Military
Explore notable people associated with Military: military careers, key missions, historical events and the consequences of their decisions.
Pontus De la Gardie
Sweden
SwedenSwedish military leader and diplomat
Jan Golian
Slovakia
SlovakiaSlovak Brigadier General
Konstantin Kleshinskiy
Russia
RussiaAgent-informant of the Soviet military intelligence
Vladimir Gatovsky
Chief of Staff of the Savage Division, military pilot
Alexander Krymov
Russia
RussiaGeneral.
Alexander Gryaznov
Soviet tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
Romania
RomaniaRomanian military leader, corps general
Yakov Smushkevich
Russia
RussiaA renowned pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, participant in the war in Spain 1936-1939. He was repressed.
Horacio Nelson
Great Britain
Great BritainAdmiral
Francois Joseph Paul Grasse
France
FranceFrench admiral, participant in the American War of Independence.
Shirvani Kostoev
Attack aircraft pilot
Gennadij Velichko
Belarus
BelarusSniper, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Aneas Sylvius Caprara
Austria
AustriaAustrian Field Marshal.
Heinrich Hess
Austria
AustriaAustrian military leader, field marshal
Kurt Shverin
Germany
GermanyPrussian Field Marshal
Claus Fuchs
Germany
GermanyGerman theoretical physicist, Soviet intelligence officer.
Valentin Shapiro
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanFighter pilot
Iakov Iuzefovich
Lieutenant General, emigrant.
Agustin Gamarra
Peru
PeruPeruvian military, statesman and political figure, Grand Marshal of Peru.
Vasily Astafyev
Russia
RussiaHero of the Soviet Union
Elmo Zumwalt
USA
USAAmerican submariner, admiral
Vladimir Kravchenko
Ukraine
UkraineLieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Commander of the Joint Forces Operation
Friedrich Kuchler
Russia
RussiaMilitary leader, Field Marshal (30.06.1942).
Walt Cunningham
USA
USANASA astronaut
Iosif Geybo
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot
Augustus of Prussia
Germany
GermanyPrince of Prussia, Prussian commander of the Napoleonic Wars, infantry general
Sextus Pompey
Italy
ItalyRoman military leader of the late Republic
Pavlovich Desnickij
Russia
RussiaFighter pilot, Heroes of the National Revolutionary War in Spain
Joy Bright Hancock
USA
USAAmerican soldier, veteran of both world wars, one of the first female officers in the American Navy.
Robert Hanssen
Russia
RussiaFBI agent convicted of spying for the USSR and Russia
Petr Fedorenko
Russia
RussiaRussian general
Johann Reichhart
Germany
GermanyGerman executioner
Marcel Chevalier
France
FranceThe Last State Executioner of France
John Demjanjuk
USA
USANazi criminal
Robert Leslie Stewart
South Africa
South AfricaOne of the last executioners of the United Kingdom
William Harvey Dana
USA
USAAmerican test pilot.
Vladimir Zasyadko
Chief of Artillery of the 209th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Senior Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union
Richard Brandon
Great Britain
Great BritainLegendary English executioner of the 17th century
Franz Schmidt
Germany
GermanyExecutioner
Ivan Avdeev
Machine gunner of the 107th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union
Stepan Ponomarchuk
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war
William Joseph Hardee
USA
USAGeneral of the Confederate Army
Nikolay Putyko
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot
Henry Harley Arnold
USA
USAAmerican military leader, army general
Wilhelm Bittrich
Germany
GermanySS-Obergruppenführer, General of the SS Troops
Ivan Vertelko
Russia
RussiaColonel General
Uluj Ali
Italy
ItalyMuslim corsair of Italian origin who became an admiral
Bai Chongxi
China
ChinaChinese general.
Alexander Marinesko
The legendary submariner was Hitler's personal enemy
Braxton Bragg
USA
USAGeneral of the Confederate Army