Military

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

Oleg Ilin
Oleg Ilin
Russia
Hero of Russia
John Bell Hood
John Bell Hood
USA
General of the Confederate Army
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Russia
The first cosmonaut
Masatane Kanda
Masatane Kanda
Japan
Lieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Vasya Iko
Vasya Iko
Japan
Former Japanese suicide pilot
Petr Vitgenshteyn
Petr Vitgenshteyn
Russia
Military figure.
Liudmila Kravets
Liudmila Kravets
Ukraine
Hero of the Soviet Union
Bulat Darbekov
Bulat Darbekov
Kazakhstan
Representative of the High Command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General
Ivan Piatiuhin
Ivan Piatiuhin
Ukraine
Pilot, commander of a mixed aviation division, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War
Boris Galitckiy
Boris Galitckiy
Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
Wolmar Schlippenbach
Wolmar Schlippenbach
Sweden
Swedish general, associate of Charles XII
Fedor Afanasyev
Fedor Afanasyev
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union
Thomas Harrison
Thomas Harrison
USA
American cavalryman of the Confederate Army
Jeanno Monsey
Jeanno Monsey
France
Duke of Conegliano (2.7.1808), Marshal of France (19.5.1804).
Alexey Usenko
Alexey Usenko
Soviet military figure, major general
Lavrentiy Tsanava
Lavrentiy Tsanava
Russia
Soviet counterintelligence officer
Andrey Valko
Andrey Valko
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
Daniel Jacob Wilster
Daniel Jacob Wilster
Denmark
Danish naval officer
Josef Souham
Josef Souham
France
Count, divisional general.
Ferdinand Alba
Ferdinand Alba
Spain
Spanish commander and statesman
Josef Blosche
Josef Blosche
Germany
Nazi military officer, Rottenführer
Stepan Naumenko
Stepan Naumenko
Ukraine
Fighter pilot
Klavdiya Kovaleva
Klavdiya Kovaleva
Ukraine
Member of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.
James Wolfe
James Wolfe
Canada
Major General of the British Army
Kuroki Tamemoto
Kuroki Tamemoto
Japan
Japanese General
Rochus Misch
Rochus Misch
Germany
SS Oberscharführer; courier, bodyguard and telephone operator of Adolf Hitler
Jean-Armand Du Peyrer
Jean-Armand Du Peyrer
France
Legendary captain of the royal musketeers
Willi Rom
Willi Rom
Germany
Soviet intelligence officer.
Augustus of Prussia
Augustus of Prussia
Germany
Prince of Prussia, Prussian commander of the Napoleonic Wars, infantry general
Herbert Gil
Herbert Gil
German military intelligence officer
Nikolaj Chelnokov
Nikolaj Chelnokov
Russia
Fighter pilot, Major General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union
William Maynard Gomm
William Maynard Gomm
Great Britain
British military and statesman. After taking part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, he fought in most of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars. During the Hundred Days, he took part in the Battle of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Commander of the troops at
Andrey Zass
Andrey Zass
Lieutenant General, Knight of the Cross of St. George.
Jose Gervasio Artigas
Jose Gervasio Artigas
Uruguay
National Hero of Uruguay
Francis McNamara
Francis McNamara
Australia
Australian soldier, pilot, winner of the Victoria Cross - the highest military award for courage in the face of the enemy in the British and Commonwealth forces.
Frederick Ashworth
Frederick Ashworth
USA
The pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki (Dick)
Nadejda Savchenko
Nadejda Savchenko
Ukraine
Servicewoman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Senior Lieutenant
Kayhosro Cholokashvilly
Kayhosro Cholokashvilly
Georgia
Georgian prince, military man.
John Glenn Jr.
John Glenn Jr.
USA
Astronaut
Luis Avila
Luis Avila
Spain
Spanish diplomat, commander and historian.
David Grigoryan
David Grigoryan
Armenian serviceman, soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, hero of Artsakh
Pavel Taran
Pavel Taran
Ukraine
Bomber pilot, lieutenant general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Eli Cohen
Eli Cohen
Egypt
Israeli spy
Karl Hanke
Karl Hanke
Germany
Party leader of the Third Reich, last leader of the SS
Herbert Huppertz
Herbert Huppertz
Germany
German Luftwaffe pilot ace
Michel Hans Lippert
Michel Hans Lippert
Germany
Standartenführer SS
Ali Taziev
Ali Taziev
Russia
One of the leaders of the Caucasian militants, captured in 2010 in Ingushetia
Nikolay Lohvitskiy
Nikolay Lohvitskiy
France
One of the prominent generals of the White movement in the East of Russia.
Ernst von Weizsacker
Ernst von Weizsacker
Germany
German diplomat, SS Brigadeführer
Helmut Moltke
Helmut Moltke
Germany
Count, Colonel General, Chief of the German General Staff in 1906-14 and of the Supreme Command Staff at the beginning of World War I. He was dismissed after the defeat at the Battle of Marne