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

Mata Hari
Netherlands
NetherlandsSpy dancer

Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger
Austria
AustriaGerman Nazi, high-ranking member of the SA and SS

German Bem
Germany
GermanyAdmiral of the German Navy, commander of the Norway flotilla.

Jean Navarre
France
FranceFrench aviator during the First World War, one of the first officially recorded flying aces.

Bao Wenyue
China
ChinaChinese warlord

Ludvik Meroslavskiy
Poland
PolandPolish revolutionary, general.

Werner Kempf
Germany
GermanyGerman military leader, general of the Wehrmacht tank forces

Francisco Caamano
Dominican r.
Dominican r.Dominican military (colonel) and politician

Michael Phillip Anderson
USA
USAAmerican pilot, US astronaut

Ilan Ramon
Israel
IsraelFirst Israeli astronaut

Karlis Sensbergs
Latvia
LatviaUnterscharführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion

Walter Franz Stahlecker
Germany
GermanySS Brigadeführer, Major General of Police

Verner Hartmann
Germany
GermanyGerman submariner from World War II

Henri Giraud
France
FranceFrench military leader, general, participant in two world wars

Robert Thomas Wilson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish General

Vladimir Zasyadko
Chief of Artillery of the 209th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Senior Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union

Semen Baghdasaryan
Armenia
ArmeniaSoviet officer, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Hamzat Tazabaev
Chechen field commander

Valeriya Borts
Russia
RussiaMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Max Amann
Germany
GermanyNazi party leader

Michel Tognini
France
FranceAstronaut

Frank Lee Culbertson Jr.
USA
USAAmerican NASA astronaut and researcher

Ivan Yagello
Colonel.

Moritz Auffenberg
Austria
AustriaAustrian General

Kochkar Durdiev
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanRifleman of the 353rd Mountain Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union

Franz Augsberger
Germany
GermanySS Brigadefuehrer.

Friedrich Wilhelm Seydlitz-Kurzbach
Prussian military leader, baron, commander of the cavalry of the army of Frederick the Great.

Antonina Diachenko
Ukraine
UkraineMember of the underground organization 'Young Guard'.

Ivan Popov
Russia
RussiaRussian military figure, lieutenant general (1916).

Arseniy Golovko
Russia
RussiaAdmiral

Herbert Wohlfarth
Germany
GermanyGerman submarine officer, captain-lieutenant

Yakov Bagratuni
Russia
RussiaMajor General of the Russian Army. General of the Armenian Army.

Gaston D'Andlau
France
FranceFrench military leader, brigadier general and publicist

Klaus Reinhardt
Germany
GermanyGerman general, commander of NATO forces in Kosovo

Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
Germany
GermanyPrussian general, closest adviser and friend of Frederick II

Ibrahim Bey
Egypt
EgyptMamluk leader, military commander and ruler of a united Egypt

Viktor Hermann Brack
Germany
GermanyReichsleiter, SS Oberführer

Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld
Germany
GermanyGruppenführer of the Waffen-SS

Georgiy Sorokin
Poland
PolandParticipant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.

Gerd Kelbling
Germany
GermanyGerman submarine officer, captain-lieutenant

Todor Kantardzhiev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian military leader, lieutenant general

Michael Girshovich
Soviet military leader, major general

Richard Beal
USA
USACavalryman of the Southern Army in America

William Harvey Dana
USA
USAAmerican test pilot.

Rene Savary
France
FranceNapoleon's divisional general, French Minister of Police

Rudolf von Bunau
Germany
GermanyGerman officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars, infantry general

Semen Krasnov
Russian officer, major general

William Birdwood
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish military leader, Field Marshal of Great Britain

Alexey Agafonov
Squad commander of the 16th Guards Separate Sapper Squadron, Hero of the Soviet Union

Gaspard Gourgaud
France
FranceFrench lieutenant general, adjutant to Napoleon