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

Mohammad Assadi
Iran
IranIranian military commander, brigadier general

Ivan Akutin
Yaik Cossack, military ataman of the Ural Cossack army in 1775-1785.

Yasar Buyukanyt
Turkey
Turkey25th Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey in 2006-2008. Azerbaijani by origin.

Jan Konopka
France
FranceFrench general, participant in the campaign in Russia in 1812.

Leopold Boyen
Germany
GermanyPrussian Field Marshal, Minister of War of Prussia.

Jeffrey Shears Ashby
USA
USAAstronaut

Shalva Kiriya
Fighter pilot

Patric Henry Pears
Ireland
IrelandIrish nationalist, leader of the Easter Rising in 1916

Petr Brinko
Ukraine
UkraineLieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union

George Rogers Clark
USA
USAAmerican military leader, hero of the American Revolutionary War

Sharl Lanrezak
France
FranceFrench divisional general

Eugen Savoyen
Austria
AustriaPrince, Austrian commander and statesman, field marshal, generalissimo

Etien Jerar
France
FranceCount, baron, division general.

Jan Zamoyski
Poland
PolandGreat Crown Hetman

Alessandro Farnese
Spain
SpainSpanish military leader and viceroy of the Netherlands (from 1578)

Viktor Chernavyn
Russia
RussiaMajor General of the General Staff, participant in the White movement.

Samig Abdullayev
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanParticipant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Ivan Korzunov
Ukraine
UkraineSquadron Leader, 40th Bomb Regiment

Louis Auguste Victor Ghaisne de Bourmont
France
FranceCount, Marshal of France, Marshal of Portugal

Ebner Dabldey
USA
USAAn 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
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanHero of the Soviet Union

Ban Chao
China
ChinaA general and diplomat of Ancient China during the Han Dynasty

Nikolay Sipyagin
Russia
RussiaRussian commander during the Napoleonic Wars.

Aung San
Burmese general, politician, revolutionary

Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben
Germany
GermanyPrussian general, participant in the wars of 1792 and 1794

Felix Steiner
Germany
GermanyGerman military leader, SS-Obergruppenführer, general of the SS troops

Vasiliy Bachurin
Squad leader of the engineer platoon of the 384th separate marine battalion, Hero of the Soviet Union

Jean Sorbier
France
FranceDivisional general who served under Napoleon.

Jean Ier de Bourbon
Great Britain
Great BritainDuke de Bourbon from 1410

Elmo Zumwalt
USA
USAAmerican submariner, admiral

Otsudzo Yamada
Japan
JapanGeneral of the Imperial Japanese Forces

Francois De La Noue
France
FranceFrench military leader and philosopher

Henri Turenne
France
FranceFrench commander, Marshal of France.

Aliyar Aliyev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani wrestler, National Hero of Azerbaijan

Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf
Austria
AustriaAustrian military leader and theorist

Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke
France
FranceFrench military leader, Minister of War of Napoleon I

Evgeniy Bogarne
France
FranceViceroy of Italy, general of division. Stepson of Napoleon. The only son of Napoleon's first wife Josephine Beauharnais.

Apollon Cruze
Soviet military leader, lieutenant general

Ivan Stavitskiy
Russia
RussiaLieutenant General.

Hadzime Sugiyama
Japan
JapanJapanese military leader

Friedrich Guggenberger
Germany
GermanyGerman submarine officer, captain-lieutenant

Leontij Iakovenko
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish war

Rifaat Asad
Syria
SyriaCommander of the defensive brigades

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Pakistan
PakistanPakistani military leader

Nikolay Kitaev
Belarus
BelarusFighter pilot

Karlis Aperats
Germany
GermanyLatvian military leader, SS Standartenführer.

Alexander Moran
France
FranceCount (10/12/1808), division general (12/24/1805).

Chuanfang Sun
China
ChinaChinese militarist who belonged to the Zhili clique

Jean-Marie Dorsenne
France
FranceCount, division general, participant in the Napoleonic Wars

Valery Volkov
Pioneer hero, scout