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

Oleg Ilin
Russia
RussiaHero of Russia

John Bell Hood
USA
USAGeneral of the Confederate Army

Yuri Gagarin
Russia
RussiaThe first cosmonaut

Masatane Kanda
Japan
JapanLieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Vasya Iko
Japan
JapanFormer Japanese suicide pilot

Petr Vitgenshteyn
Russia
RussiaMilitary figure.

Liudmila Kravets
Ukraine
UkraineHero of the Soviet Union

Bulat Darbekov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanRepresentative of the High Command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General

Ivan Piatiuhin
Ukraine
UkrainePilot, commander of a mixed aviation division, Heroes of the Soviet-Finnish War

Boris Galitckiy
Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union

Wolmar Schlippenbach
Sweden
SwedenSwedish general, associate of Charles XII

Fedor Afanasyev
Participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union

Thomas Harrison
USA
USAAmerican cavalryman of the Confederate Army

Jeanno Monsey
France
FranceDuke of Conegliano (2.7.1808), Marshal of France (19.5.1804).

Alexey Usenko
Soviet military figure, major general

Lavrentiy Tsanava
Russia
RussiaSoviet counterintelligence officer

Andrey Valko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Daniel Jacob Wilster
Denmark
DenmarkDanish naval officer

Josef Souham
France
FranceCount, divisional general.

Ferdinand Alba
Spain
SpainSpanish commander and statesman

Josef Blosche
Germany
GermanyNazi military officer, Rottenführer

Stepan Naumenko
Ukraine
UkraineFighter pilot

Klavdiya Kovaleva
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

James Wolfe
Canada
CanadaMajor General of the British Army

Kuroki Tamemoto
Japan
JapanJapanese General

Rochus Misch
Germany
GermanySS Oberscharführer; courier, bodyguard and telephone operator of Adolf Hitler

Jean-Armand Du Peyrer
France
FranceLegendary captain of the royal musketeers

Willi Rom
Germany
GermanySoviet intelligence officer.

Augustus of Prussia
Germany
GermanyPrince of Prussia, Prussian commander of the Napoleonic Wars, infantry general

Herbert Gil
German military intelligence officer

Nikolaj Chelnokov
Russia
RussiaFighter pilot, Major General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union

William Maynard Gomm
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish 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
Lieutenant General, Knight of the Cross of St. George.

Jose Gervasio Artigas
Uruguay
UruguayNational Hero of Uruguay

Francis McNamara
Australia
AustraliaAustralian 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
USA
USAThe pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki (Dick)

Nadejda Savchenko
Ukraine
UkraineServicewoman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Senior Lieutenant

Kayhosro Cholokashvilly
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian prince, military man.

John Glenn Jr.
USA
USAAstronaut

Luis Avila
Spain
SpainSpanish diplomat, commander and historian.

David Grigoryan
Armenian serviceman, soldier of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, hero of Artsakh

Pavel Taran
Ukraine
UkraineBomber pilot, lieutenant general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Eli Cohen
Egypt
EgyptIsraeli spy

Karl Hanke
Germany
GermanyParty leader of the Third Reich, last leader of the SS

Herbert Huppertz
Germany
GermanyGerman Luftwaffe pilot ace

Michel Hans Lippert
Germany
GermanyStandartenführer SS

Ali Taziev
Russia
RussiaOne of the leaders of the Caucasian militants, captured in 2010 in Ingushetia

Nikolay Lohvitskiy
France
FranceOne of the prominent generals of the White movement in the East of Russia.

Ernst von Weizsacker
Germany
GermanyGerman diplomat, SS Brigadeführer

Helmut Moltke
Germany
GermanyCount, 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