani military figure, colonel

Colonel of the US Army, military historian, publisher of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies.

Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

Colonel General of the German Army

Dmitriy Gorlenko

Prilutsky Colonel

American single mother expecting second set of twins

Kurry Treffenberg

Swedish lieutenant, later colonel.

Lieutenant who took Paulus prisoner

Gerasim Kondratyev

Colonel of the Sumy Cossack Regiment, who founded the city of Sumy

Soviet military leader, colonel

Alexander Konstantinov

Colonel of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Nikolaj Hanenko

Dragutin Gavrilovich

Serbian and Yugoslav military leader, colonel

Vasiliy Krotiuk

Commander of the 705th Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel

Mikhail Rodionov

Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

Alexander Alekseev

Soviet artillery officer, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel

Vadim Sukharevsky

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February 2024, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Yakov Serebryanskiy

Colonel of State Security (1945).

Sergey Voytsehovskiy

Czech Army Colonel, Major General

Francisco Caamano

Dominican military (colonel) and politician

Michail Klimenko

Soviet military figure, colonel

US Naval Aviation Lieutenant Colonel, American astronaut.

James Helms Kasler

US Air Force Colonel, veteran of three wars, Korean War ace

Colonel of the Serbian Air Defense Forces. Known as the man who shot down the F-117 stealth aircraft

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim

German officer and agent of the resistance forces

Mikhail Denisov

Soviet statesman

Officer of the Polish Army, qualified colonel, military historian

Itzhak Ben-Shoham

Colonel of the Israel Defense Forces

One of the leaders of the unrecognized DPR is from Russia.

Baron (12.12.1912), Austro-Hungarian Colonel General (1.11.1917).

Colonel, Director of the Algerian National Security Service from 1995 to 2010

Bernard Francis Fisher

US Air Force Colonel, Vietnam War veteran

Sirin-beck Kesamanskiy

Azerbaijani military figure, participant in the First World War