Military

Explore notable people associated with Military: military careers, key missions, historical events and the consequences of their decisions.

Mohammad Assadi
Mohammad Assadi
Iran
Iranian military commander, brigadier general
Ivan Akutin
Ivan Akutin
Yaik Cossack, military ataman of the Ural Cossack army in 1775-1785.
Yasar Buyukanyt
Yasar Buyukanyt
Turkey
25th Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey in 2006-2008. Azerbaijani by origin.
Jan Konopka
Jan Konopka
France
French general, participant in the campaign in Russia in 1812.
Leopold Boyen
Leopold Boyen
Germany
Prussian Field Marshal, Minister of War of Prussia.
Jeffrey Shears Ashby
Jeffrey Shears Ashby
USA
Astronaut
Shalva Kiriya
Shalva Kiriya
Fighter pilot
Patric Henry Pears
Patric Henry Pears
Ireland
Irish nationalist, leader of the Easter Rising in 1916
Petr Brinko
Petr Brinko
Ukraine
Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark
USA
American military leader, hero of the American Revolutionary War
Sharl Lanrezak
Sharl Lanrezak
France
French divisional general
Eugen Savoyen
Eugen Savoyen
Austria
Prince, Austrian commander and statesman, field marshal, generalissimo
Etien Jerar
Etien Jerar
France
Count, baron, division general.
Jan Zamoyski
Jan Zamoyski
Poland
Great Crown Hetman
Alessandro Farnese
Alessandro Farnese
Spain
Spanish military leader and viceroy of the Netherlands (from 1578)
Viktor Chernavyn
Viktor Chernavyn
Russia
Major General of the General Staff, participant in the White movement.
Samig Abdullayev
Samig Abdullayev
Uzbekistan
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Korzunov
Ivan Korzunov
Ukraine
Squadron Leader, 40th Bomb Regiment
Louis Auguste Victor Ghaisne de Bourmont
Louis Auguste Victor Ghaisne de Bourmont
France
Count, Marshal of France, Marshal of Portugal
Ebner Dabldey
Ebner Dabldey
USA
An American general who was credited with inventing baseball. However, as modern research has shown, he did not actually invent it, but simply introduced rules to a game that had been known since the late 18th century and turned it into a sporting event.
Vasily Gusev
Vasily Gusev
Uzbekistan
Hero of the Soviet Union
Ban Chao
Ban Chao
China
A general and diplomat of Ancient China during the Han Dynasty
Nikolay Sipyagin
Nikolay Sipyagin
Russia
Russian commander during the Napoleonic Wars.
Aung San
Aung San
Burmese general, politician, revolutionary
Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben
Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben
Germany
Prussian general, participant in the wars of 1792 and 1794
Felix Steiner
Felix Steiner
Germany
German military leader, SS-Obergruppenführer, general of the SS troops
Vasiliy Bachurin
Vasiliy Bachurin
Squad leader of the engineer platoon of the 384th separate marine battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union
Jean Sorbier
Jean Sorbier
France
Divisional general who served under Napoleon.
 Jean Ier de Bourbon
Jean Ier de Bourbon
Great Britain
Duke de Bourbon from 1410
Elmo Zumwalt
Elmo Zumwalt
USA
American submariner, admiral
Otsudzo Yamada
Otsudzo Yamada
Japan
General of the Imperial Japanese Forces
Francois De La Noue
Francois De La Noue
France
French military leader and philosopher
Henri Turenne
Henri Turenne
France
French commander, Marshal of France.
Aliyar Aliyev
Aliyar Aliyev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani wrestler, National Hero of Azerbaijan
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf
Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf
Austria
Austrian military leader and theorist
Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke
Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke
France
French military leader, Minister of War of Napoleon I
Evgeniy Bogarne
Evgeniy Bogarne
France
Viceroy of Italy, general of division. Stepson of Napoleon. The only son of Napoleon's first wife Josephine Beauharnais.
Apollon Cruze
Apollon Cruze
Soviet military leader, lieutenant general
Ivan Stavitskiy
Ivan Stavitskiy
Russia
Lieutenant General.
Hadzime Sugiyama
Hadzime Sugiyama
Japan
Japanese military leader
Friedrich Guggenberger
Friedrich Guggenberger
Germany
German submarine officer, captain-lieutenant
Leontij Iakovenko
Leontij Iakovenko
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war
Rifaat Asad
Rifaat Asad
Syria
Commander of the defensive brigades
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Pakistan
Pakistani military leader
Nikolay Kitaev
Nikolay Kitaev
Belarus
Fighter pilot
Karlis Aperats
Karlis Aperats
Germany
Latvian military leader, SS Standartenführer.
Alexander Moran
Alexander Moran
France
Count (10/12/1808), division general (12/24/1805).
Chuanfang Sun
Chuanfang Sun
China
Chinese militarist who belonged to the Zhili clique
Jean-Marie Dorsenne
Jean-Marie Dorsenne
France
Count, division general, participant in the Napoleonic Wars
Valery Volkov
Valery Volkov
Pioneer hero, scout