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.
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Jan Rzepecki
 PolandOfficer of the Polish Army, qualified colonel, military historian
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Irza-bek Hajibeklinsky
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani military figure, colonel.
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Ivan Bogun
 UkraineVinnitsa and Bratslav colonel, closest associate of B. Khmelnitsky
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Michail Klimenko
Soviet military figure, colonel
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Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
 GermanyColonel General of the German Army
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Stepan Garanin
 BelarusColonel
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Rovshan Javadov
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani military leader, colonel
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Sergey Voytsehovskiy
 CzechCzech Army Colonel, Major General
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Georg Boeselager
Germany German officer, colonel
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Sergey Matsilev
Colonel.
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Illiodor Goronovich
 BulgariaColonel of the Bulgarian Army
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James Helms Kasler
 USAUS Air Force Colonel, veteran of three wars, Korean War ace
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Sirin-beck Kesamanskiy
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani military figure, participant in the First World War
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Yuriy Zaharenko
Belarus Former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, colonel, member of the UCP party.
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Petr Nepenin
 RussiaMajor General.
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Itzhak Ben-Shoham
 IsraelColonel of the Israel Defense Forces
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Petr Buzun
 DiveColonel, participant in the First World War and the White movement
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Nikolaj Hanenko
General Ensign
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Oleg Zhdanov
Ukraine Soviet and Ukrainian serviceman, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Aleksey Botyan
Belarus Former Soviet intelligence officer, now a retired colonel
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Bernard Francis Fisher
USA US Air Force Colonel, Vietnam War veteran
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Igor Girkin
Russia One of the leaders of the unrecognized DPR is from Russia.
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Francisco Caamano
 Dominican r.Dominican military (colonel) and politician
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Yakov Serebryanskiy
Russia Colonel of State Security (1945).
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Samuel Hazai
 AustriaBaron (12.12.1912), Austro-Hungarian Colonel General (1.11.1917).
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Alexander Konstantinov
Ukraine Colonel of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim
Germany German officer and agent of the resistance forces
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Igor Gerasimenko
Ukraine Ukrainian serviceman, paratrooper, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, deputy
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Mihael Ebeling
Russia Russian Colonel
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Stanislav Vaupshasov
State security officer, partisan, colonel
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Kurry Treffenberg
 SwedenSwedish lieutenant, later colonel.
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Gerasim Kondratyev
Dive Colonel of the Sumy Cossack Regiment, who founded the city of Sumy
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Valentine Yurin
Ukraine Soviet military figure, colonel
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Pavel Polubotok
Colonel and acting hetman of Little Russia
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Mikhail Rodionov
Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union
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Azad-bek Vezirov
Dive Russian and Azerbaijani military figure, colonel
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Karlos Noriega
USA US Naval Aviation Lieutenant Colonel, American astronaut.
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Karen Jalavian
 OperatorArmenian serviceman, colonel
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Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Germany Colonel, leader of the assassination attempt on Hitler
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Vadim Sukharevsky
Ukraine Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February 2024, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Fedor Ilchenko
Ukraine Lieutenant who took Paulus prisoner
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Nikolay Martynchuk
Ukraine Colonel of the 435th Regiment
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Ivan Yagello
Colonel.
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Otto Armster
Germany German military intelligence officer, colonel
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David Glantz
USA Colonel of the US Army, military historian, publisher of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies.
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Zoltan Dani
Colonel of the Serbian Air Defense Forces. Known as the man who shot down the F-117 stealth aircraft
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Ivan Sokolov
Soviet military leader, colonel
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Nikolay Lapata
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel, Candidate of Military Sciences, Associate Professor.
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Alexander Alekseev
Soviet artillery officer, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel
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Dmitriy Gorlenko
Operator Prilutsky Colonel
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